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Vol.. I 



II IRTFORD, CONNECTICUT, .ILLY 13, 1917 



STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL 
IS CONNECTICUT AGENCY 
OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 



Appointed by Governor Marcus H- 
rtolcomb to Mobolize State's Re» 
sources for War and Make Them 
Available to United States — It is 
Official Connecticut Arm of Coun = 
cil of National Defense 



TO HAVE COUNTY AND TOWN 

AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS 

An appreciation of the often repeated 
statement that this war is one really of 
nation- rather that of mere armies is neces- 
sary to a correct understanding and com 
prehension of the position in the machinery 
of the federal government and the several 
states of the Council of National I 1 fense 
and tin' 1 1 1 ; 1 1 1 \ state councils of defense. I In 
depai 1 i p ..1 1 : - "i the government at \\ ashing 
ton and in the states of the Union an 
essentially adapted to times of pea e and 
are designed to effectuate theii activities 
only under that condition. When this 
country became involved in the war. the ex- 
perience of the nations abroad had alreadj 
demonstrated that the strength of every 
individual must he utilized and made 
available for aggressive military operations 

l. use the struggle was mi vast that it 

penetrated in one way or another and had 
a vital influence upon the lives and activ- 
ities of every inhabitant. This being the 
case, it became manifest immediately, in 
fact, had been clear for almost a yen-, that 
the regular establishments of the govern- 
ment could not be sufficiently expanded to 
cope with this great work, for its magni 
hide can be somewhat comprehended when 
din' realizes that ii meins a conscious and 
actual co-ordination of the energy; oi 
hundred million people, ninety-five per cent, 
of whom, at hast, in times of peace, have 
mi actual contact with the machinery, of 
state. 

It was with this in mind that as long ago 
as August 29, 1916, the Council of National 
Defense was established by ai t of ( longre 
This council consists of the Secretaries of 
War. Navy, Interior. Agriculture, Com 
merce md Labor with the Secretary of War 
as its president. The eouncil was author 
i/ed to appoint through the President an 
Advisory; Commission of seven private eiti 
zens. each one of whom should he an ex- 
pert in his particular line. This advisory 
commission consists of Daniel Willard, 
chairman, and Howard K. Collin. Hollis 
Godfrey, .Inlius Rosenwald, Bernard M. 
Baruch, Samuel Gompers and Franklin II. 
Martin. The duties assigned tfo this eoilll 
cil among others by the statute creating it 
were to make investigations and recom- 
mendations as to the location of railroads 
with reference to the frontier of the United 
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PROCLAMATION 

By His Excellency, Governor Mar- 
cus H. Holcomb, Appointing 
Connecticut State Council of 
Defense 



Connecticut lias loyally performed 
lier part in the preliminary prepara- 
tions foi war. She lias enumerated 
her men and her industries; she In 
organized for home defense and 
mil iated a campaign for the 1 1 
\ at ion of her food supply . 

She i- now called upon as one of 
I Ii ■ -real company of states to mar 
shal her resources in such m inner as 
to make them available for war. 

The Council of National Defense 
the I'ody created by < ongress to 
undertake, in conjunct ion w ith th ■ 
constitutional authorities, the eon 
duct of war. has called upon me to 
select and appoint a body of men, 
i c|oe-ent:it ive of the principal aet'u 
Hie- of this state, to act with them 
in this unparalleled task. 

I. therefore, under the power vested 
in me by Chapter II of the Public 
Vet of 1917, hereby appoint the fol- 
lowing council : 

Richard M. Bissell of Haiti 

Chairman; Howard A. Giddings of 
Hartford. Insurance and Finani 
Harris Whittemore of Naugatuck, 
Manufacturing; Winchester Bennetl 
of New Haven, Equipment and Muni 
tion~; I). Chester Brown of Danbury, 
Medical Profession; Homer S. Cum 
miSngs of Stamford. Legal Profession; 
i i-eorge M. ( 'ole of Hartford, Militai \ 
Defense; Julius Stremlau of Meriden, 
Labor; Rich lid II \1. Robinson of 
Bridgedbrt, Naval Defense; Charles 
V Goodwill of Hartford. Military 
( eusiis Bureau ; .Joseph W. \ I 
Avon, Agriculture and Food Supply; 

all of them residents of C 'oillieet icul . 

to he known as the Connecticut Coun- 
cil of I Ipfense, wit h me and under rny 
direction, to conduct the prosecution 
of the war, so tar as concerns this 
state, and with power to co opei ate 
with other states and with the federal 
government. The chairman shall be 
the executive head of the council, ami 
t In- council is directed to 01 gani 
and to choose such othei - to act 
ii in the prosecution of its dut iea as 
if nan deem advis iblc ami to do all 
other acts necessary to carry into 
i fleet i lie put poi es for w Inch it is 
, reated. 
(Signed i M S.RCUS II. HOL< "Ml: 

flovi i nor. 

< liven under my hand ami - a I 
(his 2(Sth day of April. 1917. 



PERMANENT OFFICES TO 
BE OPENED BY COUNTY 
COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL 






Vote Passed at Wednesday's Meeting 
Calls for Secretaries for Auxiliary 
Organizations — To Ask Exemption 
from Civil Service — Money for 
Continuing C. N. G. Recruiting 
work Appropriated 



IMPORTANT VOTES PASSED: 

SEVER W. REPORTS ACCEPTED. 

\t Wednesday's i ting of the Connecti 

cut State Council of Defense, it was voted 

that the chairmen of county auxiliary 
committees make immediate arrangements 
for permanent offices with permanent sei 
ri ta in-/' then arrangements a nd appoint 
ments to lie subject to the approval of the 
council's committee on office system and 
account--. The belief was expressed at the 
meeting that volunteers able to give the 
time to the work might be secured for the 
places as secretaries. 

Main- matters of importance were acted 

n| at the meeting of the council. On 

recommendation of William II. Putnam, 
chairman of the Committee on Transporta- 
tion, Charles J. Bennett ami Morgan B. 
Brainard, both of Hartford, were appointed 
members of the committees. Professor 
Henry W. Karnam of New Haven and 
lames T. Manee of Hartford were appointed 
inen, 1, .-is ot the Publicity Committee on 
r commendation of it- chairman, George 1!. 
( 'handler. 

The resignation of -I. < . Brinsmade, 
chairman of the Litchfield County Uixil 
lary Committee was accepted with regret 
and Dudley L. Vaill of Winsted was 
named to sm c ed him. The ri signal ion oi 
Francis T. Maxwell as chairman of the 
Tolland County Auxiliary Committee was 
aci epted w ith regret and II. D. Smith ol 
Rockville was appointed his successor. 

G. K. Meach reported for the Middlesex 
County Auxiliary Committee that a chair- 
man had been appointed in each of the 
fifteen towns of his county, and that the 
organization of committees had been com 
pleted in twelve of the towns and that the 
entire organization would be completed m 
! , o or three days. 

A. I.. Shipman submitted a report for 
!l H - Han toi.l County Auxiliary Committee 
saying that a chairman had been appointed 
in' all of tin- towns of Hartford County 
and fb it the organization was completed in 
approximately five town-. 

A. E. Hammer, representing Wilson II 
Lee, submitted a report for the New- Haven 
i ounl j Auxiliary Committee and Judge 
I-;. K. Nicholson submitted a report for the 
Fail field County- Auxiliary Committee. 
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STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL 
IS CONNECTICUT AGENCY 
OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 

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State*, so as to render possible expeditions 
concentration of troop., and supplies to 
points of defense; tne co ordination of mill- 
rial and commercial purposes in 
the location of extensive highways and 
l ram h lines of railroad ; the mobilization 
of military and naval resources for di 
the increase of domestic production of 
articles and materials essential to the 

support of armies and of the | pie during 

tne i ,, i ,., i U j,i ion of foreign commerce; data 
as to amounts, location, method and means 
of production and availability of military 
supplies; and the creation of relations 
whii h will render possible in time of need 
the immediate concentration and utiliza 
,,,' the n ii the nation. !t i 

that (his is a tremendous assign 
ment and one thai could no1 practically be 
handled in the necessary space of time by 
the ordinary departments of the govern 
activities were of an ei i 
cy nature and required emergency 
lods. 
The council has a director, six assistants, 
a secretary, chief clerk and statistician. 
There arc' nine general sub-committees of 
the coum il, among which are the Aircraft 
Production Board, Committee on Women' 
Defense Work. General Munitions Board. 
ant ] ! .it lo-opcratii n with Stat is. 

3 i the e i ommittees have a number of 

. in addition to these there 
are fifty-one committees of and co-operal 
ing with the Advisory Commission of the 
council. 

As war became imminent, the council 
,,ii/,ed thai it was impossible to make 
effectual the resources of a nation as vast 
as this from a central point, and to de- 
centralize tills work, it called upon the go\ 
ernors of the sever '1 states of the I onion to 
ninl state councils of defense. Thus il\ 
irking up the undertaking into fort) 

eight sections, all of Which, however. 

be working in harmony under directions 
from the council in Washington, the work 
ran be dune more readily and with great-: 
speed. 

In response to this request, Governor 

Holcom i a] \ ointed the Connecticut State 

nci] of Defense on April 26, 1917, pro- 

ming thai its duty was to mobilize the 

resource: of the state in such manner as 

to make than available for war. The re- 

o UrC i of Connecticut are its people and 

its materials, and both with solidarity 

should be behind the tinted States in tins 

wa r. To help bring this about is the task 

of the slate council. 

CONNECTICUT COUNCIL NAMED 
The power by virtue of which the council 
wis appointed was delegated to the gover 
noi by Chaptet I I of the Public Acts of 
!'.)17 in which he was '■directed to render 
the government of the I nited stale in 
crisis any as isi ini c 
er of the state and he is authorized 
tor to thai end or for the purpose ol 
p r , . „ the public safctj to organize 

[oj . i and all resources within 
I, ether of men. properties or 
itilities and to exercise any and 
nil po i mi eineiii or necessary in his 



lL Under this act it is also " the 
( |„i\ of every public official in the state to 
f urn i 8 h to the governor such information 
and assistance as he may require in the ex- 
ecution of tins act." 

Its en nihil- as appointed by the Gover- 
nor are as follows: Richard M. Bissell, 
chairman, and Joseph VV. Alsop, Winches- 
ter Bennett, D. Chester Brown, George M. 
Cole, Homer S. Cummings, Howard A. Gid- 
din»s, Charles A. Goodwin, Richard H. M. 
Robinson, Julius Stremlau, and Harris 
v\ hilteinore. The seeietary of the council 
... Ileana. Hewes and the treasurer is John 
l. Roberts. At present it occupies six 
rooms on th - second Hour of the State 
Capitol at Hartford. 



RECRUITING FIGURES FOR 
ENLISTMENTS BY COUNTIES 

Official Report Given as Compiled 

by Connecticut State Council 

of Defense 



COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL 

I nder the directum of the Council of 
National Defense the Connecticut Council 
l ias appointed eleven sub-committees, suffi- 
cient, it is thought, in power and scope to 
e all of the activities of the state, 
having to do with the war. The com- 
mittees are: publicity, legal, food supply 
md conservation, state protection, sanita- 
tion and medicine, finance, man power and 
labor, industrial survey, military and naval, 
co-ordination oi societies and transporta- 
tion. 

These committees were formed by the 
I with a view to securing representa- 
tion along geographical, racial and social 

al the council will from time to 

time make such changes in their personnel 
is mil be necessary to have them com- 
pletely representative. 

COUNTY AND TOWN COMMITTEES 
In each of the eight counties of the state 
there has been created a county auxiliary 
committee, consisting, as a rule, of eight 
men, including the chairman. These com- 
. were formed with the same requis- 
ites in view as marked the creation of the 
sub-committees. The county committees 
have no specific duties but are the ad- 
e n lative factors and instruments of 
the eleven sub-committees. 

The county committees in turn will have 
under them a local committee in each town 
of the state. These are now in the pro- 
cess of formation and will likewise be as 
ri presentative as possible. 

This briefly is an outline of the organiza- 
tion of the ' Connecticut State Council of 
Defense as at present constituted. ,o 
make its work effectual, however, and to 
have it a vital force in bringing Connect] 
., to the very front rank as a militant 
and efficient commonwealth, it must have 
the unqualified and enthusiastic lucking 
Ml l upport of every inhabitant of this 
rtatc and as tune goes on it will endeavor 
, its committees to realize this fact. 
II welcomes constructive criticism and sug- 
gestions from all because it is the servant 
and is merelj one of the conduits 
tluough which Connecticut shall pour her 
aiees against the common enemy. 

REAL WAR WORK ALREADY BEGUN 

While most of its labors have been de 
voted to tin- work of completing its organi- 
sation, the council bis actively partici- 
pated in the war work of the state in a 
of ways. Foremost are the ac- 
complishments of the committee of food 
supply which was originally an independent 
, i/ation created by Act of the Gover- 
nor, a icport of the activities ol 
which appear in another column. The 
publicity committee has been extremely ac- 



The following official figures on regular 
army and Connecticut National Guard re- 
cruiting for the period from June 23 to 
July 7. inclusive, have been compiled bj 
the Connecticut state Council of Defense: 

REGULAR ARMY. 

Counties Enlistments Quota 

Hartford 129 270 

New Haven 64 350 

New London 33 LOO 

Litchfield 15 80 

Fairfield 97 260 

Middlesex '- 93 

Tolland 35 

Windham 37 60 

X iTIONAL GUARD. 

Counties Enlistments Quota 

Hartford 276 587 

\ew Haven 46 226 

New London ° 5 ' ! 

Litchfield 4 ls 

Fairfield Ii() • la4 

Middlesex - !M 

Tolland 1" 60 

Windham 4 no 



COUNTY REPORTS 

It is hoped that every county in the 
state will be represented in future issues 
of the ■' Connecticut Bulletin " by a brief 
report of what it is doing and what it 
plans to take up. County chairmen or their 
secretaries are requested to prepare such 
reports on Monday or before, and forward 
then not later than Monday night to 
Room 26 at the State Capitol, Hartford. 
I hose reports should be confined to 150 
words if possible.— The Editor. 



tive, first, in co-operating with the Gov- 
ernor in preparation for Registration Day. 
by attempting to arouse enthusiasm and 
patriotism through newspaper advertise- 
ments and articles, street car advertise- 
ments, urging the patriotic observance oi 
Registration Day, bringing the subject home 
to many through the public schools and 
the churches and sending out information 
iards to each person of registrable age in 
the state. It was also active in eo-opera- 
t im with the committees in charge of the 
sale of Liberty Bonds and in furthering the 
campaign for enlistments for the regular 
army and in arranging for a patriotic cele 
oration of the Fourth ot July. 

The council lias urged the passage by 
Congress of the Daylight Saving Bill, is 
investigating Hie matter of the protection 
of the' state after th.' withdrawal of tne 
National Guard, the general well being of 
soldiers in concent rat ion camps, utiliza- 
tion of waste products, co-operating with 
the National Board of Fire Underwriters 
with the idei of decreasing loss from this 
cause, and enrolling volunteers for the 
Quartermaster's Reserve Corps. 

v In short, it is the aim of the council 
l,» assist the federal government and the 
state of Connecticut and its citizens in 

verv war possible with a view to bring- 
in" "the war to a victorious termination. 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



GROWING BIGGER CROPS 
IN STATE THIS SUMMER 



Increased Production Results From 
Work of Food Supply and 
Conservation Committee 



CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE WASTE 

Reviewing its organization and the work 
undertaken and accomplished since it was 
formed as a separate coi ittee to the pres- 
ent time, when it is a sub-committee of 
the Connecticut stair Council of Defense, 
the Committer of food Supply and dm 
servation makes the following statement: — 

The Connecticul Committi f V 1 Sup- 
ply was appointed April 10 by Governor 
Holcomb, with power to act under his direc 
lion, with a view to increase and conserve 
tie' agricultural resources of tie- stal and 
with power i" co-operate with other states 
and with tie- federal government. In the 
proclamation of appointment, the Governor 
states: "Not more than one-fifth of the 
food »e consume is produced within the 
limit-, of" Connecticut. We must rely upon 
tie- surplus of other states. The smaller 
thai surplus, the greater the scarcity for 
U-. Common sense, therefore, demands thai 
we should produce tie- largest crop possible 
and utilize mil land- to the utmost." 

I In- first formal effort of the committee 
was to invite tie- tobacco growers to the 
Capitol and urge them to plant an in- 
creased acreage of food crops. About 2,000 
additional acres over 1910 were promised 
at this meeting. 

Then followed tin- appointment of local 
directors in each town and city, and local 
food supply committees, whose influence 
was used to secure pledges for increased 
planting, as well as fur home gardens, and 
for volunteers to work on farms. In the 
case .if women and girls, to express their 
intention of joining classes in canning ami 
preserving. Chambers of Commerce wen 
asked to encourage planting of home gar 
>ii a- by residents of cities. Between 30,000 
and 35,000 additional gardens ovei last yea: 
have been reported in the state in cities. 
Then it was suggested to manufacturers 
I hat they take the initiative in arranging 
with their employees for the co-operative 
cultivation of vacant lots. Both these pro 
jects have shown unexpectedly satisfactory 
results. 

High school principals were called to 
pother at the Capitol late in April, and tin 
need for high school labor mi farms demon- 
strated to them. Arthur Howe of Windsor 
took charge of recruiting high school hoys. 

and more than 500 have I n placed on 

farms. file committee secured legislation 
necessary to proteel the school standing of 
such boys as left school before the end o'i 
the school year to engage in this work. 

On -May 10 the Connecticut Agricultural 
College closed its courses and sent to the 
committee offices in Hartford such mem- 
be] - uf their stall' as were necessary to take 

eire of tie- technical .pies. ion- involve I in 
its program. Their assistance has been in- 
> .i Umble. 

The trust.-es of the college at the same 
time decided to carry on a series of lessons 
in canning during the months of dune and 
.Inly. These courses have been greatly 
over-subscribed, and although the original 
schedule has been extended and accommoda- 





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wishing to take these canning courses it 
Storrs this year will unfortunately be'dis- 
appointed. 

The food supply committee has taken 
definite steps t" increase the numbi i of 
cattle, sheep and pips in Connecticut, and 
has under consideration tin- poultry ques 
tion. It has bought and distributed stocks 

of seed pot itoes. as well as licall-. -ii. 

and buckwheat. A campaign for increased 
planting of wheat and rye this fall is under 
way. 

A representative of the United States 
Department of Labor has a desk in the 
committee's office and assi.-ts county 
agents in getting men to work on farms 
in response to tanners' m-eds. The commit 
tee's system of posters and bulletins in- 
cludes United States post offices, all public 
libraries, town clerks' bulletin boards, aim 
practically all stations in Connecticut on 
the " New- II ivi-n " railroad. 

The Hartford Chamber oi I ommerce has 
taken an active inter, st in the committee's 
work and has inaugurated a plant for 
evaporation and drying of fruits and vege- 
tables. Its special committee is investigal 
im; tie- important question of producing 
milk. In this investigation the committee 
has the assistance of He- college experts. 

The Connecticut State Grange, whose 
master is a member of this committee, has 
given its cordial endorsement to all th 
committee's projects. 

s iv ing of food in hotels ha- been brought 
, , lict t,, a considerable extent, ami it 
will he extended to restaurants and lunch 
rooms. 

i in June 5, tie- f I supply committee 

became a sub-committee of tin- Connecticut 
state Council <if Defense, and its membei 
-hip was re-appointed as a sub-commi'.tee 
of that body. 

Th,- committee's policy looks to intelli- 
gent atel active efforts to increase a 
(oral production and stop all waste oi f I 



WILL PROTECT MORALS 
OF SOLDIERS IN CAMPS 



FAVORS PRIORITY BOARD 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense 

ha- urged upon t Ie Eedei al govern t tie 

necessity ol establishing a national prior- 
ity board with wide powers. Under vote 
of the council, a resolution reciting the 

special needs ami problems of C ieeticu1 

has been sent to Washington. 

The resolution closes with this para 
graph : " Resolved: That (his council, ie 
order to meet tin- essential needs set forth 
respectfully and very urgently advocate 
the e stablishment, a- soon as possible, of 
a national priority hoard, with full powc 
to determine and tike final action I'm tin 

federal goveri nt on all questions and 

priorities in tie- production and transpor 
tatimi required by the government in the 
prosecution of the war and s.. 
sihle the corresponding priorities of labor 
requirements involved in such production.' 



Local Officials in Connecticut Get 

Copies of Letter Sent to 

State Council 



ALL ARE I RG1 D TO CO-Ol'KKATE 

By forwarding a letter from S.-ei. 
War Newton 1). Baker to all mayors, ward- 
ens and first select men in t he state, tl 
nectieut state Council of Defense has taken 
action intended to help protect tin- moral 
welfare of the young men who go into 
military camps within (he borders of the 
-tate. The lifter from the secretary ol 
.car. which w a . addre ssed to R. M. I ■ 

u .if tie- i ouncil, copies of which 
have been sent tu may o irdc u - and first 

selectmen, is, in part, as follows: 

" In the training camps already estab- 
lished or soon to be established large bo lies 
of men, selected primarily from the youth 
of the country, will lie gathered together 
I'm- a period of intensive discipline and 
training. Tie- greater proportion of this 
force probably will In- made up of young 
nan who have not yi-t become accustomed to 
•entrant with either the saloon or the pros- 
titute, and who will he at that plastic and 
i in r. uis period of life when their service 
to their country should he surrounded by 
safeguards against temptations to which 
they a iv not accustomed. 

■'Our responsibility in this matter is 
not open to question. we cannot 
these young men. most of whom will have 
been drafted to service, i" In- surrounded 
by a vicious and demoralizing environment, 

nor can we leave anything b which 

will protect them fr unhealthy influences 

i ml crude Eot ms of temptation. 

"1 am determined that our new training 
camps, as well as the surrounding zones 
within an effective radius, shall me 
places of temptation and peril. Th.- amend 
ments to the Army Hill recent Iv passed ".iv 
the War Department more authority in 
this matter than we previously possessed. 
n tlie other hand, we are not -jmne. to he 
able to obtain the condition-, necessary to 
(he health and vitality of our soldiers, with- 
out the full co-operatimi of the local author- 
ities. 

•• Will ... Lvi i a i nest - mi sideration to 
this m iter in your pat t ii ular state? I 
confident that much can be done to at 

cities and towns to an appreciation of 
their responsibility for clean conditions: and 
I would suggest that, through such chin 
nel as may present themselves to you. 
impress upon these communities I 
patriotic opportunity in this matter. I 
would further suggest that as an 

part of the war machinery y i ouncil 

i itself responsible for seeing t hat I Ii 
of your -t ite and of I longro - in re 
spect to these matters are strictly enforced. 
This relates not only to the camps estal 
lished under federal authority, both the 
pn -i at offici i -' training can p and the divi- 
ional training camp- soon to be opened, 
.en to the iiime or less temporary mobiliza- 
tion points of tin- national guard units. It 
relates, too, as I ha\ e indii al ed, to the large 
enters through which ill con- 

stantly be passing in ban-it to other 
points." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTIC1 T BULLETIN 



Published each week, on Friday, under 

the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT l'.l I.LK 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut St ite ( ouncil of I (efense, its 

sub c mittee county auxiliary com 

mittees and the chairman of its town com 
initio's. It is not intended to be a news 
paper, but is designed merelj to keep 
inembet s of the council's states ide ot fani 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol. 1, HARTFORD. CONN., Jt'l/Y 13. I'Jl" 

PROTEST IS FORWARDED 
TO SECRETARY OF WAR 



State Council Points out Unfairness of 

Population Estimates as 

Draft Basis 

CONNECTICUT FIGURES TOO LARGE 

The C teeticut State Council of De- 
fense, in ;i lettci signed by < hairman Rich- 
ard VI. Bissell, lia> protested to Secretary 
ui War Newton I >. Baker against the fed- 
eral government's latest "Estimates of 
Population" to be used as a basis for the 

draft apportion nt under which Con- 

-tirul is given i stimated population 

j i . i:i 000. I'll'- subject is being invest i 
gated thoroughly by the council's com- 
niitti li man power and labor. 

The letter of protest, sent in accordance 
with a vote of the council on VVedne 
follow s: 

llarttunl. Conn . July 12, 1917. 
Hon. Newton 1). Baker, 

Secretary of War, 
Washington, l>. < 
Dear Sir: 

The State Council of Defense of the 

state of Connecticut, gave considerati it 

it . meet ing held in the State ( lapitol on 
Wednesday, the iltli instant, to form is, 
being " Est imate ol Populat ion " made by 
l ]n- .l:uiraii of Census for the purpose men 
tioned in Section 2, act ol Congress, ap 
proved May 18th, 1917, "to authorize the 
President to increase tempo] a ril) I be mili 
tary establishment of the United States," 
and after careful examination of the iij 
set forth in said "Estimate" as applying 

to the stntr of ( lo -i -tirul the State • loun- 

cil ui Defense desires to register its very 
respectful protest against the use of the 
figures purporting to the estimates of the 
population of the state of Connecticut and 
.-hows on Page 7 of said publication, 

This action has been taken For the follow 

reasons: 
First, there i-ai be no doubt that the es- 
timates until i il are gi-eatly in excess of 

the population of the principal cities in 
In- tate and of the state as a whole. 

Second, referring to the statement in the 
preface to said estimates that one reason 
for the employment of the method used 
was by ils use " there was obtained the 
fairest possible basis for the apportionment 
of the draft, since the localities whose popu- 
lation estimates ma) In- exaggerated arc 
those in which there is an excess of turn 
21 I" 30 years of age, inclusive," — your 
attention is respectfully called to the fact 



that the excess of men from 21 to 30 years 
of age in this Slate is almost wit] t ex- 
ception emplo) d in arms and munitions 
factories and in addition an unusually 
large percentage of what may be called the 

" in 1 " numbei ol men from 21 to 30 

years of aye who were resident ill this 
state prim- to the beginning of the Euro- 
pean war are also engaged in such activi 

ties. 

It is known beyond question that the 
munitions factories and other establish- 
ments producing raw materials have at 
tracted to this State man} thousands of 
operatives. On the other hand, exemption 
will be claimed for practically all such 
operatives and in most eases will doubtless 
lie properly granted, since the) are en 

gaged in work which is vitally :essar) 

fot tin- conduct of tin- war. It follows, 
therefore, that this very large and more or 
less temporal) addition I" our population 
while itself in large me ism,- exempt from 
draft will under the proposed method emu 
pel Connecticut to contribute from its re- 
maining supply of men between 21 and 
30 yeai - of age a very much larger quota 
for the forthcoming draft, than would have 
heeii the ease if Connecticut wen- not a 
state whose factories are largel) given 
over to the production of war material. We 
are informed that Connecticut will be 
called upon to produce for the use of our 
armed Forces a verj large percentage ol 
all the munitions of war manufactured in 
this country and we submit that it. is in- 
equitable and unfair that by reason of such 
production and the additional labor popu- 
lation which has been drawn into the 
state on account of it the normal popula- 
tion of Connecticut not engaged in such 
industries should be called ii]n>n to furnish 
;i far greater number of men for the draft 
than would otherwise be the ease or than 
is required proportionate!) from similar 
p., it inns of the populations of other 
: tates. 

■t ours very truly. 
( ' teeticut Stat.- Council of Defense, 

Richard M. Bissell. Chairman. 



STATE MUST M0B0LIZE ITS 
RESOURCES FOR WAR 



STATE "FOUR-MINUTE MEN" 



Rev. Morris E. Ailing, Connecticut Chair- 
man of These Speakers 
Rev. Munis E. Ailing of Rocky Hill, 
assistant chairman of the publicity sub- 
committee of the Connecticut State Coun« 
eil of Defense, ha- been appointed chair- 
man uf the state organization of " Four- 
Minute .Men." Mr. Ailing alread) his be- 
gun work on the Connecticut organization. 
He is especially fitted fur the work. The 
national organization uf "Four-Minute 
Men" is under the direction uf tin- com 
niiilee on public information. Its mem- 
i n . an- men who volunteer to give four- 
minute addresses on subjects uf national 
importance between reels at moving picture 
theater-. Official outlines of text matter 
for these addresses are provided. The or- 
tion's plan has the approval of the 
moving picture industry. 



FOOD SUPPLY PHONE 
The council's food supply and conserva- 
tion committee ha- offices in the Connecti 
cut Mutual Building, No. :'.ti Pearl street, 
Elartford. The telephone number i- 
Charter 9611. 



Purposes of Connecticut State Council of 

Defense and Its Bulletin 

Explained 



BY CHAIRMAN RICHARD M. BISSELL 



Important notice to all county auxiliary 
e mittees Send your news each Mon- 
day to insure publicat ion. 



The following statement is made b) 
Richard M. Bissell of Hartford, chair- 
man of tin- Connecticut state Council ot 
Defense: — 

Connecticut is a ver) small but thicklj 
settled state. Then- are but two states with 
smaller area- hut there are seventeen states 
whose inhabitants an- fewer in number than 
those of Connecticut. 

In the formei war- in which this countrj 
has been engaged, even including the wars 
waged against tin- French In-fore the United 
States became a nation, Connecticut has 
always furnished mure than its share- uf 
righting men ami performed more than its 
proportionate share of the other tasks 
which are incidental to the carrying on ot 
war. Now that we are engaged in the 
greatest war of all history, which is being 
fought under conditions that require the 
service ami active participation of every 
man and woman in tin- country, it goes 
without saying that Connecticut will main 
tain the highly honorable position to which 
its hitherto patriotic record entitles it. 

Since all uf Connecticut's inhabitants ami 
all uf her material resources inii-t he made 

i etui ami active in prosecuting the war. 
it has been necessar) to institute a special 
organization through which these human 

ind material agencies may lie made avail- 
able most effectively, with tin- least possible 
duplication of effort, ami the greatest pos 
sible degree of harmonious co-operation. To 
this end the Connecticut State Council of 

Defense has I n created "to mobilize tie 

resources uf tin- state in such manner as to 
male- then, available for war." The pres- 
ent is tin- first time in our history when 
such widespread concentration uf purpose 
ami effort has been attempted. Manifestl) 
the effort cannot fully succeed without the 
willingness ami determination of every Con- 
necticut citizen to give assistance in every 
possible way. 

'I he activities of the Connect icllt Stale 
( ouncil of Defense, except, in a few .-on 

spicuous instances are not such as to 
arouse great public interest or create ex- 
citement. The work of its committees, 

while arduous ami e prehensive, is fur the 

most part uf a sort which dues not arouse 

much incut. In order more widely to 

disseminate information concerning the 
work of the state council and its sub-com- 
mittees. ami to provide a channel through 
which matter- concerning the activities ol 
Councils of Defense in other -tates ma) he 
distributed this Bulletin has been estab- 
lished ami will hereafter be issued weekly. 
The hard and exacting conditions im 
posed by modern warfare must he met. the 
self-sacrifice and inconvenience involved 
will at best he very great hut it can he 
materially lessened by wise and united co- 
operation. This Bulletin is intended as a 
means to that end and solicits on behalf ot 
the work of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense the support and interest ol all 
to whom it. may conic. 



CONNECTICUT BULLET I. Y 



PERMANENT OFFICES TO 
BE OPENED BY COUNTY 
COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL. 



(Continued from Page I . I 



Judge I.. P. Burpee submitted a full re 
port for the Committee on state Protection, 
outlining plans for guarding the state after 
the withdrawal of the National Guard. 

Mr. Shipman submitted a report for the 
special committee on plans for recruiting 
the National Guard. It was voted thai the 
Council appropriate not exceeding $500 
for the use of the Pirst and Second Regi- 
ments, Connecticut National Guard, in stim- 
ulating recruiting, and that the county c 

inittees be requested to give such aid as was 
practicabli upon request from them. 

Herbert Knox Smith submitted a report 
for the Committee on Man Power and I, aim, 
and George M. Landers submitted a report 
foi the Committee on Food Supply and Con 
-nation. It was voted that the f 1 sup- 
ply committee, as soon as practicable, make 
a proper disposition of its present funds 
in the payment of outstanding bills, submit 
a report in approved form to the comptrol 
ler for the purpose of accounting for the 
appropriation of $10,000 made bj the Gen 
i'ial Assembly for the use of that commit- 
tee, and that thereupon the council should 
assume the duty of supplying funds for ii 

as it is oi f its duly appointed and 

authorized sub-committees. 

It was voted to approve the appointmen 
of Rev. M. E. Ailing as Chairman of the 
Connecticut Division of the "Four-Minute 
Men." 

The matter of establishing a contact with 
the Connecticut Coal Committee of the 
i ouncil was referred to Mr. Bollard, chair- 
man of that committee, for an expression of 
opinion as to whether lie thought it desir- 
able. 

It, was voted that the Governor he re 
quested, in accordance with the provisions 
of the law, to have the council and all it 

employees exempt from file ei\il service 

aet. 

Mr. Bennett and Mr. Stremlau, with tie' 
Secretary, were constituted a committee to 
submit names of persons suitable to act on 
an advisory committee in Connecticut on 
vocational training. 

The matter of taking a census of private 
societies ami organizations doing charitable 
ami patriotic work in connection with the 
wai was approved. 

'I'h.' following votes also were passed : 

"Thai the chairman of the several 
sub-committees consider carefully the 
activities of similar committees in other 
stale-, ami to inaugurate immediately 
such additional activities in tins state 
as may lie found useful and helpful in 
fulfilling tie- purposes for which the state 
count il is org inized. 

"Thai the chairman of sub-committees. 
except the i ommittees on Finance, Food 
Supply and Conservation and State Pro- 
tection, shall establish regular hours 
when they will ho at the Capitol, and 
also when and where tiey maj he reached 
outside of otliee hour-, and inform the 
secretary in the premises. 

" That the chairman of the Finance 
Committee lie requested to ask tin- Hart 
fort members of his committee to arrange 
among themselves so that one of them 



shall be at tin' Capitol fee me half hour 
each da i for I he i in po e of | a 

\ i ie Ii 

" To ost-i lull email: tee o il i\ ities 

n let ing to alii us, the exai I name to lie 

il' I ' t 'mined la ler. 

" lh.it ea, Ii ue mber of t he council he 

i'eq ted to give consideration to Ihe 

matter of a i hair n ,i nd pi rsonnel of 

the committee on activities relating to 
aliens. 

i he matter of establishing naval 

' r i ining and nautical sel ! i ecti- 

cut In- referred to the Committee on Mili- 
tary and Naval Affairs to investigate 
and report to the council." 

The ma tter of tl xpedit ion of I he tin 

loading of freight ear,- was referred to the 
committees on transportation and publicity 
in eon fen nee w ith G. E. Vfcei h. 



MEETINGS 



I lie Ilex! meet i]lg of the ( lOllllCCt tCUt 

State i louncil of I lefense will be held at 
the State Capitol. Hartford, on \\ 
i i lnl> is. 1917. There will he an ex 
iion at 10 a. m., followed by a 

1 i ting at i 1 o'clock. 

# # * 

The chairmen or secretaries of sub com 
inittees and county auxiliary committee! 
of the council may secure publication ol 
notices of meetings of their committees in 
this column by mailing them on the Men 
day prior to the date of issue, to 
i onnecticut Bulletin, 

Ie, an lili. 

State Capitol, 
Hartford, Conn. 



HOME GUARD IS READY FOR DUTY 



Connecticut's Heme Guard is ready for 
whatever dut\ it may be called upon to 
[lei foi tn after the Nat ional ( luard leavi 

lie. according to i report made to 
I he i onnect icul stale ( 'ouncil of I li fen 

lonel l.ueii n F. Burpee, cha ii man ol 
the military emergency hoard, which has 
organized the Home Guard, 1 also chair- 
man of the state protect ion - ill ( i.mtnit tec 
of the defense council. 

Colonel Burpee's report includes a state- 
ment describing briefly th ga i 

of the Connecticut Home Guard. This part 
of the report is printed herewith 

" In pin -ua f an ai t of t he < ieneral 

Assembly passed March 9, the governor 
appointed the M i lit i ry Emergi ncj 
In take action to perfect and maintain a 

body of armed t ps for constabulary duty 

within this stale, to be known as the Home 
Guard.' At that time the state did not 
own or control a single rifle, uniform or 
■ mix pari of military equipment, except 

Slich as Were ill tl-'C by the two companies 

of Governor's Foot Guard. Therefore, in 
addition to enlisting a body of troops for 

onstabulary duty, the board was calli I 
open to supply them in every detail with 
everything necessary to make them a body 
of armed troops. While the board called 
for enlistments, it also contracted for the 
arm and supplies. 
"At the outset it was not dei med ad i is 
aide to arm and equip more than 5000 men, 
distributed among the different branches of 
service. The response to the call for enlist- 
ments, however, was unexpected]) prompt 
and ' ' e.'icie from all parts oi 
On April 17. report- received at, the Head 

quarters indicated that more II 10,000 

men had 1 11 enlisted and partly org 

into companies of infantry and other units 

\t that lim there were more than 130 
organizations in process of formation. i! i 
that number, the Military I 
Bo ml. at that time, decided to accept only 
sixty-seven. This action caused great di 
satisfaction throughout the state and the 
tic enthusiasm of those who had not 
I e a l hi n ho i', ere anxious to be put into 
the active line of the Home Guard mani- 
fested itself with great pressure upon the 
members of the General Assembly. As a 
result, on May Hi. an act was passed pro 



viding that when any organization shall 
ii,i> e been enlisted pi ior to the passage of 
. it may he accepted, equipped ami 
maintained by the emergency hoard ami 
authorized and directed the governor and 

hoard of control to approve tl xpenditure 

of such sums as shall lie made h\ that hoard 
to carry out the provisions of the act 
on May Ml. thirty lour addi 
tional companies of infantry were accepted, 
and these with machine gun companies and 
ether organizations, raised the total number 
of military units to 134. 

"This force consists of about 8,432 infan 
try, 30G in machine gun companies, 200 in 
transport companies, 150 in a naval bat- 
talion, and eighty-five in a troop and a 

platoon of cavalry. In addition, there 

such units a- regimental supply and head- 
quarters companies ami a medical caps 
I ii,- total force, partly or wholly organized, 
ait 9,500 men. 

"This force has been organized into six 
regiments and several battalions and com 

panic, of infantry, six machine gun c 

four transport companies, a naval 
battalion of two divisions, one in Hart- 
ford and one in Middletown, one troop and 
cue platoon of cavalry, besides the auxiliary 
units just referred to. (if these organiza- 

e ItiT have been fully uniformed, 
quipped and armed. the hoard now has 
on hand probably sufficient number of rifles 
with -which to arm the remaining units 
which hive been accepted, but will have to 
buy additional uniforms and equipment. 
Undoubtedly in the process of inspection 
and medical examination, a number of men 
will have to he dropped or placed in i 
serve, therebj reducing the total effective 
force somewhat. 

■ l lie total number of men who have been 
enlisted is approximately 14,000." 



Volunteer Assistants to Secretary 

In the main office of the Conn, 
state Council of Defense at the State Capi- 
tol, Haitford, are three men who are serv- 
ing , ,,,' I, ■ 'i , assistants to the secretary. 
I hey are: Dean G. Acheson of Middle- 
town, Harold Lee Judd of New Britain 
and Austin Dunham of Hartford. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 




Phe names of members of the Connecticut State Council of Dtf. 
Z™Z an d office telephone numbers, together with the names, addresses 

are printed below :— 

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL 

Richard M. BUsell, Hartford, Chairman, Charter 1690. 
Sowar d A. Giddings, Hartford, Charter 1930. 
Harris Whittemore, Naugatuck, 213 I 

Winchester Bennett, New Haven, Center 390. 
D Chester Brown, M.D., Danhury, 6. 
Homer S. Cummings, Stamford, 50-2. 
George M. Cole, Hartford, Charter 9050. 
j u li us C. Stremlau, Meriden, 1355. 

1{. 11. M. Robinson, Bridgeport, Barnum 3751. 
Charles A. Goodwin, Hartford, Charter L337. 
Joseph W. Alsop, Avon, Farmington, 155-4. 
Xhomas Hewes, Farmington, Secretary. 
John T. Roberts, Hartford, Treasurer. 



44; Elias Pratt, M. D-, Tornngton, 70; 
■ ,,. ,.|1. M.D., Rockville, 30; G. 
V Lawson, M.D., Middle Haddam, !■■ > 3; 
i; C White, M.D., Willimanti :, In ■'■ 
lohn T Black, M.D., New London, Hartford 
, ,, hang , Charter 577; James A. Newlands, 
Hartford, Charter 3300. 

State Protection Lucien F. Burpee, 
Hartford, I hairman, Chartei 2383; Ueoi p 
VV Wheeler, Bridgeport, Barnum -*'-" 1 ; 
John C. Geary, New London, 884 ; Nicola 
Mariani, M.D., New Haven. Center 584; 
John II. (Joss, Waterbury, 3300; Charles 
I). Lockwood, Stamford, 2040. 

Transportation — W. H. Putnam, Hail 
ford, chairman, Charter 2600. 



SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL 



Co-ordination of Societies -Frank B. 
Weeks, Middletown, Chairman, o20; J. J. 
McCook, Hartford, Charter 8820; Mrs . Ber- 
„ : „,1 T . Williams, Hartford, Charter 6411 
Edward L Smith, Hartford, I harl >r 1238 
Jane H. Bunce, Middletown eorge 

S Palmer, Nev, L Ion, 223; George U 

Williams, Farmington, 10; F"denck J. 
Kingsbury, New Haven, Barnum 6200, I. 
M Ornburn, New Haven, ( olony 507. 

'Finance Committee -< harles G. ^an- 
,-„,,, Bridgeport, Chairman, Barnum 6240; 
Schuvk-r Merritt. ^amford 440 ; George 
M G-unn, New Haven, C nter 16 . Ui- 
Northrop, Waterbury, 393; Prank Miller, 
Bddgepm't, Barnum 103; Morgan B. 
BraTnard, Hartford, Charter 4067; Charles 
i Chase, Hartford, < harter 1690; I,. I. 
I;,,, ;Hlllll , st . Hartford Charter 686; I 

r. Cooley, Hartford, Charter 1210. 

Food Supply and Conseryat -Georg 

M. Landerl, New Britain, Chairman, 
,-enhone Hartford, 9611; Willian 
,. ... South Manchester, Hartford Jfix 
Laurel 90; Charles T. Davis M,d 
UeTown, 575; Wilson H. Lee New Haven, 
Center 8274; Robert W. Perkins, Norwich, 
',,'. ',. W Scoville, Salisbury, Charter 

r,.;,;. r l Stoddard, V\ Ibridge, New 

u ,i, exchange, Center 670; John P. 
'i Ml,rv. 905; Seth Low Pierre 

pontRidgeneld, -265-14; Waltei Goodw.n 
Hartford, Charter 961. 

[ndiirtrial Survey Committee — Frank D 
Chenev, South Manchester, < hairman, 136 
BiZp White, Hartford, bus.nessteephone 
Bridgeport exchange, Barnum 6000; 
,„., ■,.-.,. ,„,„,, Hartford, Charter 3330, 
Harr R Westcott, New Haven, Colon) 



Edwin G. Gaynor, Stratford, 250. 

I Committee— Lucius F. Robmson 

. d , Chain,,.,,,. Charter 784; David 

■ , itzGerald, New Haven, Center 4482; 

Fr: ,ncis P. Guilfoile, Waterbury, 2120; U 

J. Danaher, Meriden, 57; David S. Day, 

Bridgeport, Barnum 584. 

Man 1 Power and Labor — Herbert K 
Smith, Farmington, Chairman, Hartford 
exchange, Charter 3507; E. P. Bullard, jr., 
Bridgeport, Barnum 1070; E. A. Moore, 
5fe W Britain, 180; Ernest Walker Smith, 
Hartford, Charter 3507; P. f. Meara, 

N 0W II. .< ol my 567; Benjamin 

". rd, Charter L389. 

Military and Naval Committee — Wil- 
liam Sheffield Cowles, Farmington, Chair- 
man, 80; Calvin D. Cowles, Hartford, 
Charter 5471; Meigs H V\ haples Hart- 
ford < liar! ■! 5190; 11. H. Cownshend, Nev, 
Haven, Center 1847; T. McDonough Russell 
Middletown, 1040; Ebenezer uill, jr., South 
llk , 216; Arthur 11. Day, New Haven, 

I "publicity Committee — Geoi B < hand- 

, er |;,, r io 11,11, Chairman, Hwttord ex- 
change, I liai Isidore Wise, Har- 
ford Charter 3050: Edward P. Jones Win- 
Bted, 162-6; Sylvester /. Poll, New Haven, 
Center 7Ts ; Thomas F. Noone, Rockville, 
121-2- William V. Dee, Bridgeport, Bar- 
num 540; Rev. William A. Keefe, Plainfh Id 

,.,11' 

Sanitation and Medicine < harles I . 
M P., Bridgeport, Chairman; John 
F Uowi n" MJi.. Hartford, ( h nter L0r>] ; 
i; \ McDonnell, "M.D., New Haven, Center 
Am H F Brownlee, M.I'.. Danbury, 
lOj-'j G Stanton, M.D., New London, 



COUNTY AUXILIARY 
COMMITTEES 

Fairfield County — E. K. Nicholson, 
Bridgeport, Chairman, Barnum. 3960; E. F. 
von Wettberg, Fairfield, Barnum 1510; Her 
man C. Fleitmann, Stamford, 1890; Harry 
F Harris, Bridgeport, Barnum 6438; Rus- 
<*ell Frost. South Noryvalk, 573-5; Edward 
Sawyer. Stamford, 1860; Carl Foster, 
Bridgeport, Barnum 705. 

Hartford County — Arthur L. Shipman, 
Hartford, chairman, Charter 3970; A. I. 
Pattison, Simsburv, 163-5; Louis R. Cheney 
Hartford. Charter 8402; Edward F Hall, 
New Britain, 242; J. Frank belles, 
Wethersfield, Hartford Exchange, Valle) 
is',- Robert E. Pvne, Hartford, Chute 
; -i, Charles T. Treadway, Bristol, 130 

Litchfield County — Dudley L. Vail 
\\ ins ,,,!. chairman, 395; Robert \ 
...... Watertown, 95-3; William E. Besse, 

Torrington, 1; Frank H. Tuikington, Litch- 
field 253- -I Clinton Roraback, Canaan, 
, h ar ies W. Hodge, Nov Milford, 

n Middl County — G. E. Meeeh, Middle 

town, Chairman, 74; Louis S. Smith, 
Middletown; Rollin V. Tyler tylerville, 
n., v River Exchange, 74-3; Charles P.. Mar- 
vin, Deep River, 74-2; A. D. Williams, 
Middletown, 411-3; Joseph G. 'vitchcll, 
iiiiim, Middletown Exch, 
.. Burnham, Middletown, 717; Alfred 
rsleeve, Gild, rsleeve, Middletown Ex- 
, hangc 44-2. , r i 

New Haven County — W llson H. Lee 
New Haven, Chairman, Center 82/4; lhilip 
Troup Haven, Center 286o; . M. 

Ullman, New Haven, Center 02 g James, 
T. Moran, Nev Haven, Center 20; Alton 
11. Ansonia, 148; Alfred B. Hammer, 
Branford, 340; W. H. Lyon, Meriden, 1; 
H . Goss, Waterbury, 3300. 
ffev London County — T. A Scott, V. 
London. Chairman, 1051; William i. Hop 
so „, New London, 1152; Frederick W. Mer- 
,,,. x,,v London, 770; Bryan F Mahan, 
London, 2J4; Frank T. Cable, Sm 
London, 1060; Grosvenor Ely Norwich 
Ci1 „, ioO; Joseph 1. Fai- 

orwich, 730; Robert McNeelcy, Nor- 

i'h, 1121-4. <,,,;tii 

Tolland County- -Hargr C Sm'th, 

Rockville. Chairman, 186; Ralph D. Keeney, 

aersville, 58-4; Charles A lhomp on 

Melrose; Charles D. Talcott, Palcottvill 

I har i es B. Pinney, Stafford Springs, 
Staff ' rd exchange, 3-12; Charles Phelps, 

G. Harold Gilpatric, 
p ut nam, I hairman 20; John 0. Fox lut- 
aam 110; U. Lefrance, Central Vilage, 
1(57-2- F E. Cunneen, Danielson, ['•'■;■ \ l ; 
1 Davenport, Pomfret, 380; Frank I. 
lv„ t ';, Willimantic, 184 !; Rev. Vernon 
W, Cooke, Willimantic, 698. 




(Hannprttnrt lullrtm. 



Published Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, JULY 20, 1917 



No. 2 



COUNCIL TELLS GIFFORD 
WHY CONNECTICUT URGES 
FEDERAL PRIORITY BOARD 



Further Information Sent to Director 
of Council of National Defense — Says 
50 Percent Increase in Production 
of War Materials Means Shifting 
Labor in State from Other Indus 
tries to War Work 



NATIONAL REGULATION IS 

GREATEST NEED OF HOUR 

Further information concerning the 
views of the Connecticut state Council of 
Defense on the need of a strong national 
priority hoard is contained in ;i letter re- 
cent',') sent t" W. S. Gifford, director of 
tiie Council iif National Defense at Wash- 
ington, I). ('. The letter was written in 
reply to a letter received front Mr. Gifford 
asking for further information as to • li- 
tmus in Connecticut pertinent to the 
priority board discussion. Mr. Gifford's 
letter followed the receipt of a resolution 
adopted by the state defense council 
strongly urging the establishment of a 
national priority board. 

The letter of the council explaining more 
fully its views on the need of a priority 
board is. in part, as follows: 

1. PRIORITY BOARD. The Connecticut 
council is not, of course, concerned with 
the particular form or name of such board, 
but is very deeply concerned in the substance 
of its duties and extent of its powers. The 
resolutions which the council sent to you 
on June l"i imply very clearly the sort of 
board which seems to this council necessary. 
Our primary object in advocating Buch a 
board, is to secure final authoritative in- 
formation on the kinds and quantities of 
production which the federal Government 
will want of Connecticut. This for the pur- 
pose of aiding the council to adjust the 
labor and plant capacities of the state to 
that production. 

To do this a priority board must have 
wide duties, and great powers. Nothing 
else will meet the situation, as we see it 
here. 

■1. SHIFTING OF INDUSTRY. We are 
glad to answer, so far as we can, your re- 
ipies! for further information on "the large 
shifting of industry here, the very great 
and difficult readjustment of labor and manu- 
facturing and their inter-relations" (using 
the language of our resolution) which will 
be required, to enable Connecticut to ap- 
proach its maximum of military supplies, 
You ask also for some further specifications 

(Continued on page 4) 



To Make No Move 
That Might Delay 
First Army Draft 

The Connecticut State Council of 
Defense, at an executive session Wed- 
nesday, discussed the estimates of 
population made by the federal goi 
eminent as a basis of the army 
draft, by which Connecticut's popula- 
tion is put at the excessive figure 
of 1,719,000, and unanimously voted 
that the state should nut insist at the 
present time upon the government 
rectifying the error made in the first 
estimates as such action might delay 
the most important work of select- 
ing the first contingent of men. 

It was also voted, however, that 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell address 
a letter to the secretary of war. 
sending copies to the provost marshal 
general. Director W. S. Gifford of 
the Council of National Defense, and 
to Connecticut senators and repre- 
sentatives in Congress, declaring that 
Connecticut must insist that a new 
method of determining the quota of 
this state lie adopted and that 
Connecticut receive credit on a sub- 
sequent levy fur the excess of men 
required for the first draft. 



ORDERED TO NEW HAVEN. 



Colonel C. D. Cowles will Oversee ln» 
structions of National Guard Troops. 

Colonel Calvin D. Cowles, U. S. A., re- 
tired, wlio is a member of the Military and 
Naval Affairs Committee of the Connecti- 
cut State Council of Defense and has been 

extremely active in the work of tl om- 

mittee. has gone to New Haven to oversee 
the instructions of the National Guard 
troop- composing the camp at Yale field. 
Colonel Cowles went to New- Haven in com- 
pliance with an order from the headquarters 
of the Northeastern Department at Boston, 
Mass. 



BREAKING BACKBONE 

OF COAL SHORTAGE 

Through the efforts of the Connecticut 
Committee of the New England General 
i'oal Committee, members of which were 
named b\ Governor Marcus II. Holcomb 
at the suggestion of the Connecticut Stat' 
Council of Defense, shipment of a train ol 
fifty carloads of anthracite coal to Hart 
ford lias been secured. The train is now in 
this state. The New England committee 
is striving to secure fifty -neb trainloads 
for New England. The Connecticut com- 
mittee consists of Philip B. dale of Hart 
ford. De Witt Page of Bristol, John I'. 
Elton of Waterbury, G. I". Meech of Middle- 
town and A. 11. Bullard of Bridgeport. 



TO DECIDE ATTITUDE 
ON EXEMPTING MEN 
IN NECESSARY TRADES 



Meeting of Council Calls for Report 
at Next Week's Session — Good 
Attendance of CommitteeChairmen. 
To Provide Cards for Voluntary 
Registration of Women -Other 
Matters Under Discussion 



MEDICAL AID FOR MEN 

WHO WANT TO ENLIST 

The Connecticut state Council of De- 
fense will take action at its meeting next 
week in the matter of defining its atti- 
tude on the question of occupational exemp- 
tions from the army draft. At the coun- 
cil's meeting Wednesday, it was voted that 
the Committee on Man Power and Labor 
present to the next meeting a set of recom- 
mendations in this matter of occupational 
exemptions. Limited agricultural exemp- 
tions proposed by the Committee on Food 
Supply and Conservation were laid over 
until the next meeting for action. The 
council, when it determines its attitude in 
this matter, will forward its recommenda 
tions to the general exemption boards. 

Several important reports were received 
and a number of matters were acted upon 
at the council meeting on Wednesday. Gov- 
ernor Marcus II. Holcomb and the follow 
ing members of the council were present: 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. 
Alsop. Winchester Bennett, Dr. D. Chester 
Brown, Adjutant General George M. Cole, 
Homer S. < ummings, Howard A. Giddings, 
• luliu- C. Stremlau and Harris Whitte 
more. There was an executive session 
starting at 10 o'clock and this was followed 
shortly after 11 o'clock b\ a general meet 
ing at which there was a good attendance 
of sub-committee and county auxiliary com 
niiitei- chairmen. 

In compliance with a request received 
in, in (lie Connecticul Division. Woman's 
Committee. Council of National Defense, 
and also from the Council of National 
Defense, it was voted at the executive ses- 
sion that the publicity committee of the 
council lie directed to prepare and print 
for the Connecticut Division an adequate 
supply of official cards to be used in the 
voluntarj registration oi women in Con- 
nect ii ut for service. 

The matter of the quota for the national 
until assigned to Connecticut was disi 
fullj and the resolution reported elsewhere 
was adopted. 

\t the regular session winch followed 
the executive session, the following chair- 
men of subcommittees were present: 
George B. t handler, frank D. Cheney, Ad- 

i ( lont iimeil mi page I 



CO X X E< !T I CUT BULLETIN 






Reports on Activities of County Auxiliary Committees 



HARTFORD COUNTY 

The Hartford County Auxiliary ( 

mittee has held no formal meeting since 
the end of the active recruiting drive 
c i rried on in the count} under its direc 
linn. It has, however, proceeded in the 
work of organizing town committees. Col- 
onel Richard J. Goodman of the First Regi 
menl appointed Lieutenant Pickett of the 
vlachine Gun Company as supervising re- 
cruiting officer. The count} committee, 
through its chairman, Arthur L. Shipmnn, 
has aided Lieutenant Pickett with sugges 
tions as to how and where meetings should 
be held and the speakers to be used. The 

count} c mittee has sent out a circular 

letter to the town chairmen requesting 
their aid in the recruiting work and en- 
closing schedules of enlistments in the 
l , t Regiment and the Regular Army. 

Town chairmen have been appointed for 
this committee, as follows: 

Avon - - Sherman V\ . Eddy. 

Berlin — Claude W. Stevens. 

Bloomfield — Oliver D. Filley. 

Bristol — Mayor Joseph F. Dutton. 

Burlington rohn A. Reeve. 

Canton — Charles II. Smith. 

I i-f Granby — Frank II. Dibble. 

East Hartford — Edward E. King. 

East Windsor — Howard A. Middleton 

Enfield — John K. Bissland. 

Farmington '. A. Skoglund. 

Unionville — W. W. Robotham. 

Glastonbury — Lewis W. Ripley. 

Granby — Edward H. Shattuck. 

Hartford — Mayor Frank A. Hagarty, 
William .T. Hamersley. 

Hart land — 1). X. Gaines. 

Manchester — Frank D. Cheney. 

Marlborough — rohn C. Vergason. 

New Britain — Mayor George A. Qulg- 
ley. 

Newington — E. Stanley Welles. 

Plainvilli Stanley S. Gwillin. 

Rocky Hill — Leon E. Taylor. 

Simsbury — Henry C. Ellsworth. 

Southington — C. ('. Charaberlin. 

South Windsor — Buel C. Grant. 

Suffield -- Charles i,. Spencer. 

West Hartford — C. Edward Beach 
Charles C. Cook. 

Wethersfield — E Hart Fenn. 

Windsor — Albert H. House. 

Windsor Locks — Frank E. Healy. 



two to select the third member. Town 
chairmen have been named as follows: 

\oiw ieh — Mayor \ll.\ n L. Brown. 

New London — Henry C. Chappell. 

Lebanon — Karl T. Bishop. 

Old Lynn Thomas L. Haynes. 

Salem — Henry A. Rogers. 

Ledyard — Charles A. Graj . 

( lioton — W. G. Stebbins. 

i ; i iswold - James 1 1. Shea. 

Waterford — Albert II. Lanphere. 
In response to a communication from 
Rev. Morris 15. Ailing, state chairman ol 
the "lour Minute Men," Mayor Ernest E. 
Rogers of New London has been named as 
chairman for the New London district. 

The New London County Auxiliary Com 
mittee will hold its state meeting on Tues- 
day of eaeh week. 



WINDHAM COUNTY 

Joseph L. Ryan of the Putnam Chamber 
of Commerce lias been appointed secretary 
of the Windham County Auxiliary Com- 
mittee, and the permanent office of the 
committee has been established in the 
chamber of commerce rooms. The tele- 
phone number is Putnam 337-2. Being 
unable to serve in the military. Mr. Ryan 
has accepted "holly this opportunity to 
assist in the state's war work without com 
pensal ion. 

Town chairmen have been named as fol- 
low s ; 

Ashford — H. R. Woodward (Post 
office address. Warrenville) . 

Brooklyn — Charles S. Hyde. 

( lanterbury — Hubert Craves. 

Chaplin - ( Hat •nee E. « 'hester. 

Eastford — George S. Bowen. 

Hampton — W. II. 1'urnham. 

Killingly — Alcotl D. Sayles (Post 
office address. Last Killingly). 

Plainfield — S. W. Butterworth. 

Pomfret — John Ash (Post office ad- 
dress. Pomfret Center I . 

Putnam — O. J. Milof. 

Scotland — Charles Brenn. 

Sterling — D. J. Dougherty (Post 
ollice address, Oneeo). 

Thompson — C. A. Higstrom (Post 
ollice address, Putnam R. F. D. No. 
2). 

Windham — Frank P. Fenton (Post 
office address, Willimantic ) . 

Woodstock — (hester E. May. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY 

The Middlesex County Auxiliary Coin 
mittee has organized with the following 
olficers: chairman, G. Ellsworth Meech; 
vice-chairman, George Burnham; secretary, 
Louis S. Smith; treasurer, Charles M. 
Marvin. The committee has nominated 
Charles A. Anderson as its labor member 
Chairmen have been appointed in the fif- 
teen towns of the county and complete 
committees had been named on Monday m 
all towns except four. 

Under the auspices of the county com- 
mittee, a recruiting rally for the First 
Regiment, C. N. G., was held in Middle 
tow n Tuesday evening. 

Town committee chairmen have been 
named as follows: 

East Hampton — X. B. A. Carrier. 

Portland— P. P. Goodrich. 

East lladdain — Rev. Franklin Coun- 
tryman. 

Chester — Edgar W. Lewis. 

Killingworth — Philander Parmalee. 

Clinton — Sturgis G. Redfield. 

old Saybrook — Fred 

Saybrook i Post i mice. 
Prank A. Hefflon. 

Essex — Archie Lord. 

Middletown — < harlos 

( Iromwell — Dr. Frank 

Middle-field — William 

Durham — Paul P. Wilcox. 

Westbrook — Elmer A. Lyme 



FAIRFIELD COUNTY 

Fairfield County was thoroughly or- 
ganized for war activities before the Con 
necticul state Council of Defense was ap- 
pointed. The council, however, is now work- 
ing in co-operation with the Fairfield 
County Auxiliary Committee to bring its 
local bodies into harmonj with those of 
the council and the other counties of the 
stale, and it is expected that this will he 
pel Eected \\ ithin a short time. 



NEW LONDON COUNTY 

Olficers have been selected h\ the New 
London County Auxiliary Committee as 
follows: Chairman, T. A. Scott; vice- 
chairman, J. T. Fanning; treasurer, P. W. 
■r. secretary. II. M. Pendleton. Rob- 
ert McNeelej of Norwich has been nomi- 
nated as labor member of the committee, 
missing the town committees in the 
smaller towns, the plan followed has been 
to name the first selectman and the local 
food supply committee representative, these 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY 

The New Haven County Auxiliary Com- 
mittee has established permanent head 
quarters at Room 8, No. 839 Chapel Street 
New Haven, in the ollice of the secretary. 
Benjamin F. English. In addition to the 
election of Mr. English as secretary, John 

II. Goss Ins I n elected vice-chairman and 

Alfred E. Hammer of Branford, second 
vice-chairman. Weekly meetings will be 
held by the canity committee on Fridays. 
Town chairmen have been appointed b\ 
the New Haven County Auxiliary Com- 
mittee, as follows: 

Branford — Dr. A. J. Tenney. 

Milford — Arthur B. Clark. 

North Haven — John H. Blakeslee. 

Southbury — Ira Hawkins. 

Prospect — David Plumb. 

Wolcott -Wilfred Warner. 

Waterbury — Judge W. D. Makepeace. 

Hamden- J. Frederick Jackson. 

East Haven — John W. Doyle. 

Madison — T. Myron Hull. 

New- Haven — Mayor Samuel Campner. 



S. Chapman. 
Deep River) 



T. Davis 
K. Ilallock. 
L. Morgan. 



LITCHFIELD COUNTY 

The Litchfield County Auxiliary Com- 
mittee has appointed town chairmen as 
follows: 

Barkhamsted — Mai shall Case. 

Bethlehem lames \\ . Flynn. 

Bridgewater — R. M. Warner. 

Colebrook — W. \\ . Cooper. 

Cornwall — Charles L. Gold. 

Harwinton — Charles S. Birge. 

Kent — Rev. C. H. Perry. 

Litchfield — George C. Woodruff. 

Mew Hartford — 11. Roger Jones. 

Norfolk — A. P. Curtiss. 

Plymouth — A. H. Lister. 

Roxbury — X. P. Beardsley. 

Salisbury — D. J. Warner. 

Sharon — Rev. A. J. Plunkett. 

Thomaston — New ton Holbrook. 

Torrington — L. <!. Kibbe. 

Warren — David Strong. 

Washington — S. Ford Seeley. 

Watertown — S. McLean Buckingham. 

Winchester — Dudley L. Vaill. 

Woodbury — George P.. Sturges. 



TOLLAND COUNTY 

Permanent offices have 1 n opened by 

the Tolland County Auxiliary Committee 
in the town building in Rockville, and John 
B. Thomas of Rockville has been named as 
secretary. Thcri' will be no expense to 
the council for ollice or secretary. L. P. 
Bissell Ins been named as treasurer of the 
county committee. 

Town chairmen have been named as fol- 
lows : 

Andover — II. J. Backus. 

Bolton — J. White Sumner. 

Columbia — W. C. Robinson. 

Coventry — Dr. \\ . L. Higgins. 

Ellington — Harrison L. Hamilton. 

Mansfield — Fred 0. Vinton. 

Tolland — Edward E. Fuller. 

Vernon — John N. Keener. 



D. of D. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT'S OFFICIAL WAR COUNCIL 
HAS COMPLETE PLAN OF ORGANIZATION 



Represents Federal Government in This State, 

Sub-Committees and Works Through 

Committees in All Communities 



Is Advised 
Town 



by 



The Connecticut Statu Council of De- 
fense, created by a proclamation by Gover- 
nor Holcomb on April 2(>, 1917, in com- 
pliance with a request by the Council of 
National Defense in Washington and undei 
authority of Chapter 44 of the Public Acts 
of 11)17, is organized to cany on its ac- 
tivities with the aid and guidance of sub- 
committees, through county auxiliary com 
mittccs in everj count} and town com- 
mittees in every toVi n throughout the state 
of Connecticut. 

At a recent meeting, Governor Holcomb 
in speaking to the council said, " 1 want 
your advice in this matter. I consider 
you gentlemen my war council or cabinet 
and 4 want to feel that 1 may turn to you 
for advice." 

The federal government has its Council 
of National Defense, which is in charge of 
civilian activities pertaining to the war. 
in carry on the work of tins federal coun- 
cil, there are state councils similar to that 
in Connecticut in all the states in the 
union. The Council of National Defense 
work in this state is done through the 
agency of the Governor and the state coun- 
cil. The county auxiliary committees bear 
to the state council of defense a relation 
similar to that of the state council to the 
Council of National Defense and the town 
committees are related to the county com- 
mittees in a manner similar to the relation 
of the county committees to the state conn 
cil. The council has its general offices in 
the Mate Capitol in Hartford. 

Acting in an executive capacity with 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense are 
several sub-committees, through the agencj 
of which much of the council's work is 
handled. An outline of the duties and re- 
sponsibilities of these several sub-com- 
mittees is presented herewith: 

The Committee on Finance and Ways 
and Means will assist the government in 
raising funds and floating loans, and also 
has general supervision of the financial 
affairs of the state council. 

The Committee on Food Supply and Con- 
servation has a large separate force with 
headquarters in the Connecticut Mutual 
Building. No. 36 Pearl .Street. Hartford. 
This committee, formed by the governor on 
April 10, 1« fore the council was named, 
later became a sub-committee of the council. 
It has done much and continues to do much 
to increase and conserve Connecticut's food 
supply. 

The Committee on Industrial Survey 
keeps a close watch on the manufacturing 
resources of the state and holds itself pre- 
pared to give statistics and inventories 
concerning the industries of the state and 
their potential use to the government. 

Along this >amr line of preparation is the 
work of the Committee on Man Power and 
Labor, which is concerned with the supply 
and distribution of labor and its duty is 
to be able to solve such difficulties as will 
arise when the loss of men to the army 
begins to lie acutely felt. 



The Committee on Military and Naval 
Affairs is, as its name suggests, a com- 
mittee "to co-operate with the federal l"i\ 
eminent in the creation of the national 
,iiih\ and navy." The members have 
worked efficiently with the federal and 
slat.' recruiting officers in the matter of 
recruiting. 

Tlie responsibility of watching various 
points of danger to the state, military and 
civil, falls upon the Committee of State 
Protection. The chairman of the com- 
mittee is also chairman of the Military 
Emergency Board, which created and has 
charge of the Connecticut Home Guard. 
Volunteer companies of the Home Guard 
are to he found in almost every town. This 
organization is expected to be a big factor 
in the work of this committee, should the 
need arise. 

The maintenance of sanitary conditions 
in tin- state and conditions of good health 
and morals near camps and military posts 

is the task of the < oinnntt n Sanitation 

and Medicine. 

Inventories of tic state resources in 
motors, trucks, electric railways, highwa 
and waterwavs to he used to facilitate the 



transportation of troops and supplii 

being made by the Commitl hi Trans 

portation. The transportation of civil sup- 
plies, necessitated by war emergencie is 
also under it- care. 

The Legal Committee is. of ionise, a com- 
mittee of lawyers appointed to advi the 
council on all legal matters. 

America's allies have all urged upon this 
nation the u ssity of immediate co-ordi- 
nation of societies of war relief and war 
activities. To tabulate and record these 
state organizations and prevent overlapping 
oi actiA ities is t he woi k of the i Ion I 
mi ( !o-ordinal ion of Sociei ies. 

The spreading and control of information 
and the propaganda of the council com- 
prises the work of the Committee on Pub- 
licity. This commitl levises and places 

advertising of all kinds in the interests of 
the council, supplies the press with infor- 
mation concerning tin 1 council, circulates 
literature, and publishes the Connecticut 
Bulletin, which is tl rgan of council in- 
formation. 

In addition to these, the council is now- 
organizing a committ in aliens, which 

will promote good citizenship and Ameri- 
canism among those who have come to this 
country from other shores. 

But even this organization does not bring 
the work of the council near enough 
to the towns and individuals. For this 
purpose, there are town committees, which 
bring the activities of the state council to 
the citizens of the several communities. 

Thus ever* pari of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense has its own work but 
draws its powers in a traceable line from 
the Council of National Defense. 

The plan of organization is shown in 
the accompanying illustration. 



CHART SHOWING STATE COUNCIL ORGANIZATION PLAN 



Organization Of 
connecticut state council 



Council Of National Defense 



Governor 



State Council Of Defense 




CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published each « eek, on l'i iday, under 

the direction of the Connecticut 

State i ouncil of I tefense 

Copies of the CO ECTICUX BULL! 
TIN will In' mailed to members of the 
Connecticul State Council of Defense, its 
-nil commit I ees, count} auxilia ry com 
mittees and tin- chairman of its town nun 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 

ii. .i informed concerning official matters. 



Vol 1, HARTFORD, CONN., JTLY 20, 1917. Xo. '-' 

COUNCIL TELLS GIFFORD 
WHY CONNECTICUT URGES 
FEDERAL PRIORITY BOARD 



i Continued from Page 1) 

thereon, ami where we anticipate the 
" shifting ". anil whether such rim 
have ah. -illy taken place. Also, in more 
detail, what would In 1 necessarj in re-ad- 
justing labor, anil what "positions" labor 
would have i" surrender. 

To answer these questions full',, requires 
exactly the information that we air hoping 
to get through the establishment of such 
a priority board. We cannot answer them in 
: 1 1 1 \ completeness until we know whit, pro- 
duction is wanted of Connect icut. 

In general terms, however, the ease is 
obvious. There are now employed in Con- 
necticut, in industries directly connected with 
the needs of the military establishment, be- 
tween 100,000 ami 150,000 employees. \n 
increase of 50 per cent, of such production, 
would eall roughly for a 50 per cent, in- 
crease in labor therein, or .Ml. to 75,000 

more ha mis. A doubling of production I and 
this is quite conceivably what the govern- 
ment will demand), means from 100,000 to 

150, re. Much of this labor will have 

to be highly skilled. This is particularly 
true in Connecticut's industries, which are 
mainly in metal products. We cannot ex- 
pect t" get these additional hands in any 
large proportion from outside the state. 
Most of them will come from other factories 
not making munitions, and from farms. 
Many will he women, entering industry for 
the first lime, provided we have time to 
arrange for this. Hut the total shift will 
In' enormous, and our industries will he 
gravely dislocated. If we can foresee these 
changes definitely by industries ami local 
ities some time iii advance, we can break 
that shock considerably. If we cannot fore- 
see them, the situation will he chaotic; one 
manufacturer bidding against another for 

bands, e nious loss in " hiring ami firing 

of untrained new hands, ami almost certain 
increase of labor disturbances. 

In other words, you cannot take a manu 

facturing stale like C 'ticut am! double 

ii selected half of its production in short 
oiiler, without making enormous labor 
changes. This must he perfectly obvious. 

Where these changes will come, what they 
will he, we cannot tell now, because we do 
not know, as we have reiterated, what the 
nuietit w ants. 

There is, further, the demand that will 

hortlj come from the farm- I'm labor to 

cultivate ami harvest the additional food 

crops that thej have been urged to prepare 

for. This is here by no menus as important 



as the i infacturing side, but still it has 

i considerable influence, especially because 
the increased demand from the munitions 
plants for hands, threatens to drain the 
farms of even the scant labor that they now 
have. 

::. As to the concessions thai may he 
asked of labor, they are also fairly obvious. 
We shall probably have to ask union men to 
work with non-union men; to work on non- 
union jolis; to set aside union rules aa to 
hours of labor in emergency eases; and 
broadlj speaking, patriotically to refrain 
from raising, during the period of the war, 
questions which otherwise would be very 
proper as hclween themselves and manu- 
facturers as lo wages, piece work, standards 
of computing pay, etc. It mas also be 
necessary to modify certain legal require- 
ments as to hours of labor in the ease of 
women, in order to meet the imperative 
requirements of new conditions in certain 



industries. This does not 1 essarily mean 

any lowering of the standards of health 
and welfare. But when an industry has 
been carried on for generations, under a one 
shift system, and then suddenly, under 
forced pressure, has to go on to cither a 
two shift or three shift system, laws which 
weir, entirely sensible for a one shift sys- 
tem, are utterly inapplicable to a two or 
three shift, and sometimes bring about 
exactly the opposite of the results intended 
h.\ the law. 

\\ c trust that we have answered your 
questions with some degree of satisfaction 
to yon. If we knew what the government 
wanted, we could answer these quest ions 
very much more completely. We must 
answer these questions for our own benefit, 
if our council is to accomplish anything 
like whit it hopes to in Connecticut. It 
is for that reason that we have urged a 
pi ioi M j hoard. 



TIME FACTOR IN METAL INDUSTRY 



Considerable study of the time factor in 
metal products lias already been made h\ 
the Connecticut Stale Council of Defense 
-aili committee on man power and labor, 
of which Herbert Knox Smith is chair- 
man. The committee finds that "The chief 
industry of Connecticut is the production 
of highly elaborated metal articles, imply- 
ing great plant investment ami peculiarly 
skilled labor. Such production will be the 
main contribution of Connecticut to the 
war." The committee also finds that the 
making of such products requires in an 
extreme degree an absolutely necessary pre- 
paration winch involves "long periods oi 
time and great specialized investment." 

Several illustrations are given by the 
commit Ice. " < Ine oi I he foremost rifle mak 
jng concerns in the country." its report lo 
ihe council siys, "having taken a foreign 
ordi i for rifles at the beginning of the war 
mil working under forced speed, took foul 
teen months before the first batch of rifles 
was delivered and invested $850,000 in 
tools, fixtures and gauges for this one job." 

Further illustration of time limitations 
:ii. given in the following statement taken 
by the committee from ilc statements of the 
manager of a special machinery company, 
located in Connecticut, employing about 

in ii. paj ing the highest rale of wages 

to mechanics paid in the city in which it is 
located and being probablj the most efficient 
shop of Ihe sort in equipment and skilled 
labor in Connecticut. 

"These illustrations all occurred during 
the war. and the work done was for very 

h ticerns making war supplies, mostly 

on foreign orders. As a matter of courtesy, 
it is thought best not to give the names 
of the said concerns, 'nil if desired, these 
facts will he verified. They are absolutely 
reliable. 

" I. The company built twenty cart- 
ridge trimming machines for a large manu- 
facturer. The job look six months to do, 
and cost about $40,000. This time did 
not include the time for preparing the 
drawings which were provided beforehand 
hy I he customer. 

" ''. The company built four machines 
lor chambering rifles and trimming and 



rounding the ends of rifle barrels for another 
large concern. The time was six months, 

put of which was due to an unavoidable 
holdup mi material. 'Ihe work was done 
under rush orders al a cost of $20.(1011. 

" :i. The company built four wire draw- 
ing machines for still another very large 

it ions maker. The time was six 

months, of which six weeks was due to loss 
of a forging in transmission. This instance 
illustrates the additional delays that have 

to he expected. 

' I The company built for still another 
great gun works, four machines for mark- 
ing graduations on the time-train ring for 
-. 1 1 1 . i [ 1. Time, two mouths under rush 

presslll e. 

" .">. The company is still building 
machines for making cartridge clips for 
another concern. Three months have novi 
elapsed, and the machines are not yet 
finished. 

" ii. The company made fur still another 
munitions works, two certain small gauges, 
absolutely essential for the making of cer- 
tain arms. It took two months to com- 
plete these gauges. The essential point to 
he observed here, is that only one man could 
work on the gauges, as they went together, 
and were too small to allow of more than 
one man at a time. 

"In all the above cases, the time stated 
doe, not include the lime for preparing the 
designs. In all these case,, designs were 
furnished by the customer. It frequently 
happens (hat the preparation of designs to 
-.all . takes as much time as the making of 
the art icle. 

" II should further he noted that much of 
this work cannot he speeded up by getting 
more men. In many cases, the nature of 
the work is such that only one man can 
work on a given machine." 



25 From Middlesex County 

In the table of enlistments published in 
the Bulletin last week, there was a typo- 
graphical error whereby Middlesex County 

received credit for only two recruits for 
the National Guard. 'The figures should 
have shown that Middlesex County had 
twenty live National Guard recruits. 



CONNECTICUT BULLET IX 



AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS 
ARE URGED BY COMMITTEE 



Objections to Drafting Men Vital to 

Production of Foodstuffs 

are Outlined 

The committee of Food Supplj ami ( on 
servation lias yesterday made recommenda 
tions in regard to exemption fur agricul- 
tural labor, asking licit three classes re- 
ceive considerat ion in thi i mneet ion. The 
recommendal ions are : 

" First: Men with a technical educa 
tion capable of supervising agricultural 
projects, including boi Farm labor camps 
iiinl managers of farms conducted on si 
commercial basis. This would include 
county agricultural agents, supervisors, et 
cetera, 

"Second: Trained dairymen and buttei 
makers (men who are familiar with pas- 
teurizing, bottling, and care of milk in 
general) and herdsmen having a knowledge 
of feeding. 

"Third: 'One-man' farmers, men who 
are working their own place without regu- 
lar help, and whose land and equipinenl 
would remain idle if they were removed.' 

This action was taken by the committee 
in response to requests from W. J. S|iill 
man, chief of the office of farm manage 

ment, United States Depart nt of Agri 

culture, and from Berber! Knox Smith 
chairman of the Committee on Man Power 
and Labor of the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense. 

These suggestions of the food supply 
committee were submitted at Wednesday's 
meeting of the council and consideration 
was postponed until next week. 



PUTNAM HAS PROPER SPIRIT 



Leads Whole State in Per Capita En- 
listments for Regular Army 

Putnam leads the state, according to the 
latest figures, in per capita enlistment of 
volunteers for the regular army. Since 
the beginning of Recruiting Week, twenty- 
five men have been accepted there. I hair- 
man G. 11. Gilpatric's home town stands 
tied for fifth place ill the state totals for 

regular armj recruits by towns and cities, 
with a number equal to Waterbury and out- 
numbered only l>\ Bridgeport with seven 
ty-five volunteers; Hartford, with lift' 
New Britain, with forty-six ami New Haven. 
with forty. 



Copies of First Issue Available 

It is possible that -.nee persons may re- 
ceive copies of tin- edition of the Connecti- 
cut Bulletin who did not yet a copy of the 
lirst issue published last Friday. There 
still remain a few copies of the first issue 
and these may he had b) writing for them 
to Room 26 State Capitol, Hartford. Conn. 



Mr. Alsop Attends Meeting 

Joseph W. Alsop of .won, a member of 
i lie council, attended his lii -i meeting on 

w ednesdaj . S after Mr. Alsop was ap 

pointed ]>\ t he 'j.o\ er \ he became set lous 

tj il ] and has just, recovered sufficient i\ to 
take up business affairs again. 



MEETINGS 



The next meeting of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense will be held at 
the stai ■ Capitol, Hartford, on Wednes- 
day, July 25, 1017. There will be an ex- 
followed by a 



ccutive session at Mi a. 
general meet ing al I I o" 



lock 



I'he i ha ii men or secret aries of sub c 

tnittees and count \ auxiliary com 
of the come il nci i secure publication of 
of meet ice of I heir committees in 
this column by mailing them on tic 
day prior to the date of issue, to 
I onnect i, ut Bullet in. 
Room _.ii. 

Stat.' I apitol, 
Hartford, i onn. 



CONNECTICUT DIVISION 
OF WOMAN'S COMMITTEE 



Will Conduct Its Activities From an 
Office in State Capitol 

lie i onnecticut I )i \ ir-ion of the Woman's 
Committee. Council of National Di 
has opened an office in Room thi. State 
Capitol. Its telephone is < barter 8740. 
Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, chairman, and 
Mrs. Ernesl Thompson Seton, secretary, 
will be at the office from time to time. 
Mis. Edward W. W. Hayward, fourth vice 
chairman, has charge of the offii e i ' 
day with an assistant. This Connecticut 
Division will co-operate with the Connecti 
cut Slate Council of Defense in matters 
i efi i i ed to ii by the i iouneil of Nat Lonal 
Defense ami the Woman's Committee oi 
tie- national defense council. It has, how- 
ci oli, ia I oi act u, 1 1 ci i ! ion with 

the -talc council of defense. 

At the request of Dr. Anna Howard 
shaw. chairman of the Woman's Committee 
of the Council of National Defense, Mis. 
Edward II. Smile} of Hartford, president 
of the Fedei ated < lubs of ( one 
called together the presidents or their 
proxies of national organizations with 
branches in Connecticut, and a conference 
was held at the Hotel Garde, Hartford, on 
June I. According to instructions from tic 
Woman'- Committee, Council of National 
Defense, thi- bocV\ was to form a Connecti- 
cut division', the purpose of which is to 
co-ordinate the existing women's or: 
tions in the state rather than to form a 
new organization. Twenty-six of (he thirty- 
four state organizations elected tie , a 
live board, whii h follow - : 

(liaii-man — Caroline Hun 1 - Ree I, I Ireen- 
ri'ch. Secretary — Mrs. Ernest Thompson 
i Ircenfl icb. Treasurer \l i -. II. II. 
Bumstead, New Haven. Vice-chairmen — 
Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles, Mr-. John 
Laidlaw Buel, Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkelev. 
tfi Edward W. W. Hayward. 

Members Executive Committee- Mrs. 
Richard M. Bissell. Mrs. Arthur T. I 
Miss Christine .1. Haas. Mrs. Herbert Knox 
Smith. Mi— M. Estell-i Sprague, Dr. Marv 
C. Welles, Dr. Valeria II. Parker. Dr. Kate 
Campbell .Mead, Mrs. W. E. D. Scott. 



The Publicity < ommittee of (he i 'on- 
necticut State Council of Defense net this 
morning at 10.30 o'clock al the stale Capi- 
tol, 



125 "FOUR-MINUTE MEN" 
NAMED FOR CONNECTICUT 



Twenty =si.\ City Chairmen Already 

Appointed by Rev. Morris 

E. Ailing 

I " lit \ si\ eit \ chairmen of the " Foul 
Minute Men" have been named thus far 
to carry on the Connecticut work of this or- 
ganization. The appointments have been 
made l)j Rev, Morris E. Ailing of Rocky 
Hill. -I ate i h.i i: mac oi i ho ■ Foul VI 
Men" and assistant chairman of the conn 
oil's Committee on Publicity. This organi- 
zation will provide speakers tor foe 
ute addie--,- on subjects of national im- 
portance at, moving picl 1 heat as, be- 
tween the reds. Ahead;, aboill 125 speak- 
ers, have been selected for work in this 
tate. 

ippointed bj Mr. Uling 



The cha i l lien 
follow - : 
Ansonia — J 
Bridgepoi t. - 



Dull, 



M. Emerson, 
(arl Foster. 
Bristol - Ma;, oi' Joseph F. 
Danbury — Martin F. Cunningham. 
Derbj — Alton T. Terrell. 
( Ireenu ich — II. II. Adam-. 

ford '•! i\ or Frank A. Hagarty. 
Manchester — Arthur 12. Bowers. 
Meriden Ma yoi Joseph II. Co 
Middletown "W illiam II. Bouteilli r. 
New Britain — Mavor George A. Quig 

ley. 
N'ew Haven Mayor Samuel Campner. 

New I Ion Mayor E. 12. Rogers. 

Norwalk — Russell Frost. 
Norwich — Mayor Allyn L. Brown. 
Orange-— Clarence E. Thompson. 
Rockville — 1). J. McCarthy. 
Stamford — Charles I). Lockwood. 
Scv iimui — Ci. E. Matthies. 

I Major 12. W. Klleeu. 

Stratford — Howard .1. I urtis. 
Torrington Francis Rav Wadhams. 
Wallingford — Frank A. Wallace. 
Waterbury — Judge W. D. Makepeace. 
W'illim ml ie - Frank I'. Fenton. 
Winsted— William II. Blodgett. 



INDUSTRIAL WASTE 



Subject Has Consideration at Meeting 
of Council's Committee 

Plans for taking up the matter of in- 
dustrial Waste in till- stale Were made at a 
meeting of the council's (ommittee on In- 
dustrial Survey, held Thursday afternoon 
in Room 25, Slate (apitol. Chairman Frank 
D. Cheney presided and the full member- 
ship of the committee was present. I'he 
committee ha- been collecting information 
from a number of plants in the slate and 

this was before the members at their i t- 

ing. It i- ex] e :l ed t lial t he committee will 
have some important conclusions to report 
in the near future. 



599 Short for Regular Army 

According to the official report mad 
public Wednesday. Connecticut is now only 
.)!)!) men short of il- regular armv quota 

IS. The state was i t L.200 short 

of its quota when the special recruiting 
drive was begun bj l lie council of de- 
ed it- county auxiliary committees. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



to decide attitude \Camp Combining Military # # 
on exempting men an j Agricultural 1 raining 

IN NECESSARY TRADES & ^. j /_ \W/ 



(Continued from Page I I 



Discussed for Next Year 



mira] w. S. Cowles, Dr. C. C. Godfrey, 

George M. Landers Herbert Knox Smith 

and Frank B. Weeks. The following chair- 

>n ,„■ countj auxiliary committees 01 

„,„• representatives also were pres «*: 

John II. Goss and Benjamin P. kng - ■ 

for Chairman Wilson H. Lee ot Nev, ■ ■ 

County; G. Ellsworth Meech of Middle 

sex County, Harrj 0. Smith ° f Holland 

County, Arthur I- Shipman o Hartford 

, „ mlt \ and Dudley L. Vaill of Litchfield 

' ""I!;,;, i„.. the report of W. 11. Putnam, 

chairman of the Committ l^anspoi -tar 

, it was voted thai T. W Russell o 
, , ,„. ap p i n ted a member o that 
i , i ttee The matter of selecting a 
' !,, for the committee on aliens was 
discussed and final action delayed tor a 
week Adopting the report of George M 
Landers, chairman of the Committee on 
Food Supplj and Conservation, it was voted 
JCtJunusC. Stremlau of Meriden, a mem 
tt of ne council, be appointed a member 
o that committee. Reports also, were pre- 
sented by chairmen o1 sub-coi ittees and 

ountV a^iliary committees and were ac- 
cented Mr. Landers submitted a report 
,C\natter of the establishment of a eon s 

centration camp for boys m tins state as 
reported elsewhere m tins issue of 
o'lletin Mr Chenej reported foi tin 

Cotmltt - Industrial Survey that prog; 

ress was being made in the matter of pie 
vention of waste. 

„,.,,„„.« Knox Smith read a report on 
n ,„ pr ioritv system in England and afte 
d'cussion it was voted thai the Committe 
n Alan Power and Labor prepare a full 
"tin detail showing how such a scheme 

of priority could bo worked out in Con- 
necticul an,, submit the report at the ^next 
meeting of the council or as soon there- 
after as possible. . 
'",„. c ',.. Godfrey submitted a report for 
the Committee on Sanitation and Medicine 
wSi he said that his committee was 
. 1 „,„ >l ,l in giving attention to the remedy- 
r, o 1 ghf physical defects in men desir^ 

ng to volunteer or who had 1 a rejected 

by reason of said defects, m order to in- 
crease .1- number of persons availab e foi 
active service. It was voted that lus re- 

i " , ';; ,i ,;:u!:"!: ( ,,, ,., *» * i^ 

hoards it! the several towns of the state 
l,y the town committees was referred to the 

publicity committee and Joseph W. Alsop 

!,' prepare a plan and a design ana submit 

it to the council. 



Defense Council Decides 

Not to Take up Plans 

this Summer 



Want Address Changed? 



Report on Maine Idea 

Instructions to give further considera- 
tion t„ the matte, of an agricultural con- 
centration camp in Connecticut next i at 
for boys from 16 to 20 years of age were 
„■„,,, ,„ the Committee on Food Supply 
and Conservation of the Connecticut state 
Council of Defense at the council's meeting 
on Wednesday. A report in the matter is 
called for before November 1. Following 
, fecial investigation of the plan followed 
in Maine, the food supply committee recom- 
mended that no action be taken m the 
matter of establishing such a camp this 
year, and this recommendation was 

"''iC'speeial committee which mad,, the 
investigation has sent to members of the 
ceuncil a nd its committee chairmen a re- 
port which may be summarized ^follows: 
' The need for boy- to cope with the in 
i farm labor this summer r^sutel 
in a federal conference on the subject, 

Eis^rw, -modiiTrt 

Efe^ s u,^ e in« 

tnc problem of high school farm labor in 

Reports of the plan followed in f Maine 
.Vow that the b„ys are recruited ^ from t 
,,,„,„ state and as many as can he ac 
commodated are taken to the cen ral m°_ 
Ligation camp (of tents with ^ frame kit 
chens and dining room) where all w 
JuUr Volunteers, as they are called train 

If thev pass the physical and general 
ImlnaUoL. tla.y are euuipred w, h a pra, ; 

Heal working outfit and slatted unaei 
competent leaders on a routine calculated 



1,, harden them to farm work and instil 

the military spirit of obedience and ser- 

', , , T hey have military drills mornings 

and'afternons, with music by a good hand. 

W hile the body of the day is sper, a - 

natelv on demonstrations and practical 

;ar,n\vo„. The day begins with first call 

at 5 30 a. m.. and reveille at 5.40 am., 

a'ul closes with taps at 8.30 p. m After 

I period of training, the boy takes the 

oflSoath to his state and country ami 

' raetieallv enlisted for hve months 

HisCages from the state $1 a da> and 

board begin at once and he is sent to a 

farmer wftb whom arrangements have been 

ade by the leaders. these leaders keep 

a watchful eye on the Junior Volunteei 

all the time he is at work. 
tL entire Maine cost for a- five months 

season for 1,01)0 boys is estimated to 
LW $100,000, and hv .Inly 5 472 hoy, 
',,.,,. L „ the held. Of course, these boys 
a,v already trained for farm work next 
summer. 

Two budgets were presented by the com- 
mittee, one based on 1000 hoys in 100 
towns or districts tor hve months and the 
other based on 500 hoys placed in 50 towns 
or districts for three months. In all eases 
outside figures were given with the assui- 
ance that the actual figures would be much 
,ower 'the total for 1000 for five months 
is $111,090 and the total cost for 500 boys 
for three months is estimated at $50,290. 

The council voted Wednesday that the 
committe, ntinue its investigat mob as to 

,t was voted that the project be not un- 

^eS cCmittee which investigated 

this matter for the committee of food 

SSG^rc^t^ent^ 
Sh of the Connecticut Agricultura Col- 

lege ^thur Howe of Windsor and Charles 

L. Kirschner of New Haven. 



If von prefer to have your copy ot the 
Connecticut Bulletin sent each week to youi 
business address instead of your home ad 
dress, a request to the editor, Room 26. 
State Capitol. Hartford. Conn., will result 
i„ the desired change. 

FOOD SUPPLY PHONE 
Th( , council's food supply and coiiserva 

Hon <.. ottee has offices m the Connect. 

c„| Mutual Building, No. 36 Pearl street 
Hartford The telephone numbei is 
i harter 961 1. 



Charter 5471 

The telephone nuinher of the Con- 
necticut Slate Council of Defense 
lB Hartford, Charter 5471. The 
council has a switchboard and any 
i its offices in the State Capitol 
rni bc 1 ,, lrh ,,i by calling this num- 
ber. 



'WHAT WE ARrTFIGHTING FOR" 

Publicity Committee Sends out 10,000 
Copies of Pamphlet 

Tll „ publicitv Committee of the Connects 
cut State Council of Defense lias maHed 
about 10.000 eopies of a pamphlet What 
We Ire Fighting For" to ••makers of pub- 
we '!.',,. '„ „n narts of Connecticut, 
lie sentiment in al parts oi 
This pamphlet contains ^o^eso President 
Wilson's Flag Day speech, Elihu Koot 

, ' in Petrograd on dune 15 and the 
message of the American Rights League to 
toe Russian people. Copies may he obtained 
ST application to the Publicity Committee 

Connecticut State Council ot Defense, Stat 

Capitol, Hartford, Conn. 

A1 fred Gildersleeve of GiWe^ee^as re- 
signed as a member of tn. Miuo _ 

County Auxiliary Committee of the Gounen 

\J hf s resignation has been accepted. 




Gtomtfrttntt luUrtttt. 



Published Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, COXXECTK IT. JULY 27, L917 



S'o 3 



COMMITTEE ON ALIENS 
BEING ESTABLISHED BY 
STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL 

National tiody Sends Out Report Tell- 
ing of Work Being Done by Similar 
Committees in Other States, Notably 
New York and Rhode Island — Con. 
necticut Has its Own Problems 



SUGGESTIONS ARE WANTED 

FOR EARLY CONSIDERATION 

The Connectieul State '■ ouneil of Defense 
i- adding to its eleven sub-committees a 
tiev committee which is to have charge of 
activities relating to a 1 icii-i. The Council 
of National Defense, Section on Co-opera- 
tion with states, lias issued a report on 
the organization and activities of state 
councils which, among mauj other things, 
contains information about what is being 
done in work for alien- in some of the 
other states, n.talih New York and Rhode 
Island, neighboring -tales of Connectieul 
with somewhat the same problems. 

'I he report says: — 

" Georgia, New Hampshire, New York and 
Rhode island have planned or undertaken a 
census of alien-, and in all of these states 
with the exception <>t Georgia a law has 
been passed providing for the compulsory 
registration of alien-. In New York this 
resistration was part of a general coin- 
piilsory registration of citizens and aliens 
alike. The registration of aliens by the 
individual states seems an undesirable ex- 
I en-e and complication and the imposition 
of an unnecessary burden upon aliens. Con- 
siderable activity of unquestionable value 
has been conducted in these slates in re- 
gar 1 to aliens. In Rhode Island the citizen- 
ship committee of the state council has set 
it-self the task of improving the facilities 
for naturalization in the state. The 
naturalization laws and regulations were 
examined and conference held with the 
various justices of the Rhode Island courts 
and with the clerks of the United States an3 
state courts. By this mean- it has been 
made possible that first papers may be 
taken out in all counties where clerks have 
offices, and that alien- may be naturalized 
in all places where the judges go on circuit. 
In addition to this work the committee has 
distributed widely a pamphlet of 'Infor- 
mation for Immigrants' published in many 
languages by the National Society of the 
Sons of the American Revolution, and a 
pamphlet entitled 'Questions and Answers 
for Coming Citizen-' prepared for the 
Providence Y". M. C. A. The Committee 
(Continued on page 2) 



OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN 



Town Committees will be asked 
to erect Council Sign Boards. 

Ill' ( onnecf nut State ( ouneil of 
Defense, at its meeting on Wednes- 
day, Anted to ask tie' town com- 
mittees throughout the state, through 
tin' eight county auxiliary com- 
mittees, in erect official war bulletin 
oards mi which information and 
appeals pertaining to < onneel eat 
war work may he posted. It i- de- 
sired tn have such a bulletin mi oi 

i 'vin post office in the -tat. 

in in w liicli there i- no ca i i ier de 
livery sen ice and at o1 her places 
where citizens congregate. The boards 
are !<i be 44 inch:'- square. Drawings 
and specifications will be sent out 
by the council so that all may he 
iileiit ical in size and -t\ le. I he coun- 
cil "ill provide proper uniform head- 
ings on the 1n|i of the boards. 



AT AGRICULTURAL FAIRS 



Council of Defense to Put its Message 
Before Many Connecticut People 

Action taken at the meeting of the Con 
necticul State Council of Defense mi Wed- 
nesday may lead t" the use of agricultural 
fair- throughout the state this fall by the 
council to bring ti ( onnectieu! i ii tzens a 
better understanding of why the United 
st iti - is at war. the issues behind the con- 
flict and the great problems that must be 
solved if victory i- In he Won. 

The county fair in this -tale i- a greal 
"get-together" occasion fur the citizens. 
The city and rural district come together 
at everj one ol these fairs. The matter 
of participation in the fairs by the (oun- 
eil in various ways intended to bring home 
tin' war message to the people oi t onnecti- 
i-ut was referred at Wednesday's meeting to 

the ' ommitl n Publicity and the ( one 

mil tie on Food Supply and Conservation. 
L'hese i ommittees will take up without delaj 
the matter of plans for making the greatesl 
possible use of the opportunities afforded by 

the gathering of large numbers <>f i pie 

at the fail-. 



SAVE GASOLINE, URGES 
PETROLEUM COMMITTEE 

An appeal for the conservation of the 
country'- oil supply by curtailment of 
pleasure riding in motors and by eliminat- 
ing other sources of waste while produc- 
tion is increased has been issued by (hair- 
man A. C. Bedford for the petroleum com- 
mittee of the (ouneil of National Defense 
in Washington. 



TO WORK FOR BETTER 
MORAL AND HYGIENIC 
CAMP SURROUNDINGS 



Defense Council Moves for More ln = 
tense Work for Improvement — 
Next Meeting to Consider Proper 
Recognition for Men Called Under 
Selective Service Law 



SEVERAL ADDITIONS ARE 

MADE TO COMMITTEES 



At it- meeting on Wednesday, the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense i 

sidered ami acted upon a number of im- 
portant matters. An executive session, 
with the following present, preceded the 
regular meeting: Governor Marcus H. Hol- 
ii niii. i haii man Richard M. Bissell, J. W. 
Alsup. Dr. |i. Chester Brown, Homer S. 
Cummings, II. A. Giddings ami Julius C 
Stremlau. Governor Holcomb discussed with 
the council the matter of the draft quota 
It was Anted that a badge he ordered in 
sufficient numbers to give one to each mem- 
ber of the town committees of the council. 
the resignation of Frank B. Weeks, chair- 
of tic Committee mi < o-ordination of 
Societies was presented anil it was voted 
that it be accepted w it h regret. 

The matter of the moral and hygienic 
surroundings of soldiers' encampments in 
the state was discussed, and it was voted 
that the method looking to more intense 
activity along this line be approved, and 
that the matter be referred for co-ordination 
and general supervision to the Committee 
on Sanitation and Medicine. The activities 
include among others the utilization of a 
woman's patrol plan under the direction of 
tin National League fur Woman'- Service 
and the Connecticut Division of the 
Woman's Committee, the Young lien's 
Christian Associations in the state, the 
Home Guard and the Committee on. Sanita- 
tion and Medicine. 

When the executive session adjourned, 
the meeting immediately convened in regu- 
lar se-siuii with tic following chairmen of 
sub-committees present: Ernest Walker 
Smith for II. K. Smith, and Frank D.- 
Cheney, Hear Admiral \Y. S. Cowles, Dr. 
( . ( . Godfrey, George M. Landers and W. 
H. Putnam. The following chairmen and 
members of countj auxiliary committees 

Wile also present: John II. (hiss. E. F. 
Hall, A. L. Shipnian ami If. C. Smith. 

Mr. Bissell read a list of names sug- 
gested for the committees of the Connecticut 
Division of the Woman's Committee of the 
Council of National Defense. 

It was voted that the matter of securing 
a larger supply of trained nurses be re- 
ferred tn the Committee on Sanitation and 
Medicine with instructions to prepare a re- 
( Continued mi page 4) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published each week, on Friday, under 

the direction of the Connecticul 

State Council of Defense 



( opies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed t.i members of the 
i onnecticui State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com 
mittees and the chairman of its town com 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official tters. 

Vol. 1, HARTFORD. CONN., .H'l.Y 11. 1917. No. 3 

;^==^===^= : ^= 

COMMITTEE ON ALIENS 
BEING ESTABLISHED BY 
STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL 

i Continued from Page 1 ) 



also drafted two short circulars, one en- 
i ii led ■ Rhc de Island < 'itizens ' and one 
'Non-Citizens in Rhode Island' for genera] 
distribution. An investigation relating to 
the aid which large employers of labor may 
give to increase the naturalization of the 



foreign bom population has been under- 
taken bj the Rhode Island Council, and a 
report on this subject i- being prepared. 
Speakers have been enrolled to go in times 
of stress and excitement to the various 
centers of foreign born population to quiet 
and reassure these people by addresses in 
i heir aw n language. 

■■ In New York the Divisiori*of Aliens has 
developed an exceedingly effective organi- 
se i h • I >iri et Iv under the di\ ision arc the 
following committees — information, re- 
search, legal advice, field service among 

ilin:-. registration, industrial resources, 
agricultural resources, adjustments, and 

Americanization. Subordinate to the divi- 
sion there is a sub-committee on aliens in 
most of the counties of the state. It is 
planned to establish such a committee in 
each county, including alien members when 
possible: to liave local committees under the 
count* committee wherever there arc com- 
munities containing a large percentage of 
aliens; and to have industrial correspond- 
ents representing the Division of Aliens 
appointed in each large industrial organiza- 
tion b} tl rganization itself. It is to 

be the duty of these industrial correspond- 
ents to keep in touch with the aliens and 
know where they are and what they aie 
doing; to direct their activity and to dis- 
cover, report and prevent destructive mea 
sure- on the part of enemy alien-,: to make 
suggestions for the stabilizing of the labor 
supply; to render whatever service i- pi ■ 



^ 



sible in finding employment for aliens in 
tin locality and in adjusting difficulties 
between the alien- and their employers; to 
report from time to time to the Division 
of Aliens and to bring to it- attention any 
matters of importance; and finally, to dis- 
tribute information among the aliens as to 
naturalization and their relation to the 
United Stales. In addition to this organi- 
zation the Division of Alien- contemplates 
instituting information offices in each 
county, conducting a eompaign for increased 
naturalization, and fir recruiting on the 
paii of nun who have taken out their 
lir-t papers. To stimulate ami assist all 
this activity a service bulletin of the 
Division of Aliens giving information as 
lo the activities of all committees and the 
present alien problems has been printed and 
widely distributed." 

This is all helpful material hut Con- 
necticul with SO many alien,- within its 
hinder-, med- new suggestions from the 
mam citizens of the state who have had 
experience of any sort in work connected 
with this subject. Anyone who has such i 
suggestion should put it in writing and 
mail it lo the Connecticut state Council of 
Defense, Slate Capitol, Hartford. Conn., 
iddrcssing the letter lo Dean G. Ache in. 
and marking it " For Committee on Alien-." 

The publicity committee of the council 
ha- appointed A. I.. Maddock, director of 
press co-operation, it- secretary. 



WHY WE NEED SHIPS, SHIPS and MORE SHIPS 



Recent Address of Raymond B. 
Price, Treasurer of Conference, 
Committee on National Pre= 
paredness, Adopted as Sense of 
Washington Meeting of Na- 
tional Committee of Patriotic 
and Defense Societies 

Probably history will say that Lord 
North Mile in risking life, wealth and repu- 
tation to give Great Britain truths that 
were cither not appreciated or officially 
admitted, contributed materially toward 
saving hi- country from disaster. In 
America today the same problem cNists. 
Grave warnings arc issued by important 
officers of our go\ ei nm n1 but in manj 
official quarters the question i- asked: 
What good docs it do to alarm the people 

If the chosen leader- of do] :racj are 

afraid to tell u- the full dangers confront- 
ing the nation, can democracy lie the strong 
\ n ilo force v o arc relj ing upon foi t lie 
salvation of humanity'! Can it compete 
u ii Ii autocracy i- it worth fighl ing ami 
sacrificing foi ! There can he but one 
answer. So let us have plain (acts whose 
import shall not he lessened by the gener 
on- gratitude of our allies for what we 

in' already done. 

\o matter how well we have prepared to 
i our obligations in this war. if the 
need is yet greater, we have so tar failed. 
Most .if' us must admit that under added 
ic or greater inspiration he could 
have accomplished more. If fact- like tie 
following hid been driven home to our 

I pie luring the pasl months, i- it not 

certain that we should have more men 
moic more ships, more supplies, 

more pci il because delaj -. verj visible at 
times, would not have been tolerated? 

( onsider \ ■ 11 these facts: 



1. — Italian munition plant- run part 
time for want of coal. Cermany is not 
worried over the Itilian offensive because 
she know- it is limited by lack of coal 
Unless we can send Italy 250,000 tons of 
coal per month she cannot long continue 
her offensive military operations. The ships 
are no! today in sight to carry that coil 
to Italy. 

2. — The Italian and French navies are 
crippled for lack of fuel. Germany knows 
tins and seek- to destroy coal and oil ships 
above all others. 

:!. — If fuel become- increasingly scarce 
a. if ha- I'm -one month- past, the l'.rit- 
i-h licet next Fall will he so restricted thai 

i Ic i (et ii Meet can esi ape Dhen indeed 

will Hell hi' let loose on our own unpre- 
pared shores. 

4. — Germanv had h i greatesl food -'out 
age oxer a year ago. With 12,000,000 
people in her captured territories — almost 
the population of the British isles- -to 
Use a- -he can. to till the fertile soil of 

food exporting Poland ami Roumania, she 
is not to lie starved ihis year nor next nor 
any olher year, a- things look today. 

America must rebuild and re equi] 
the railroad- of France and perhaps of 
Russia to win Ihis war. Some expert- -a \ 
we must, to conquer Germany, send 500.000 
workmen, mechanics and railroad opera 
lives, he-ides an army of from 1,000,000 to 
.">.( ii ii i,(ii)(i men to France. A good -tart 

even, cannot he made within one year, and 
perhaps two or three years. Do you know 
thai to maintain 5,000.000 men chiefly in 
England ami just air..-- the 21-mile-wide 
English i liannel in France Great Britain 
requisitioned one-fourth the entire mer- 
chant tonnage of the world' 

(i. — During the war nearly one-eighth 
the merchant tonnage of the earth ha- been 
destroyed. This is double what has been 
launched in tin' same period. 



7. — If not another -hip were destroyed 
by mine or submarine from now on, we 
-i ill eonl. 1 not -.ml 1,000,000 men to France 
ami maintain them, one year from today. 

S. — Nobody ha- yet added together the 
total new demands alone for tonnage and 
yet new needs of appalling magnitude are 
ippearing even week. Great Britain's 

: \ of 5,000,000 in the year 1915-lfl cm 

in 1 more meat than the entire British 

nation. 46,000.000 strong, in 1913. And 

yet there are nut enough ships to n t the 

n.eds of la-t year when we steadilj went 
backward. How are we to meet the new 
demands for cargo space that our entrance 
int.. the war involves? An increasing num- 
ber of ships will he available next year, 
hut the additions for the next eight 
months are pitifully inadequate. England 
-ays .me -hip this year i- worth six next 
year. 

9. — How fateful are the next eight 
month-, when Italy may succumb, when 
Russia appears helpless. \v,.on even the 
glorious British fleet, the sole saviour of 
the United States for the past three rears, 
maj he rendered impotent. I- it not clear 
that "fighting for democracy" is for 
America but part of the case? We are 
fighting for our very lives. 

Win. says we have met our full obliga 
tions? Under no conceivable conditions 
can we build all the ships we ought to 
have during the next eight months. How 
close we come to it depends in part upon 
how well we, of these Patriotic Societies 

In mil' the need home to our | pie. Then 

may the pressure of enlightened public 
..pinion urge Congress and the Executive 
--lair of the Nation, with their co-operating 
agencies, to their utmost in speed, efficiency 
and unselfishness, and adequate attention 
to the greatesl ncd confronting us at this 
moment — every extra -hi], possible during 
Ih. next eight months. 



:>. of d. 

AUG fg 1917 



COXXECTICUT BULLETIN 



TOWN COMMITTEES -MIDDLESEX COUNTY 



Complete lists of Town Committee Units will be printed in the Con = 
necticut Bulletin by counties, one county each week for eight 
weeks. Those who wish a complete file of town committee 
members should clip out the li.st every week and save it 



i heater — Edgar W. Lewis, chairman; 
II. C. Bates, 11. V. Brooks, W. A. Brothwell, 
Benjamin E. Harwood. 

Clinton — Sturgis G. Redfield, chairman; 
Mark I.. Blaisdell. George S. Hull, Robert 
B. Lively, Henry C. Hull. 

i roinwell — Dr. Frank K. Hallock, chair 
man; Rev. Thomas ■(. Laden, Chas. B. Fris- 
liir. Wallace R. Pierson, George F. Chapin. 

Durham — Paul 1'. Wilcox, chairman; 
Leon'ard Markham, Mrs. P. P. Wilcox. 
Arthur Hull, Philip Rich. 

East Haddam — Rev. Franklin Country- 
man, ili, iii in. in : Charles 11. Emily, Charles 
A. Russell, Everett E. Swan, Norris W. 
Rathburn. 

East Hampton — X. 1!. A. Carrier, chair- 
man; W. Kllis Hughes, -I. Howell Conklin, 
M. W. Wall. Charles ( . Swan. 

Essex — Archil- Lord, chairman; .lane-. 
Hopper, Mr-. Vanamy, 1!. B. Tiley, George 
V. Southwi rth. 

Haddam — Louis W. Mosher, chairman; 



I' 



Arnold, Axel Sti 



Philip Porter 
Ezekiel Shatter. 

Killingworth — Arthur E. Philander 
Pannelee. chairman; Sidney D. Kelsey. 
Lovell 1). Pannelee, Cleveland I'. Marquard, 
I'. E. Pannelee. 

Middlefield — William T.. Morgan, chaii 

man: Alfred II. Augur, Almond 1). Ian -. 

Henry II. Lyman, Gordon S. Goodrich. 

Middletown — Charles T. Davis. 
man ; Ernest A. [nglis, I:. : ei 1 \\ . Mel i iam. 
Edward S. Mowry, Edward A. Wilcox. 

Old Saybrook — Fred S. Chapman, chair- 
man; Howard T. Chapman, Matthew J. 
Golden, John A. Ayer, Jasper E. Broe ks. 

Portland — F. It. Goodrich, chairman; 
Frederick DePeyster, John < . Barry, Harry 
Howai d, David A. ( larlson. 

Saybrook (Post Office, Deep River) — 
Fnnk A. Hefflcn, chairman; Bertram Tour- 
v-ille. Fred L. Fleetham, I-:. L. Prann, 11. J. 
Broe ks. 

Westbrook — Elmer A. Lynn, cliairman: 
Alfred L. Burdick, A. W. Joiies, C. 1.. (lark. 
II. M. Baldwin. 



REPORTS OF COUNTY ACTIVITIES 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY 

Tin- Niw Haven County Auxiliary C 

mill'.- ha- I n assisting in the recruiting 

for tin' Second Regiment, < onneet icut 
National Guard, through recommendations 
to its town chairmen and street car adver- 
tising. Benjamin F. English has been 
elected secretary and treasurer of tin com 
mdttee. The following additional town 
. hairmen were also elected : 

Naugatue k -- Howard Tuttle. 

Micldlebury — Robert M. Fenn. 

Beai "ii Falls — Frederick C. Curtiss. 

i cuilford — Frederick 11. Rolf. 

Cheshire — Frederick \l. Peasley. 

Orangi — Clarence E. Thompson. 

Derty Vlton T. Terrill. 

Seymour — G. E. Mattheis. 

\n-i nia — L M. Emerson. 

i ixford — I. P>. Sanford. 



have been added to last week's list fm 
New London ( '■< unty : — 
Voluntown — Elmer E. ( oon. 

I - n — F. L. ( anahaii. 
Sprague — Raj mond J. Jodoin. 
Stonington — Frederick K. Boulter. 
Pi i ston — Arthur C. Smith. 



NEW LONDON COUNTY 

The New London County Auxiliary i om 
lias appointed Mayor Allyn L. 
Brown of Norwich, chairman of the "Four 
Minute Men" committee of that town and 
submitted the name- of eight men 
for the work. Mayor Ernest E. lingers of 
\ew London has accepted the permanent 

rmanship of this speakers' organization 

for the New London district and also has 
submitted name-. 

'1 he following town committee chairmen 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY 

l i Middlesex County Auxiliary Com- 
mittee has iiem its energies the past week 



COUNTY REPORTS 

LATE THIS WEEK 

All of tin' count} repoi ts were not 
received this week in time to he in 
eluded in this issue of the Bulletin. 
Officers ut county auxiliary com- 
mittees should forward their reports 
in time for the secretary of the coun- 
cil to have them on Tuesday of each 
week m eider to insure publication. 
Mail weekly county auxiliary com- 
mittee reports by Monday night of 
each week at the latest. 



on recruiting for the First Regiment, i i 
necticut National Guard. It arranged three 
rallies, two in Middletown and one in 
Haddam, all of which weir successful. The 
committee hopes to till the county's quota 
of forty-five for the Regular Army by next 
« ei k. 

Middlesex County has c pleted its 

organization of (own committees, the roster 
of which i- printed in The Bulletin this 
.> eek. 



TOLLAND COUNTY 

John B. Thomas of Rockville has been 
plected permanent secretary and L. 1". 
Bissel] of Rockville treasurer of the Tolland 
Count! Auxiliary Committee. Mr. Thomas, 
who is the Rockville town clerk, has volun- 
teered to serve without compensation, and 
his oiler has been gratefully accepted. Fo i 
town committee chairmen have been added 
to the county list as fellow-: — 
Uafford — M. 1). O'G rtnell. 
men — II. R. How a rd. 

Willingti n — William Henry Hall. 

Somi i - I a ne-t s. Fuller. 



Tolland County now has 
man in every town except 



lice 

villc. 



in the Memot ia I 



■ ii chair- 
Hebron, li'- 
Buildin!'. Re ek- 



HARTFORD COUNTY 

Edward F. Hall of New Britain, repre- 
sentative in the recent Legislature, has been 
named vice-chairman of the Hartford 
County Auxiliary Committee. John T. Pole 

erts, trea uri i ol tie tncil, is the county 

committee's treasurer. The election of a 
-e, retarj w ill be announced s i. 



The telephone number of the council's 
main office at the state' Capitol i- Hartford, 
( harter 5 17 I. 



TOTE YOUR OWN BUNDLES" 

IS SUGGESTION TO SHOPPERS 



Don't hire a motor truck to carry home a 
spool of thread. Don't buy articles you are 
almost certain to return to the store. And 
don't mt the- " We'll, semi them both on 
approval " habit. Because if you do, you 
ire helping to retain trained motor drivers 
who could be released foi more ne e 
service I i ounoil of National Defense 
investigated this leakage of man-powe 
found that the delivery of packages costs 
t he stores fi e m 1 to (5 per cent, on their 
net sales, and that fully one. hall 
articles usually delivered could be carried 
home by the purchasers without inconven 

iellee. 

The federal e mil now urges that a 



systi in of i ne ci -opi i at ii e or central deliv- 
ery lie introduced in small cities and towns. 
Such a reform lias been found to 
in a Mine of 4ii or 50 per cent, of the 
delivery cost and would release thousands 
of men. A simple concrete reform in the 
line' of commercial economy which the 
federal council wants t o lea re put into prac- 
i ice e, i i ;. . here as soon a - possible, surely 
before August 1. i- to have each retail -tore 
send out only one delivery on each route 
. icli day. The Connecticut State Council 
of Defense, on reeomniendati if its com- 
mittee industrial survey, i- to put the 

federa I e n il's suggestions befoi e Con- 
necticut merchants at an early date. 



TO WORK FOR BETTER 
MORAL AND HYGIENIC 
CAMP SURROUNDINGS 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



a to 



(Continued from Page 1 1 
what action the council 



should 



port 

'"|." \\ Smith reported for the Committee 
on Man Power and Labor mdicatin 
activities of thai committee to dat ai 
ft ww voted that the report be accepted 
and filed The matter of preparing sugges 
, ' to occupational exemptions rom 
"draft was reared to , «**•£* 

fit Be ;tt Horned Cummmgs, 

F i) Cheney and H. K. Smith. 

'Adopting the report of Admiral Cowdes 
chairman o°f the Committee on Mihtai^ and 

v.,vil MVaii -. it was voted that i. 
rhapn ofrlartford be appointed a mem- 

, .'., I" that committee sue ding Ebenezci 

"w j '',l Putnam, chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Transportation, recommended 
h VMwnra Milligan of Hartford be a^ 
pointed r member of that committee and it 

^Jeomniendation of Mr Cheney ehair- 

^. ing t n be appointed a member of thai 
"rA'AndersonofMiddletown-asadded 
to the Middlesex County Au»h«y . . ■ 
mvttee and 1'. F. O'Meara of New Haven 
^0 the New Haven County Auxiliary Com- 

"^"council voted that the Fman- Com- 
mittee meet once a week at the ( apitol. 
" U Bfesell brought up for the considera- 
tion of th uneil the advisability -of tat 

;„,, some steps to insure men who axi 
^fteTthat^^yethelMU^oftte 
state and its people in everj respect, ine 
adoption of a definite P"«™»™J£ 
Eer red until the next meeting of the council 
I, , s m ',tn submitted a report foi the 
To and County Auxiliary Committee and 
it wa s voted that L. F. Bissell of Roekyille 
be appointed a ^mber of that committee 
Air Shipman, chairman of the Haittoid 
County Auxiliary Committee announced 
, h,-tion of b! F. Hall of New Britain 
as vice-chairman of that committee and the 
apporntment of J, T. Roberts as ^ewurei^ 
1 t was the sense of the meeting that the 
chairmen of the several count, auxiliary 
foZXes shall have much latitude in al- 
lowing the- town chairmen to organize then 
local committees. 



, meeting of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense will be held at 
ate Capitol, Hartford, on Wednes 
N August 1 1917. There will be an ex- 
ecutive session at 10 a. m., followed bj a 
il meeting at 1 1 o'clock. 



The Commit! n Industrial Survey will 

„„.,, .,, 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon July 
3"" at Room 25, State Capitol. Hartford. 

There will be a meeting of the Military 
,„,! NaV al Committee at lO a. m Monday, 
July 30, in the council's mam office at the 
( apitol, Hartford. 

The council's Committee on Sanitation 
aud Medicine will meet with representatives 
of the social hygiene section o the Con- 
necticut Division, Woman's Cornmittee 
Counci] f National Defense, the Red Cioss 
and the Home Guard at 2 p. ..... [Way, 

lulv 31 1917, I" the main office of the 
council at the State Capitol, Hartford. 

"4=MINUTE MEN" START 



Campaign Begin^Letters to Chairmen 
Carrying Two Tasks. 

Letter- have been sent out by Rev. ME. 
Ailing, state chairman of the Four Mm- 
„,,. Men" to several town chairmen of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, ex- 
plaining to them that the work of the 
■'■ Four Minute Men" is distinct from that 
of the council. The same men have been 
appointed to both offices in many instances 
,!l some confusion has resulted as to where 
the duties of one office end and those of 
Mother begin. The letters make it plain 
at am- focal chairman of the council's 
committee who is too much burdened by 
the double responsibilities should designat 
« T capable assistant to handle the work 
It the - Four Minute Men." who comprise 
a , organization having to do exclusively 
with 'brief addresses in moving picture 
theatres on subjects of national importance 
TWs campaign of the " Four Minute 
Men" started Tuesday all ore, the state 
^ sports indicate that it was a great 
The managers of the theatres hav 
enthusiastic in then reception of the 
plan and the speakers will continue to 
appear frequently in 
throughout the state. 



WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION 
GETS WORK UNDER WAY 

Subcommittees Have Taken up Tasks 
Assigned to Them — Regis- 
tration Soon 

The Connecticut Division of the Woman's 
Committee. Council of National Defense, 
has the local work well under way. bringing 
into closer touch with war work all the 
organized and unorganized women in the 
state. The newly-elected officers are calling 
together the women'- associations in each 
town under a local chairman so that when 
the unorganized women have been reached 
!_,, the executive committee will be in 
cas;, communication with all the women in 
the stair. 

The committees are already at work. 1 lie 
Committee on food Production and Con 
-ervaiion. with Miss AI. Estella Sprague al 
its bead, h i- distributed through the local 
committees of the various farm bureaus the 
Hoover pledge and is following it up wrth 
bulletins and other literature issued by the 
Connecticut Agricultural College. Mr*. 
Morgan G. Bulkeley, successful chairman 
of the first. Liberty Loan, is planning for 
the next loan issue. Mrs. Ernest Thompson 
Seton is acting as chairman of publicity in 
the temporary absence of Mrs. Richard M. 
Missel] The finance committee's work is 
in the hands of Mrs. II. A. Bumstead of 
New Haven, and that of the Red Cross com- 
mittee is under Mrs. William Sheffield 
Cowles. The Committee on the Protection 
of Women Workers is investigating con- 
ditions under the chairmanship of Dr. Mary 
C Welles The Committee on the Conserva- 
tion of Existing Moral and Spiritual Fore. 
of the Nation, the chairman of which is 
l)r Valeria H. Parker, is to assist m work 
for good conditions near camps. Dr. Kate 
Campbell Mead, chairman of Medical Serv- 
ice, is enlisting the active co-operation of 
all the women doctors in the state. 

The official registration card for women 
of the national "woman's committee is to 
be printed for the Connecticut Division by 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense. 
The division has given the direction of the 
registration over to the Association of Col- 
legiate Alumnae. 



■ moi ie " b 



Tin 



matter of a bill now pe 



Congress relating to the deportation of 
en was referred to Mr. Cummmgs to in- 
vestigate ami report to the next meeting 
of the council. 

WANTED 



CREDITS FOR RECRUITS 

Allowances have been made in the dya.it 
siding hi quotas for the enlistments from Connecticut 
. , . - s .i . ..i.;„i, „. Q vo the result of the :e- 



many of which were the result of the c 
cruiting campaign earned on undei I 

d\ n of the council. Figures showing 

,,„„ these enlistments have affected the 
numbers drafted from the six largest cities 
of the state follow. 

Bridgeport — Gross quota 3,047, credit 
by enlistments 921, net quota 2 120. 

'New- Haven — Gross quota 2,201, credit 
by enlistments 1,198, net quota 1,003. 

■ Hartford — Gross quota 1,974, credit b> 
enlistments 1,104, net quota. 870. 
Waterbury — Gross quota 



POTATO CROP SURVEY 

In order to arrive at an intelligent under- 
standing of the probable potato crop of the 
state the food supply committee of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense is 
taking steps to ascertain the potato aeie- 
;,Je in Connecticut. In each town a special 
representative is being appointed bj the 
committee to report the acreage for his 
town This action is in anticipation of the 
needs of the New England regional commit- 
tee of the federal food commission, witu 
which the committee of food supply is CO- 
0] eiating fully. 



vien 17 to 21 years of age, at an ngn- 
cltural camp oi the I. S. Boys Working 
Reserve at Orange, Conn. 

Men from 16 to 21 years of age fo. work 
on individual farms all over the state the ! ^"enlistments 579, net" quota 1,274 

Bovs above 14 years of age to save the by eni t n _& ross quot a 840, 

peaefi crops and vegetables m the neighboi- N"^^ 3,-, net quota 513. 

h 1 of Hartford o„„ n lv Com- ' Stamford — Gross quota 521, credit 

Jl^^lS^^^ l-^-ts 344, net quota 177. 



credit 



edit 
bv 



Libraries to get the Bulletin 

The public libraries of Connecticut will 
receive copies of the Connecticut Bulletin 
each week in the future. The state defense 

<•<-<■« voted iXt ! ? Z e f ng , d te the 
that the libraries should be added to the 

mailing list and authorized increases in the 

numbe? of copies to be printed The cu 

eulation of the Bulletin is now 800 a week. 




domterttmi lullrtttt 



Published Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AUGUST 3, 1917 



No. 4 



EVERY TOWN IS URGED 
BY COUNCIL TO ERECT 
WAR BULLETIN BOARDS 



TO WORK FOR ALIENS 



Specifications and Working Drawing 
Presented So That Committees May 
Start Construction at Once — Will 
Provide Place for Placing Official 
War Posters Throughout State 



ATTRACTIVE SIGN STRIPS 

TO BE HAD ON APPLICATION 

By vote of tliL' Council of Defense at its 
meeting la>t week, town committees are to 
be asked, through the county auxiliary com- 
mittees to erect official war bulletin boards 
on which council of defense posters and other 
war matters may be posted. The town com- 
mittees will be requested to erect boards at 
or near every post office in their communi- 
ties which has no carrier delivery service 
and to which, therefore, citizens go for 
their mail, or at other places where large 
number of people congregate. 

The boards are to lie of uniform size, 
forty-four inches square. The Connecticut 
State Council of Defense will furnish uni- 
form sien stvips for the upper part of the 
boards. These will be of attractive design 
printed in blue on heavy white cloth. In 
order that all the boards may lie uniform, 
working drawings and detailed specifications 
will be provided. 

Scmie of the town committers may want 
to start work on their bulletin boards be 
fore the formal request is received from 
their county committees, and in order that 
these may have the drawings and specifica- 
tions, they are printed mi page 4 of this 
i^siir of the Connecticut Bulletin. Requests 
]"i as many sign strips for the boards as 
are needed should lie mailed to the Com- 
ic ttee 'in Publicity, Connecticut State Coun- 
of Defense, State Capitol, Hartford, 
i onn. 



Stanley H. Holmes of New Britain is Com- 
mittee Chairman 

Stanley II. Holmes, superintendent of 
schools in New Britain, has accepted the 
chairmanship of the committee which the 
( onneeticut state ( louncil of Defi rise i 
forming to work in the interest of the 

alien population of Com ticut. The mem 

bers of tie- i imittee will lie selected s i 

and I his work will begin. 



NATIONWIDE CENSUS OF 
MEDICAL PROFESSION IS 
SUGGESTED BY COUNCIL 



PLANS FOR FUTURE WORK 



Will Make Recommendations for Uni = 
form Registration— Monthly Reports 
Received and Budgets Approved — 
To Make Up Deficit of College 
Caused by Food Supply Work 



Admiral Cowles Will Announce Program 
of His Committee Later 

The Military and Naval Committee of the 
council met at 10 o'clock Monday morning 
witli the chairman, Rear Admiral William 
Sheffield Cowles, U. S. X., retired, presid 
ing. There was a discussion of future ac- 
tivities of the committee and work was 
begun on outlining a program, details of 
which Admiral Cowles will he able to an- 
nounce later. 



RECLAMATION OF WASTE 



TALK OF CAMP SURROUNDINGS 



Moral Conditions Discussed and Recom- 
mendations Decided Upon 
The council's committee on Sanitation 
and Medicine met with representatives of 
the social hygiene section of the Connecticut 
Divj ion, Woman's Committee, Council of 
National Di fense, the Y. M. C. A., the Red 
Cross and the Home Guard at 2 o'clock 

ruesdaj after >n in the main ofE f the 

council at the State Capitol. About thirty 
were present. The moral conditions of mili 
fcarj camp surroundings were discussed and 
recommendations for action looking toward 
remedying the conditions were preparedfor 
presentation to the council. 



Council's Industrial Survey Committee is 
Making Thorough Inquiry 

At a meeting of the council's committee 
on Industrial Survey, held at the Capitol 
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, it was voted 
that the committee oiler to co-operate with 
the federal government in getting manufac- 
turers into communication with the federal 
hoard which has charge of purchasing metal 
products. 

This committee proposes to investigate 
what metals are used in each trade and 
make a thorough inquiry into how" these 
wasVs are reclaimed, and send the informa- 
tion to the different industries. The com 
mittee is already in touch with several es 
perts who are working along this line. 



3 COUNTIES FILL QUOTAS 



2288 Regular Army Recruits in State Since 
April 1 

Connecticut's quota for the regular army 
i- being rapidly filled and the council's 
Military and Naval Committee expects that 
another week will see the state with : 
"total quota obtained" star beside its 
name on the official list. Middlesex Count} 
has the distinction of being the first county 
to obtain the required number of recruits 
its quota being filled July 27. Hart ford and 
New Haven counties completed their quotas 
August 1. the former with twelve extra 
recruits and the latter with live, accord 
ing to the latest figures. Recruiting wil' 
not, stop in these counties, however. Only 
113 more recruits needed to 'ill the 
regular army quota. Connection 
'1228 men for the regular army since Apri 1 
1. 



CHAIRMEN TO CONSIDER 

FAIR EXHIBIT PROJECT 

The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
voted at it >. meeting on Wednesday to rec- 
ommend to the Council of National Defense 
that a uniform census of physicians and 
surgeons be taken throughout the country. 
This action was taken on recommendation 
of the Committee on Sanitation and Medi- 
cine, made in its report read by Dr. C. C. 
Godfrey, its chairman. Adopting another 
recommendation of this committee, the coun- 
cil voted to make inquiries of the super- 
intendents of training schools as to what 
they are able and willing to do toward in- 
creasing the numbers in their nursing 
classes and also what they are willing to do 
toward training nurses' assistants. The 
council also voted that the chairman be in- 
structed to write to the state secretary of 
the Y. M. C. A., urging increased recrea- 
tion facilities around the training camps in 
the state. 

i hairmen of sub-committees are expected 
to submit reports of activities and expendi- 
tures and budgets of estimated expenses at 
the first meeting of each month and this 
was done by several chairmen on Wednes- 
day. The several committee reports were 
accepted and the expenditures and budgets 
approved. At. the executive session those 
present were Governor Marcus II. Bolcomb, 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. 
Alsop, Dr. D. ' hester Brown, Adjutant Gen- 
eral < leorge M. Cole, n. A. Giddings, Charles 
M. Goodwin and Julius C. Stremlau. 

A communication from the Lb-iited States 
Civil Service Commission requesting the 
use of the lists of eligibles of che Connecti- 
cut Civil Service Commission was discussed 
and it was voted that the communication 
b i refern d to I he < lonnecl icut Civil Ser 
vice Commission with the request that the 
latter nch aid as possible in the 

premises. 

It was voted that the recommendation of 
c Committee on Finance that budgets be 
presented to the council and approved bj 
il and thai the finance committee in I 
future ■ heck expenditures and 1 

Hum within the budgets so adopted. 

When the executive session adjourned, 
the meetii itely convened in regu- 

lar session. Homer S. Cummings of (he coun- 
cil was present in addition to members who 
.led the executive ■' - ton, and the fol- 

(Continued on page 2 i 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published each week, on Friday, under 

the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 

Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning oflicial matters. 



Vol.1, HARTFORD, CONN., A.UG. 3, 1917. No. 



Connecticut Ranks with Leaders 

in Defense Council Efficiency 

Statement by Secretary of State Council Following Visit 
to Washington- Governor Holcomb is Recognized 
as Leader in Preparedness Work 



NATIONWIDE CENSUS OF 
MEDICAL PROFESSION IS 
SUGGESTED_BY COUNCIL 

i ( iontinued from Page 1.) 

lowing chairmen of sub-committees wese 

I sent: Fiank D. Cheney, Hear Admiral 

\\ . S. Cowles, Dr. C. C. Godfrey, Stanley 
H. Holmes, George M. Landers and W. Ill 
Putnam. II. C. Smith of the Tolland I ountd 
Auxiliai ; I ommittee, John H. I loss of thl 
New Haven County Auxiliary Committed 
and Robert Scoville were present. 

Reports of the Committee on Publicity 
and the Committee on b'ood Supply arid 
Conservation were accepted. \ 

Jlr. Bissell informed the council thai 

there had been a Q ting of the New Eng 

land Committee of the National Board o 
Fire Underwriters last week and thai ti 
committee is to be reorganized and mad 
effi ctive for work in this slate. 

The matter of having a booth or bootl 
at the various fairs throughout the stat'i 
for use in explaining the work of the cou 
cil was discussed and it was voted that tl 
chairman of each committee be requested t 
give hi- opinion as to whether the wor 
of his committee would be improved oj 
assisted in any way if there was an oppor 
tunitj of presenting it at these fairs. 

Mr. Alsop presented a statement show- 
ing the expenditures of the Connecticut Ag- 
ricultural College directly or indirectly 
ari mil- out of the work for the food supply 
committee which indicated a material in- 
crease over the normal outlay. It was 
voted thai the council assume the college's 
deficit as of October 1, 1!H7, but not in ex- 
of $5,000, as this deficit will have been 
caused by emergency war work in connec- 
tion with the Food Supply Committee. 

Reports of the Committee on Industrial 
Survey and the Committee on Man Power 
and Labor were read and accepted. Ad- 
miral Cowles submitted a report for the 
Committee on Military and Naval Affairs 
and it was voted that the report he accepted 
and Bled and that a copy be sent to the 
chairmen of the county and town com- 
mittees. The report of the Committee on 
Transportation was accepted and filed. 

II. C. Smith submitted a report for thr 
Tolland County Auxiliary Committee and 
it was voted that John II. Yost of Rockville 
be appointed a member of that committee 
Mr Goss presented for discussion by the 
council (he matter of housing of industrial 
woi I I i oughout t he state and after 

di cussion it was voted that Mr. (loss be 
appointed chairman of a special committee) 
the members of which should be selected by 
himself, to study the matter and report l< 
the council. 



Thomas Hewes, secretary of the Connecti- 
cut Slate Council of Defense, has returned 
from Washington where he visited the Coun- 
cil of National Defense on official business. 
Asked for a statement of his impressions of 
his visit and the federal council's impres- 
sions of the work of the Connecticut council, 
Mr. Hewes said: 

"An examination of the work of the coun- 
cil of National Defense and its Advisory 
Commission and the sub-committees of both 
of these bodies brings out the great oppor- 
tunity which this unique organization has 
for large service in connection with the 
war. The average person is familiar, in a 
vague way. with tic manner in which the 
business of the federal government is carried 
on. He knows of the general division of 
legislative, executive and judicial powers 
and that these powers are put into effect 
through the agency of numerous depart 
nients. Inasmuch as during its history 
I his country has been almost continually 
at peace, (he departments are built up on 
that, basis, and it is extremely difficult for 
them to expand at short notice to war size 
dimensions. Congress recognized this diffi- 
■ 1 1 1 1 \ as long ago as last summer and 
created the Council of National Defense 
which consists of six of the secretaries of 
the departments, members of the President's 
cabinet. There is also an Advisory Com- 
mission of seven men, who are experts in 
their partiular lines, to act with the coun- 
cil. Under the provisions of the law creat- 
ing them, it is apparent and becomes more 
so upon invest ination. that this council ob- 
viati m a great measure, the necessity of 
expansion h\ the departments to which I 
have already referred. This council is really 
I he agent of all the departments of the gov- 
ernment in so far as it is capable of being 
so. in securing all kinds of information 
necessary in the conduct of the war. It 
has limited powers also in the furnishing 
of materials and men. As the council be- 
comes more and more efficient and capable, 



in the same ratio it is of greater service 
to the nation through the various federal 
departments, and this being so, the value 
of organizations in the several states op- 
erating more or less under its direction 
and organized after a common standard, 
becomes quite impressive. The plan, if com- 
pletely carried out as it is hoped to. do, 
brings into existence powerful and efficient 
groups all over the country working hand 
in hand with the federal government and 
relieving it of tremendous responsibility 
and obligations and accomplishing this 
which otherwise might not be realized. 

" The people of Connecticut naturally are 
interested in knowing how the state's own 
council of defense is co-operating in this 
work with the body in Washington, and it 
is a great pleasure to be able to say that we 
were informed that the work in this state 
was highly satisfaetoy in every way and 
that we are ranked with a few other states 
as the leaders in this movement. Of course, 
to make the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense most valuable, it should have the 
support and backing and co-operation of 
the people in the state, and every effort is 
being made to bring home to them a reali 
a I ion of the existence of this organization 
and what it hopes to do here. People can 
best co-operate by supporting it whenever 
its plans meet with their approval and by 
refraining from undertaking any independ- 
ent activities in connection with the war of 
a relief nature without first getting in touch 
with it. The Council will call on the citi- 
zens of Connecticut frequently in the future 
as the war comes closer to our doors. 

" The state should know also with what 
fidelity and zeal Governor Holcomb has 
worked with the federal government and 
through tin- state council in the general 
plan for preparedness. In fact, in several 
instances he has been a leader in this 
country in the adoption of war measures, 
ami through him Connecticut is now gen- 
erally looked upon as in the forefront of 
the states of the Union in readiness for this 
l; rea t war." 



FORM SUGGESTED FOR CENSUS OF DOCTORS 



In suggesting to the Council of National 
Defense that a nationwide medical and sur- 
gical census be taken, the Connecticut 
Slate Council of Defense has recommended 
the following uniform blank for collecting 
the information: — 

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CENSUS 

Name Age, Address 

Telephone Number General Mili- 
tary Fitness 



.Family obligations, . 
£>. Of D.' 

MAR 23 1318 



Hospital obligations Commu- 
nity obligations 

with notes as to specialties practiced, and 
reports on men already examined for the 
Medical Officers' Reserve Corps and other 
items of interest. 

Designate the military fitness by the num- 
bers 1, 2 and 3 — 1 representing what would 
offhand be considered a good man both 
physically and professionally; 2 a doubtful 
man and 3 a man unsuitable, by reason of 
age. health, poor professional ability or 
other specified cause. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



TOWN COMMITTEES -WINDHAM COUNTY 



Complete lists of Town Committee Units will be printed in the Con- 
necticut Bulletin by counties, one county each week for eight 
weeks. Those who wish a complete file of town committee 
members should clip out the list every week and save it. 



COMMITTEE PLANNING TO 
PROTECT WOMEN WORKERS 



Ashford — H. R. Woodward, Warrenville; 
J. E. A. Knowlton, Mansfield; H. C. Bar- 
low. 

Brooklyn — Charles S. Hyde, Oscar F. 
At wood. 

Canterbury — Hubert Graves, Bert Ben- 
nett. Frank Hoxsie. 

Chaplin — Clarence E. Chester, Frank C. 
Luramis. 

Eastford — George S. Bowen; C. P. Lath- 
am, Phrenixville: Charles Clark. 

Hampton — W. H. Burnham, F. W. C'ong- 
a.n,. I'. A. Phillips. 

KiUingly — Alcott D. Sayles, East Kil- 
ling^ : Robert W. Boys, Williamsville; 

Frank T. Preston. 

Ila infield — Samuel W. Butterworth, Rev. 
William A. Keefe, Floyd Cranska, Charles 
Central Village; J. W. Atwood, 
Wauregan; John Phillips, Wauregan; Ses- 
sions L. Adams. 

Pomfret — John Ash, Pomfret Centei : 



I aarles 0. Thompson, Pomfret Center; F. 
K. Haines, Pomfret Center; Rev. John J. 
Elty; Willis Covell, Abington. 

Putnam — O. J. Milot, George S. Bradley, 
B. D. Bugbee, George Padgett. Rev. C. J. 
Harriman, Alexander Gilman, W. J. Bart- 
lett, S. M, Wheelock, J. G. Johnson. Charles 

E. Dean 

Scotland — Charles Brenn, Harry P. Ches 
boe. 

Striding — Dennis J. Dougherty, Oneco; 
Adin 0. Mooey, Oneco; Harold B. Mowry; 
Enoch A. Douglas, Moosup; Orren W. Bates. 

Thompson — C. A. Hagstrom, Putnam, R. 

F. D. No. -2 ; Oscar Munyan, Dyer S. Elliott. 
Windham — Frank P. Fenton. Williman- 

tir; Charles A. Gates, Willimantic; Ernest 
P. ( liesebro, Willimantic; George A. Bart- 
lett, Willimantic i P. D. Donohue, Willi- 
mantic; F. E. Guild: Rev. Vernon W. Cooke, 
Willimantic. 

W Istock — Chester E. May, Oliver His 

cox, Frank E. Barrett. 



County Activities 



NOTICE. 

i- of County Auxiliary Committees 
should bear in mind that weekly reports 
are expected by the Council and that these 
reports should be received on Monday of 
each week. 

Conn. State Council of Defense, 

Thomas Hewes. Secretary. 



NEW LONDON COUNTY 

The New London County Auxiliary Com- 
mittee has nearly completed its town com- 
mittee organization. All but three towns 
have reported their committee work well 
rted and the remainder are expected to 
complete organization next week. The fol- 
lowing chairmen have been appointed during 
the past ■ 

Lyme — J. W. Stark 

Lyme — F. A. Beckwith. 

Franklin — C. B. Davis 

Montville — George H. Bradford. 



TOLLAND COUNTY 

Dolland County Auxiliary Committee 
impleted within the last week the list 
inner of town committees and re- 
ports that several of these committees are 
already fully formed and organized. The 
auxiliary committee plans to concentrate its 
efforts next week on erecting the town bulle- 
tin boards throughout its district. These 



.bulletin boards as has already been ex- 
plained are to be uniform in every town and 
are to display the official posters of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY 

There was no meeting of the New Haven 
County Auxiliary Committee last week. 
The chairman has be< a continuing his efforts 
to get the town committees organized. He 
reports that nine of the towns have yet to 
reply before he can complete his list. 



Department of Connecticut Division, 

Woman's Committee, Suggests 

Lines of Activity 

The following statement of the work of 
the Department for the Protection of Women 
Workers of the Connecticut Divsion, 
Woman's Committee, Council of National 
Defense, of which Dr. Mary C. Weill's is 
chairman, is authorized by the Connecticut 
Division: 

This Department has suggested an initial 
plan of work as follows: 

The establishment of a bureau where 
applicants who wish employment in fac- 
tories can In- seen so that factories re- 
ceiving surplus applications may refer them 
to this bureau for the use of those who may 
need such employees. 

Another suggestion is the enlistment of 
co-operation of employers in employing 
unmarried young women and childless 
married women in wage earning occupa- 
tions and refraining from using the mothers 
of young children and, so far as possible, 
prevent their entering the industrial field: 
partly for the reason that too often the 
father makes the wage earning of his wife 
a pretext for idleness for himself. 

Another suggestion, that the committee 
should follow up the advertisements appear- 
ing in papers for women to do men's work, 
in order to find out the hours and condi- 
tions of labor of women engaging in such 
positions who would not come under the pro- 
tection of our laws. Such as, for instance, 
women asking to qualify for railroad posi 
tions in all departments and occupations, 
and women to qualify as meat cutters. 

Che following are members of this com- 
ii tee - 

Dr. Mary C. Welles, Hartford, chairman; 
Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, Miss Julia Cor- 
coran, Miss Grace W. Stanley. 



Hartford and Fairfield Counties 
Reports have been received from the Hart- 
lord and Fairfield County Auxiliary Com- 
mittees giving financial statements only. 



LIFE AND DEATH TELEGRAMS 



Transportation Man Named 

to Aid in Peach Marketing 

The f 1 supply committee of the 

Connecticut State Council of Defense 
lias appointed Thomas W. Russell of Hart- 
lord, a member of the transportation com- 
mittee of the council, to act with the peach 
growers and other agencies to assist in 
marketing this year's crop of peaches. Mr. 
Russell will represent the committee of food 
supply at all times on this question, and 
will have full responsibility in the co-op- 
nation which will be given. 



How to Send Exceptionally Important 
Wires to Men in the Navy 

Directions hive been received from the 
director of naval communications at Wa-h- 
ingti 'i for sending especially important tele- 
grams bj their families to officers and en- 
listed men in the navy. These special tele- 
grams, which are called "life and death 
telegrams," will be forwarded by telegram 
or cable at once from the Bureau of Naviga- 
tion, no matter in what waters the add] 
is. Such telegrams should be addressed in 
I In' I. .How ing form: 

John Smith. 

U. S. S. Texas, 
c/o Bureau of Navigation, 

Washington, D. C. 



MEETINGS 



The Tii-xt met ing of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense will be held at 
the State Capitol, Hartford, on Wednesday, 
\iiL'ii-t 8, 1917, at 11 a. m. 

* # * 

The Committee on Finance has voted to 
hold a regular meeting each Thursday after- 
i I he state Capitol. 

The Committee on Industrial Survey holds 

its stated meetings on alternating Tuesday 

noons at 4 o'clock at the State Capitol. 

I next meeting of this committee will be 

held on August 14. 



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Every council of defense town committee 
in the state will soon receive, through the 
county auxiliary committees requests from 
tin Connecticut State Council of Defense 
to erect bulletin boards at all post offices 
having no carrier delivery service and at 
other places \i bet e cit i :eni congregate, on 
which maj be posted official council of de- 
fense posters and other war matters. Some 
towns may waul to start work on the bulle- 
tin boards before the formal request arrives 
and for that reason a working drawing of 
tandard board is printed above and 
specifications for its construction are pre 
cnted herewith. Any carpenter shop or a 
handj with tools ran, bj following 
dra ■' ings and specifics i ions, const ruel 
ioard of the standard and ap- 
i design. 

in.' dra • ing and specificat ions 
pared for the Connecticut Stat.> 
the state highway de- 
partment through th High- 
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The drawings were made and specifications 
prepared by Charles F. Taylor of that de- 
partment. 

In constructing the bulletin board thi 
dimensions given on the drawing should bi 
carefully observed and the following speci- 

la i ions rigidly adhered to: 

l l V1BER 

The stock to be used in this board shall 
be clear spruce, pine or cypress, well 
soned, and free from warp, wane, splits 01 
defects of any kind. The body of the board 
shall be of 10" x 1" stock preferably, dressed 
and matched, in order to furnish the least 
amount of jointage. The batten, cleats and 
edging shall be of sizes shown. 

FASTENING 

Nails of suitable sizes are to be used in 
: ,i board, in number sufficient to 

• 1 1 ■_• and durable construction. The 
cleat fastening, however, shall be made by 
I ■"," wood screws, so placed as to hold the 
boards firmly in alignment without danger 



of warpage. Care shall be taken to see 
that the edging is well fitted to the body 
of the hoard and the corners securely nailed. 

POSTEE 

\ canvas poster for each board will be 
furnished by the State Council of Defense, 
which poster must be set in during con- 
struction, with the sides and top nailed un- 
der the edging, and the bottom held down 
c lie batten strip as shown in the plan. 

FINISH 

I he hoard shall be given a thorough Band- 
papering on the edges and front, after 
which shall be applied two coats of flat 
slain of a color commonly known as " fumed 
oak." This stain shall be applied to the 

i rior. an!. u f the hoard only, the out- 
side, including the hack, receiving two 
; oats of white bad. 

Care shall be exerci i ti see that the 
canvas poster sustains no damage from 
sandpaper or stain during the above pro- 
cess. 




(Emtnrrttrut lullrttn. 



Published Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AUGUST 10, 1917 



No. 5 



Connecticut Completes Quota for the Regular Army. 



COMMITTEE OUTLINES 
PLANS ALREADY MADE 
FOR STATE PROTECTION 



Passes Hark Set on April l- 
Counties Above Number 
Apportioned 



Three 



GOVERNOR PLEASED WITH NEWS 



Railroad, Munitions Factories and 
Public Service Corporations Have 
Men on Duty, Many of them En- 
listed in Home Quard, and Com = 
panics Bear Expense Burden 



CONNECTICUT PREPARED 

FOR ALL EHEROENCIES 

Preparations made by the Committee on 
State Protection of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense for the safety of lives 
and property in Connecticut in the absence 
of the regular militia were outlined at the 
meeting of the council on Wednesday, in a 
repi 1 1 submil ted by Colonel Lucien F. 
Burpee, chairman of the state protection 
committee and also chairman of the Mili- 
tary Emergency Board, which is in charge of 
i he neel ieut I Come Guard, 

The report submitted M ( i lonel Burpee, 
in part) follows: 

Concerning the bridges and property of 
the New York, New Haven and Hartford 
Railroad Company, it has been agreed that 
the railroad should bear the expense of pro- 
tecting whatever it now deems it necessary 
to protect. The railroad will supply and 
pay the men necessary to secure such pro- 
tection as it now deems advisable to have. 
These men will be enlisted in the Home 
Guard, wherever such enlistment may be 
desired In the railroad officials and ap- 
proved bj the Military Emergency Board, 
and the Home Guard will supply from its 
ranks an\ additional men that may be 
reasonably required, at any time or place. 

Plans are being made with the approval 
and assistance of the Commanding Officers 
of the Eastern and Northeastern Depart- 
ments. 

Members of this committee have had in- 
terviews with representatives of the large 
munition manufacturers in their respective 
districts. Up to this time, none of them 
has made any specific request for direct 
assistance from the Mate, although in some 
places it has been made apparent that some 
help would be most welcome. However, so 
far a- we have yet learned, these manufac- 
turers have undertaken the protection of 
their respective plants and property for the 
present without the aid of the state. 

We are also able to state that, with two 
exceptions, the managing officers of the pub- 
lie and semi-public corporations, such as 

I i lontinued on page 4) 



Says Country Will Find it Can "Bank 

on the People" of 

This State 

Connecticut has completed its quota for 
the regular army, the mark set on April 1 
having been passed during the present week. 
I he total regular army quota for Con- 
necticut, a> apportioned on \pril 1, was 
2,228 men. The number forwarded is now 
abi ve it- quota. On June 23, when the 
-pecial recruiting period designated by 
President Wilson began, there was a bal- 
ance of 1,200 to be obtained for the state 
quota. On August 1 the state had secured 
more than 1,100 men and during the present 
week the number of recruits forwarded 
passed the complete quota mark. 

Commenting on tlii-. Governor Marcus 
II. Holcomb said: 

"The news that Connecticut has filled its 
regular army quota is mighty pleasing to 
mc Connecticut has once more come up to 
^-cratch as she always does. Before we get 
I trough tin country will find that it can 
bank on the people of Connecticut to keep 
up tin' state's reputation for patriotism." 

The figures for the regular army enlist- 
ment- in e ties covering the period from 

June 23, when the county quotas were as- 
signed, to August 7. are given below: 



County. 

New Haven 
Hartford 
Fait held 
\e,\ London 
Litchfield 
Windham 
Tolland 
Middlesex 



Balance Total 

Quota on For- to 

', warded. Obtain. 

350 422 —72 

270 295 —25 

260 250 10 

100 sj is 

80 51 20 

60 19 11 

35 13 22 

45 51 — 6 



1200 1213 —13 
total Quota for Connecticut April 1, 2228 
Forwarded April I to August 7. 2241 
I onnecticut's quota is filled, plus 13 men. 



Drafted Doctors and Dentists 

The question of the waste of training in- 
volved in •sending, as regular soldiers, doe- 
tors or dentists who have been drafted has 
h en settled by an announcement from the 
war department. Drafted men of these pro- 
fessions may, after they have been passed 
by the local examination boards, apply for 
transfers to the medical or dental reserve 
corps. 



NAMING POLICEWOMEN 
TO WORK FOR BETTER 
CAMP SURROUNDINGS 



State Conncil of Defense Accepts 
Report of Action Taken — Auto 
Commissioner Added to Committee 
on Transportation — Fair Exhibit 
Program Ready Next Week 



AflENDJTENT FOR HEDICAL 

CORPS RANKS IS FAVORED 

The weekly cling of the Connecticut 

State Council oi Defense was held Wednes- 
day at the Stale Capitol in Hartford. Mem- 
bers of the council present were: J. W. Alsop, 
Winchester Bennett, Dr. D. Chester Brown, 
Howard A, GiddingSj Charles A. Goodwin, 
Julius C. Stremlau and Harris Whittemore. 

I" I he absei I - hairman Richard M. 

Bissell, Mr. Alsop presided. The following 
chairmen and members of sub committees 
"ere also present: Lucien F. Burpee, 
Georgi B. Chandler. Frank D. Cheney, Dr. 
C. C. Godfrey, W. II. Putnam and f. Mc- 
Donough Russell. Members and chairmen 
of county auxiliary committees present were 
John H. Goss, E. F. Hall, Wilson H. Lee 
and A. L. Shipman. 

Adopting the report of Mr. Putnam, chair- 
man of the Committee on Transportation, 
it was voted that Bobbins B. Stoeckel of 
Norfolk, state automobile commissioner, be 
appointed a member of that committee. 

Judge Burpee submitted a report for the 

C nittee on State Protection, printed in 

another column of the Bulletin today, and 
ii was voted thai the report be accepted and 
Bled. Adopting the report of .fudge Burpee, 
it was voted that F. A. Fitzgerald of New 
Haven be appointed a member of that corn- 
mil tee. 

Dr. Godfrey submitted a reporl of the 
Committe Sanitation and Medicine, say- 
ing that the state police are readj to ap- 
point the five policewomen as members of 
i hei ; fori e and that his committee is going 
I with the matter of securing these 
patn I to work for better moral surround- 
ings at militarj camps, it vvas voted that 
the report be accepted. 

-Mr. Alsop read a report for George M. 
Landers, chairman of the Committee on 
Food Supply and Conservation. In connec- 
tion with this report, the matter of ex- 
hibits under tin an | of the council at 

the various fairs in the state was discussed. 
It wa- voted that the matter of exhibits 
he referred to the Committee on Food Supply 
and Conservation with instructions that it 
should report definite plans to the next 
meeting of the Council and that, in prepar- 

(Continued on page 4) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published each week, on Friday, under 

the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
te Council of Defense, its 
mmittees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
1 hi t is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1. HARTFORD, CONN., AUG. 10, 1917. No 

WORK FOR COUNTY COMMITTEES 

The attention of the chairmen and mem- 
bers of the several county auxiliary com- 
- i- , ailed to the following: 

On June -7. the council adopted tl I 

lowing resolutii 

"Voted, thai the county auxiliary com- 
mittee- shall hold weekly meetings, and 
that the chairmen of town committees with- 
in the several counties should be notified to 
attend these meetings. 

"Voted, thai the county committees 
should keep minutes of the weekly meetings 
and send them each week, together with an 
account of their activities, to the council." 

The report of the committee on organiza- 
tion of the council adopted June 6, in defin- 
ing the duties oi the county auxiliary com- 
mits contains the following sentence: 

"II i expected that the county auxiliary 
committees should bring to the attention 
of the council, subjects which they believe 
might require investigation or special con- 
trol, which arise within their jurisdiction." 

Referring to the county committees, Rich- 
ard \l. Bissell, chairman of th unci], in 

his opening address at the meeting at the 
Capitol <mi June 6, said: "It is hoped 
also, thai the (the county committees) will 
create for themselves problems and tasks to 
be accomplished in their own counties with- 
out regard to thi uneil." 

Jt is apparent that the work of the county 
committees is twofold, first, to carry out 
instructions given to them by the council, 
and second, to familiarize themselves with 
conditions in their own localities having to 
do in any way with the war or the mobiliza- 
tion of resources for war. and to make rec- 
ommendations to the council in the prem- 
ises. 

It is only by frequent meetings that the 
countj committees can function properly 
within the purview of the organization 
system of the council, and too much em- 
phasis cannot be made upon this point. 

The council desires to print each week in 
this Bulletin an account of the activities 
of the several counties, and to do this, it 
must l>e furnished with reports at regular 
intervals. That there is need for these 
meetings and thai there will be 
report is apparent from observing 
the duties of the committees indicated 

THOMAS HEWES, 

Secretary. 



Draft Quota Protest Forwarded 

to Washington by Connecticut 



Asks Credit in Next Levy for Excess 

of Men Taken by First 

Apportionment 



Requests Immediate Change in Method 

of Figuring Numbers to 

be Taken 

In a letter setting forth in detail facts 
indicating that Connecticut's quota in the 
first draft for the new national army is 
greatly in excess of what it should be, the 

I iticut State Council of Defense has 

written to Provost Marshal General E. H. 
Crowder "making a respectful but most ur- 
gent request that steps be at once taken 
looking to different and more equitable ap- 
portionment in ensuing draft levies," and 
at the same time " strongly insisting that 



due credit should be given to the state of 
Connecticut in subsequent levies for the 
excess number of soldiers to be furnished 
by it under the inequitable and unfair basis 
of contribution heretofore used." 

The letter contends that justice to this 
state c,i a be had onlj by means of a credit 
to be given when future quotas are levied — 
this credit to be equal to the number in 
excess of Connecticut's fair allotment ap 
portioned to this state under the first draft. 
I'll.' Council of Defense estimates that this 
Ace--, is at least -1.000. 

The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
unanimously voted two weeks ago to send 
this protest to General Crowder, but inas- 
much as it de-ired to do nothing that might 
delay the calling of the first increment for 
the new national army, the sending of the 
letter was delayed until now. 



Highway Map Made; 
Shoivs Condition of 
Roads and Bridges 

State Highway Commissi r 

Charles J, Bennett, a member of the 
t ominittee on Transportation which 
has been organized i>\ the State Coun- 
cil of Defence, lias prepared for that 
committee and also for the Council of 
National Defense, a map of the high- 
ways in the state of Connecticut, to- 
gether with a report on their condi- 
tion. The report covers the condition 
of the surface of the roads, their gen- 
eral construction and also shows the 
location of In idee- ami the load which 
they will hear. This report is in the 
files of the Committee on Transporta- 
tion ami is available foT use of sub- 
cm it 1 ees of the council. 



SURVEY IS AVAILABLE 



BREAD ECONOMY MEASURE 
IS SUPPORTED BY BAKERS 



Data Concerning Manufacturing Plants 

Moved to Office of State 

Defense Council 

The records of the state industrial survey 
which was made by Connecticut as a part 
of its military census, taken in February, 
March and April, have been moved to the 
I apitol from the State Library and are in 
the office- of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense. These records have been put in 
charge of Dean G. Acheson, one of the assist- 
ants to the secretary of the council, and 
various committees of the council may have 
access to them by consulting him. 

When the military census was taken in 
Connecticut, it was made to include the 
state's resources for war in both men and 
industries, ami thi- industrial survey con- 
tains information of value concerning manu- 
facturing plants throughout the state. It 
is complete ami has been tabulated in such 
a manner that information desired may be 
readily obtained from it. 



Seeks to Eliminate Practice Permitting 
Return of Unsold Loaves 

The Co ittee of Food Supply and Con- 
servation of the Connecticut State Council 
. of Defense has succeeded well in its cam- 
paign to prevent the return of unsold loaves 
of bread. Thi- matter was brought to the 
attention of the council by the Commercial 

Ei any Board of the Council of National 

Defense at Washington, which asked that 
all state councils of defense co-operate in the 
war economy proposition of eliminating the 
return privilege hitherto allowed on unsold 
bread. Tim food supply committee has re- 
ported on its effort- in thi- matter as fol- 
low- : 

" In reply to out first request for the 
discontinuance of the return of unsold 
bread, cue baker in Bridgeport requested 
further information which was sent him at 
■ nice. Since thi- date all the bakers of the 
-tatc have been organized in the association 
headed by members selected from their own 
number, and thi- organization lias not re- 
ported any baker who has failed to comply 
with the request for the non-return of un- 
sold bread. ( hie baker in Hartford, having 
a contract with the city to supply bread for 
th.' work house, was inclined to dispute this 
order, but has since, as we understand, 
agreed to abide by it." 



EMERGENCY BOARD MOVES 



Home Guard Organization Has New 
Quarters at State Armory 

The Military Emergency Board which has 
charm' of the Connecticut Home Guard, has 
moved its headquarters from the Connecti- 
cut Mutual Building in Hartford to the 
state Armory. These appropriate quarters 
had been promised to the board as soon as 
the removal of the National Guard should 
have a place for the Home Guard offices. 
The entire third floor of the State Armory 
has been turned over to the board, the 
office force of which occupies live rooms, the 
remaining rooms being used for the First 
Regiment, Connecticut Home Guard. 



D. of D. 
AUG 16 19" 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Illustration of Sign Strip to be Supplied for Bulletin Boards. 




This Bulletin Board was Erected by 

the Loral Town Committee ol the 

Connecticut State Council 

ol Defense 




DIAL WAR BULLETIN 



OF THE 

Connecticut State Counc il of Defense 

IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN 
TO READ THIS BULLETIN REGULARLY 



Bulletin Boards Can be Bought 

Knocked Down Ready to Assemble 



Council of Defense Arranges to Supply 

Them to Town Committees 

at $3 Each 

The I "mi.' i inn SI ate I 'ounci I of D 
i- able todaj to announce thai it run supply 
bulletin boards of the uniform pattern rec- 
ommended to the town committees, knocked 
down but painted and with the necessary 
supply i t screws and nails, at a i I 

.-';; per board. 

Several r iquests have I n received by t lie 

publicity committee of the council for in- 
formal ii n com i uing si me place n hi i e ' ; " 
bullel in bi a rds m igh! be secured. Arrange- 
n,;;i! have now been made for getting out 

nber and shipping the board all I\ 

to be put together. Instructions will be 
to i hose ordering thesi knocked rtovi n 



so thai the task of nailing the pieces 
together ami screwing the cleats mi the back 
..in be done by an amateur carpenter with- 
. m difficulty. 

Orders foi these boards should l>e sen! 
ki the Publicity Committee, Connecticut 
Si ite i ounci] of Defense, Room 26, stale 
Capitol, Hartford, Conn. The boards will 
be shipped from Middletown, express 
charges collect. The price of the material 
. h board is $3. 
The publicity committee also will re- 
ceive requests from towns which are build- 
up their > ivn boards for the uniform si.jn 
(trips which the council will provide f. i 
boards. These will be furnished free 
. i' charge. An illustration of the sign strips 
i- printed on this page of the Connecticut 
M ti dav. 



TOWN COMMITTEES-NEW LONDON COUNTY 



Bozrah — John S. Sullivan, chairman; W. 
\\ Bentley; Elizah A. U>el. 

Colchester — J. -T. Sullivan, chairman; 
David shea; John Condren. 

East Lyme — F. A. Beckwith, chairman; 
Ernest C. Russell; Chas. F. Eldridge. 

Franklin — C. B. Davis, chairman; Fred 
II. Race; P.enj. P. Davis. 

Griswold — James II. Shea, chairman; 
• William C. Terry; Herbert C. Webster. 

Groton — VV. G. Stebbins, chairman; 
I.. Bailej ; (has. B. Palmer. 

Lebanon — Karl T. Bisshop, chairman; C. 
J. Abel ; Fred -T. Brown. 

1. 1. hard — Chas. A. Gray, chairman; W. 
I. Allyn: S. E. Holdridge. 

Lisbon — F. L. Kanahan, chairman. Al- 
ii, n A. Rist; .Tames Graham. 

I. xi. ii T. W. Stark, chairman; William 

Marvin; Ernest L. Selden. 

Montvill( — Geo. H. Bradford, chairman; 
Dan D. Home; Jos. T. Chinch. 

\.",\ London — Henry C. Chappell, 



man; John Humphrey; Alfred Coit; A. T. 
Miner; John F. McLaughlin. 

\. nh Stonington — Geo. D. Coats, chair- 
man; Calvin A. Snyder; Geo. H. Stone. 

Norwich — Allyn L. Brown, chairman; 
II. 1 1. .it R. Branch: Camper K. Bailev; Robt. 
VIcNeely; Chas. P. Bushnell; Albert W. 
I illibridge. 

Old I .vim Thos. L. Havnes, chairman; 

Robt. 1L Noble; Dr. E. K. Devitt. 

Preston — Arthur C. Smith, chairman; 
• ' V. She, Id; Alanson Fuller. 

Salem — Henry A. Rogers, chairman; 
Chas. \. Williams; Ira D. Gifford. 

Sprague — Raymond J. Jodoin, chairman; 
Arthur I'. Cote; Thomas Kelly. 

Stonington — Frederick K. Boulter, chair 
man; Elias B. Hinckley; Dr. James H. 
Wei ks. 

Voluntown — Elmer E. Coon, chairman; 
Howard E. James; Thomas McDonald. 

Waterford — Albert H. Lanphear, chair- 
i u . 1 1 1 -. Chas. A. Gallup; James G. Hammond. 



TRANSPORTATION TASKS 
IN CO MMITTE E'S HANDS 

Members Named and Assigned to 

Duties — Freight Unloading 

Delay Taken Up 

The Committee on Transportation of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, of 
which William H. Putnam is chairman, has 
bei n organized and is now actively engaged 
in handling the matters referred to it by the 
council. Tts first monthly report was sub- 
mitted ai the council meeting last week. 
Ihi, report was, in part, as follows: 

During the past three weeks the Com- 
mittee on Transportation ha- organized and 
upon our recommendation, you have elected 
the following members of our committee: 
VIorgan I'.. Brainard, who will take charge 
• it the affairs of our committee in the ab- 
sence uf the chairman; State Highway I 
missioner C. J. Bennett, who will at 
to matter- pertaining to highways; Thomas 
W. Russell, who will handle matters per- 
taining to automobile transportation, and 
Edward Milligan, who will handle matters 
relating t.. -team railroad transportation. 
We expect t" recommend other names for 
i he consideration of your committee in the 
neat future. 

Referring to the matter referred to us 
about the unloading of freight ears, we beg 
tu report some progress along this line. We 
are ready to check up complaints of delay 
in unloading and have offered our services 
in shippers and railroad companies alike. 
We are. also, working on other plans to 
help relieve this situation. 

Referring to the reference to this com- 
iniilee of the peach growers protest against 
the "New Haven" Railroad embargo, our 
utiee investigated the matter and found 
that the embargo is in lines with the ree- 
ommendatioD of the Council of National 
Defense, which has ordered that as far as 
possible railroad shipments be made in full 
ear lots, and with the present shortage of 
freight en- in this territory, we believe it 
would not be to the public interest for a 
railroad company to supply the peach grow- 
ers with cars for part filled shipments. We 
ai. endeavoring, however, to suggest a plan 
to the peach growers which will point out 
a way of moving their crop by automobiles 
and auto trucks. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COMMITTEE OUTLINES 
PLANS ALREADY MADE 
FOR STATE PROTECTION 

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leetrii light and gas companies, have mani- 
fested a patriotic and reasonable s|>irii with 
respect to the protection oi their several 
works and properties. This they have un- 
dertaken to secure bj guards and watchmen 
hired and paid for b\ themselves, and ac- 
cording to our judgment the protection thus 
provided i- -.nil;,-, rut at present. This com 
mittee has, however, an understanding with 
of tin se officials and with the Military 
Emi i Board 1 hat . « henever it maj be 

necessary or desirable i he I [ome I (uard will 
supply, at the 4 cosf of these corporations, all 

in, ,i that they i require or call for to 

take the place oi those who are now em 
pli ir,l. if for any reason, their services can 

not l"' retained. 

This is an outline of the understandings 
and arrangements which have been made 
with only present conditions in mind. If 
\ iolent demonstrat ions should < ci ur or be 
threatened, the Borne Guard is now 
thoroughly prepared and may be depended 
upon to assist or supersede local authori- 
ties in preserving the peace and in protect- 
ing property and livi 

'I'liis committee, acting through the Mili- 
tary Emergency Board, has made arrange 
ments to supply the Superintendent of State 
Pi lice with such men as he may require. 

!i lias been hitherto reported to this coun 
eil that this committee had been making 
plans and had attempted to make connec- 
tions with the Boj Scouts in this State for 
certain detective purposes. Our efforts have 
been temporarily blocked. It is not possible 
that any one has authority to restrain the 
boys of this -tale or prevent the proper 
use of their aid by persons charged with the 
protection of this state by all means within 
the state. This committee has communi- 
cat ol n itli ( lolonel Louis R. ( heney and 
I In, mas W. Russell, who occupy official 
places in the Boy Scout organization in 
Conn icl '■ ut. and has been assure 
approval of it- plans and of assistance in 
carrying them out. Nothing delinite, how- 
ever, has yet been decided upon. 

With respect to highway bridges, it is 
not deemed necessary by the highway com 
missioner to call for any assistance outside 
of that which he novi has under his con- 
trol. All the nam employed by him have 
been enlisted in the Borne Guard and or- 
ganized in such fashion that they can be 

Used tO 1 lie In -I ad\ : I 1 1 1 I LO to |U olei t f lie 

highways and bridges throughout the state, 
and plans have been made whereby such 
numbers of the Home Guard as maj be re 

quired can be ii diately placed on duty 

to re-enforce the highway commissioner's 
men at :m\ time and in any place. Here 
aga no i lie .i n angen ents made will not oc- 
casion expense for the state to beat' except 
in case of emergency. The men in the 

highwaj depart nl are on regular state 

pay. If the commissioner should need ad 
ditional men iii emergency, they will lie 
supplied at state expense by the Military 
11 1 1 1 • Board, of whose staff the high- 

way commissioner is a member. 



The next meeting of the 

State il oi Defense "ill 

t lie State Capitol, Hart ford, on 
August 15, t917, at 1 L.30 a. in. 

The t ommittee on Finance h 

hold a regular meet ing each Thu 

ii it i lie Stale ( lapitol. 

# * * 

The i ' ittee . n Industrial 

in, ei lue,, las afternoon, Augu 
o'ch i k at the State < apitol. 



( 'ounce! iellt 
lie held at 

Wednesday . 

as voted to 
sday after- 



Survej "ill 
-t 14, at 4 



NAMING POLICEWOMEN 
TO WORK FOR BETTER 
CAMP SURROUNDINGS 



MORAL WELFARE WORK 
PLANNED BY COMMITTEE 

Woman's Organization Has Branch 

Which Has Outlined lm- 

portant Program 

I he ( lommittee on t lonservat ion of Exist 
ing Moral and Spiritual Forces of the 
Nation, which lias been organized by the 
Connecticut Division, Woman's Committee 
Council ot National I) fense, with Dr. Val- 
eria 11. Parker as < lhairman, has prepared 
the following outlines of it- program: 

The pla n ■ i work of this department, 
i- proposed by the chairman, divides itself 
inti o ■: up pre\ enl ii e and remedial. 

i er preventive, the following activities 
should be considered : 

Increased recreational facilities; proper 
. ervi ion of public dance halls, moving 
picture houses, parks, etc.; women police 
officers, especially near camps; representa- 
tive oi Travelers Aid Society in railroad sta- 
tions of large towns; "hostess houses" in 
vicinity of camps; "camp mothers;" educa- 
tional; normal instruction along sex lines 
for young people through lecture- and lit- 
erature; instruction of mothers. 

I i, dm' remedial, the following subjects 
should command attention: 

Elimination of professional prostitutes 
from community; law enforcement; closing 
of hou-e- of yice through use of injunction 
and abatement act; prosecution of cases in- 
volving impairment of morals of minors, ille 
In 11 i ! For w a \ ■ 
ward girls and unmarried mothers; in- 
creased clinical facilities for diagnosis and 
, at of \ enereal diseases. 

Dr. Parker has said that in order to make 
the above work possible, financial backing 
must be secured in each li cality. Each local 
unit will have a sub-committee of women 
filled to interest themselve- iii moral con- 
servation. These can appeal to the central 
i oinmit lee 1,1 ;i,K ice and help. 

The personnel of this conjinittee is as fol 

lows : 

Dr. Valeria H. Parker, No. 248 Collins st, 
Barf ford, chairman, Ch. 9793 ; Miss May 
Bissell. Lakeville; Miss Caroline Penniman, 
Middletown; Mrs. Rosemary 0. Anderson, 
New London; Miss Maxwell, Rockville; Mrs. 
M. Tuscan Bennett, Hartford; Miss Kathryn 
Bewitt. Bridgeport; Mrs. Michael IT. Ford. 
Bridgeport: Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn, 
Hartford; Mrs. Appleton R. Hillyer, Bart- 
ford; Rev. Marion Jones, Canterbury; Miss 
Anne M. Revnolds, New Haven: Mrs. F. G. 
Piatt. New Britain: Mrs. Stewart Smith. 
Stamford; Miss Nancy Austin, Willimantie: 
Mrs. A. L. Corbin, New Haven. 



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ing these plan-, the estimate of expenses 

-hi llld not exceed $1,000. 

President C. < '. Beach of the Connecticut 
Agricultural college read a report for the 
Committee on Food Supply and Conserva- 
tion on the subject of agricultural educa- 
tion in secondary schools. 

It was voted that the council recommend 
to the governor that he protest to the sev- 
eral local exemption boards throughout the 
state against publication by them of the 
reasons for rejections for physical disabili- 
i ies. 

The matter of giving further assistance 

■ B . i i 1 1 ' \\ '- 

Committee, Council of National Defense, in 
the registering of women in the state, for 
i\ liieh the council has agreed to prinl ca rds, 
was fabled until the next meeting of the 

e eil pending further inquirj into the 

proposed activities. 

The council \ oted to appri ve a propo ed 
amendment to Senate Bill L786, Sixty-fifth 
( 'enure. S] First Sessii n, to be introduced 
bj Mr. Owen relating to the disposition in 
the several grades of the commissioned 
officers of the Medical Corps i f the Regular 
Army, and that the representatives in Con- 
gress of this state be informed of the action 
oi the council and that the chairman of 
the council personally take such steps as he 
deems advisable looking to favorable action 
on the matter by ( 'ongress. 

The resignation of Dr. J. G. Stanton of 
New London as a member of the Committee 
on Sanitation and Medicine was presented 
by Dr. Godfrey and it was voted that it be 
accepted with regret. It was also voted that 
Dr. Charles !',. Graves oi New London be 

e lee led a inclnlier Of thai mittee, -iii eeed 

ing Dr. Stanton. 



MORE NURSES NEEDED 

Council's Committee Inquiring As to 
Hospitals Capacity for 
Training 

The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has taken up the matter of increasing the 
number of nurses and nurses' assistants in 
the state. This matter has been referred to 
the Committee on Sanitation and Medicine, 
of which Dr. C. C. Godfrey of Bridgeport is 
chairman, and this committee, in the name 
of the council, is making direct inquiries of 

the superintendent- of training scl Is as 

to what they are willing and able to do 
toward increasing the ■ number in their 
aursing classes and also toward training 
inns, -' assistants. If it is found that a 
large numbei of applicants foi training can 
lie received by the hospitals, the Committee 
,ii Sanitation and Medicine with the assist- 
ance of the Committee on Publicity, will 
make a campaign to secure suitable young 
women to ent r training. 



Charter 5471 

The telephone number of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense 
is Hartford. Charter 5471. 




Qtamwrftntt lullrtuL 



Published Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AUGUST 17, 1917 






COUNCIL WANTS COURSES 
IN AGRICULTURE FOR 
SECONDARY SCHOOLS 



Food Supply Committee Suggests that 
Schools take Advantage of Federal 
Aid Offered to Teach Farming and 
Home Economics in the State. 



APPROPRIATIONS HADE BY STATE 
AND SrUTH-HUGHES BILL 

ommittee on Food Supply and Con- 
servation has been investigating, at the re- 
[ of the i 'onnei I ieut State « louncil of 
Defense, agricultural education in the sec- 
ondary schi ils in Connecticut. The Com- 
Diitti report in 'j,' I the State schools to take 
i .;■. i tagi : the Smith-Hughes bill, passed 
by Congress lasl year to provide for voca- 
tional training, especially in agriculture and 

ne nomies. The importance of adding 

e courses to the secondary school curric- 
ulum at this time is obvious. The main 
points of the bill according to the committee 
i e as follows: 

passed bj 
i ongress, provides aid to the State- for vo- 
cal ional education. Section 2 of the Fedi ral 
Act provides lor the supervision of agri- 
culture instruction and for the paymenl of 
teacners of agriculture in high schools. $10,- 
M ii i i- available En m the Federal Act for the 
two years ending September 30, 1919. The 
State must duplicate this amount. The total 
t available therefore, is $20,000 for 
ears. It is assumed that two- 
thirds of the salary of an instructor mighl 
! from the Federal and State funds, 
the local community to pay the balance of 
ilary of the instructor and to provide 
for laboratory equipment. The fund there- 
fore . sufficient to establish an agricultural 
rnent in possibly eight or ten high 
I - in the State. 
"The legislature, in accepting the provi- 
sions of the Federal Act, designated the State 

■ if Education as the State board t> co 
operate with the federal Hoard of Voca- 

Education in the administration of 
tlii— Act. it is provided further, however, 
State Board of Education shall des- 
ignate the Connecticut Agricultural College 
as Ha' institution to supervise the instruc- 
tion in agriculture, as provided for in Sec- 

l il I' 2 Of the Federal Act. 

" Section 4 of the Federal Act provides 
for the preparation of teachers of agricul- 
tural subjects and for the teachers of home 
economic subjects. $6,000 is available from 
the Federal grant under this seetion for the 
i ir period ending September 30, 1919. 

■ He must duplicate this amount. The 
total amount available therefore under Sec- 
tion 4, is $12,000 for the two years. Sec- 
tion 3 of the act provides for the supervision 
of instruction and the payment of salaries 
of teachers of trade, home economics and 
industrial subjects. $23,500 is available 
from the Federal Act for the two years end- 

( Continued on page '_') 



War Interviews 

By Well Known Men 
Of Connecticut 

A series of interviews w it h promt 
tieni men in Connecticut on war ques- 
tions of the day have been secured by 
the director oi press co-operation for 
the State Council of Defense, and are 
appearing in the state newspapers. 

i : <;. are called " Made in Connecticut 

^ ■' i I 'iii \ iews " 1 are designed to 

make public the opinions of the repre- 
sentative mi a i f this state on matters 
w hich a re of int erest to every i 
and also to answer some of the ques 

ti H hich iiia\ have arisen in the 

public mind about national po 
lnter\ iews bj the governor and o net 
s1 tte officials, presidents of ( onnei I i 
cut colleges, business men, clergy, and 
maker- of public opinion will be pub- 
lished in the series. 



EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS 
SHOULD BE MAINTAINED 



Official Advice to Keep Children in 
Schools During the War 

"In view of the many temptations to 
parents to keep children out of school and 
college next year and while the war con- 
tinues, and the many unusual difficulties 

which must 1 vereome in order that there 

in i\ be no lowering of standards of efficiency 
in the schools, and because of the great 
importance to the Nation that both efl 
and attendance be maintained, and in. 
if possible, I am taking the liberty of sug- 
gesting to the governors of the 
-i ites that each make some kind of procla- 
mation i i give out a letter through the pub- 
lic press on this subject. Such proclama- 
tion or letter will probably be most helpful 
ed before the end of August." 

This is the text of a letter received by 
Governor Holcomb from p. p. Claxton, 
Commissioner of the Bureau of Education 
• a the Department of the Interior at Wash- 
ington. The Governor referred the matter 
to the Mate Council of Defen-.- who ex 
themselves as being thoroughly in 
tecord with the views expressed bj Commis- 
sioner Claxton ami doubtless steps will be 
taken at mice to comply with the suggestion. 



The Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense invites suggestions from those re- 
ceiving the ''Connecticut Bulletin" as to 
any matter of detail or general policy which. 
in the opinnion of the recipient, will in- 
crease the Council's efficiency and promote 
the welfare of the state and nation. 



COAL PROBLEM GIVEN 
TO NEW SUBCOMMITTEE 
OF DEFENSE COUNCIL 



Connecticut Coal Committee Becomes 
Part of State Council— Will Con- 
tinue to Work With New England 
Coal Committee— New Members 
Will be Appointed 



HOME AFFAIRS OF SOLDIERS 

CARED FOR BY COUNCIL 

At the weekly meeting of the Council 
held in its offices at the Capitol on Wed- 
nesday, .August 1.1.. Air. Bissell stated that 
there had ! ' i t ing of the Coal Com- 
mittee in the offices of the ' ouncil on Mon- 
day. August 13, with Messrs. Elton, Gale 
and Meech present, that this meeting voted, 
in accordance with the suggestion of the 
1 ouncil, that the Connecticut Coal Com- 
mittee become a sub-committee of the Coun- 
cil, and the governor had approved of this 
action. The Council thereupon elected Air. 
Tin mas W. Russell oi Eartford chairman of 

he i ommittee on Coal and instructed him to 

uganize this committee 

Mr. Bissell then read a letter from Air. 
Storrow, chairman of the New England Coal 
Committee in which he suggested raising 
a fund of $10,000 to defray expenses of 
the Committee'- work- and it was voted 
that Mr. Bissell be requested to inform 
Mr. Storrow of the approval of the idea 
by the Council but that an initial sum of 
$5000 be collected instead of $10,000 and 
that the Council was willing to contribute 

20< i of the aforesaid - £ $5, 

Realizing the necessity that the men in 
i armed forces of the nation be contin- 
ually conscious of the interest and sup- 
porl of the people in their home communi- 
ties, the Council will instruct the chairmen 
of the town committees to prepare a list 
of all men from their respective towns in 
the service of the country either as volun- 
teers or in the National Army, or in the 
Navy, and to post these lists on the Coun- 
cil Bulletin Boards with the suggestion 
that friends of the men write to them from 
time to time. On each bulletin board will 
also appear instructions as to the proper 
mode of addressing letters to reach the 
men of that town. Carrying out this idea, 
the Publicity Committee will address a 
letter to the manufacturers of the State 
suggesting that they post in their factories 
li-ts of men from the factories in the 
armed forces of the country, and will in- 
form them of fhe practice in several of the 
factories in the state of supplying station- 
ind postage so that their friends may 
write to these men. In order further that 
the men at the front may be able to have 
assistance in matters of a private nature 
at home, the Council voted that the Town 
Committees be instructed to organize spe- 
cial committees whose duty and privilege it 

(Continued on page 3 ' 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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A* 



< 



( « )XN VA TU IT BULLETIN 

Published each week, on Friday, under 
direction of the Connecticut 
Stat.- Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut. State Council of Defense, its 
county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittee-. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1. HARTFORD. CONN., AUG. 17. 1917. No. 



COUNCIL WANTS COURSES 
IN AGRICULTURE FOR 
SECONDARY SCHOOLS 



i Continued from Page 1 ) 
ing September 30, 1919." 

The report goes on to saj : 

■• ii i< recommended that the Council of 
Defense give publicity through the press, to 
the provisions of this Act, and by circular 
ei to the principals, supervisors, and to 
boards of control of the several high schools 
,,i ill. State. The following is an outline 
i i the probable requirements of high schools 
in the establishment of vocational depart- 
ments of agriculture under the Smith- 
Hughes Act: 

■■ ' The local community shall furnish 
recitation and laboratory room and a mini- 
mum equipment of books and apparatus as 
required by the State supervisor of second- 
elm. .I agriculture. 

"'The local community shall provide for 
liing of all non-vocational branches 
required of students in the vocational 
courses. 

••■The teacher oi vocational agriculture 
shall l>e hue.] for not less than eleven 
month-, of the year, those months to include 
the sea-. hi of plant growth. He shall have 
had technical training, practical experience, 

>erience or training 
as shall meet the approval of the Stale 
supervisor oi secondary scl 1 agriculture. 

"'There shall lie enrolled in the depart 
menl of vocational agriculture not less than 

fifteen -I in 

"'Oi ol hours every student shall 

give not less than ten per week for four 

i .- vocal I agriculture. 

" If. at the end of the year, the course of 
-i ud tandards shall have 

met the approval of the State supervisoj of 

second ir; i ' I agi icuH are and the national 

d of vocational education, the high 
...I shall be reimbursed to the extent of 
hirds of the sa larj of t he teacher of 
e, up to $1,000.' " 
The Committee on Publicity was in- 
structed to send out information to the 
i 1 officers, calling this opportu- 
nity to their attention and urging upon 

H i he importance of taking advant . 
it locally. 



THE COUNCIL QUARTERS 

The Connecticut Slate Council of De- 
fense occupies six rooms in the East Wing 
en the second il ' i f the State < 'apitol 

i with all the Old Senate Chamber. 

■, , know n as t he Speaker's Room, 
ol Hi. una, l [ewes, the Seci etary 
of the I 'iinneil. and it is also used fi r mei i 

i he i louncil. Room l'> adjoining is a 

Committee 1!. i, and is occupied, when 

net in demand foi committee meetings, bj 
the assistants of Mr. Hewes, The small 
room 23, regularly used by the state Audit- 

the Treasurer's office and accounting 
department, while the large room 2] at the 
..hi he. i, t corner of the building, ordinarily 
occupied by the State Board of Finance, and 
used through the sessions of the legislature 
for hearings of the Committi n Appro- 
priations, i- filled willi filing cases and the 
desks of the stenographers in the employ 
of the main office of the Council. 

The ( lid Senate ( handier, the -eel f 

i y fennel debates and legislative 

struggles, lias desks arranged around the 
wall labelled with the nam.- of the func- 
tional committees of the Council, such as 
Transportation, Man Power and Labor, and 
( oordination of Societies. Here also is the 
telephone Exchange of the Council. This 
large room is also occasionally used for 

, . tings i hat cannol be accomi lated by 

r 25. 

The Attorney General's offices have been 
left undisturbed, bul room 26, adjoining 
In- . dices on the north .side of the building. 
is occupied by the Publicity Committee 
with its stenographic and secretarial ser- 

\ I.e. 

The House ( 'oat Room is used for the mul- 
ph, mimeograph, and mailing depart- 
i he i . iineil. Here also are stored 
1 1 ,- supplies an.! pamphlet- of the organi- 
zation. 

Placards announce to the visitors at the 
Capitol the uses to which the rooms are put 
and the impression that the country is at 
war and t onnecticui is doing its share is 

.ni.-i ..! to the rrios! casual passer. 

The Committee on Food Supply has large 
-emu-ate quarters in the Connecticut Mutual 
Life Building. 



EXHIBITS FOR STATE FAIRS 



MEETINGS 



The next meeting of the Conm 
State I louncil of Defense « ill be held at 

the Stati ' ,i| I, Hartford, on Wednesday, 

August 11, 1!H7. Tim executive session has 
ailed for 10 o'clock and the general 
session at 11 ..'clock. 

The regular weckh meeting of the 
Finance Committee "ill be held Thursday 
a f tern i at the State Capitol. 



Tents, Containing Home Economics 

and Agricultural Data are 

To Make Tour 

Exhibits on subjects relating to Home 

I con ics and Agriculture are to be sent 

to the state fairs of Connecticut under the 
auspices of the Committee on Food Supply 
of the stale i ouneil of Defense. These ex- 
hibits contemplate two routes, the itinerary 
or Route Number one being Washington, 
Salisbury, Charter Oak, Berlin, Rockville, 
Granby, Danbury and Barkhamsted, and 
that of Route Number two being Norwich, 
Brooklyn, Woodstock, Colchester, Durham 
and Stafford. It has been the practice of 
the Slat.- Agricultural College to conduct 
exhibits at a limited number of fairs in 
the past, and the plan of the Committee 
on Food Supply is. to a certain extent, an 
exi ension of this plan. 

The exhibits will be conducted in tents 
which will be Iran-ported from one fair to 
another in accordance with the itinerary. 
The .subjects will cover under Home Eco- 

ics, drying, canning, cereals, food value 

of milk and allied subjects; and under agri- 
culture, dairying, poultry and swine. They 
will be divided about equally as regards 
space each occupying one side of the tent. 
Attendants will be provided to answer 
questions and distribute literature. 

Space will be reserved in the tents for 
exhibits by other committees of the coun- 
cil, such as on Sanitation and Medicine, 
Finance, and Industrial Survey. The Com- 
mittee on Publicity will make recommenda- 
tions to the several County chairmen re- 
garding the ii-.- of speakers. 

The maximum expense estimated by the 
Committee on Food Supply, in addition to 
the amount available from the State Agri- 
cultural College, is $1205, and this amount 
was appropriated by the Council, although 
ii was the opinion of Senator Alsop that 
economy might be effected through free 
transportation and board so that all of 
this would not be required. It was the view 
ol the council that this kind of educational 
work is extremely valuable and timely. 



CHILD WELFARE WORK 



\i the weekly meef ing of the < loun- 
cil, il was \oted to send Copies of 
the Bulletin to members of all state, 
county and town sub-committees, and 
also to the officers and directors of 
i he i hambers of < lommerce of < lon- 
necticut. This increases the circula- 
tion ..f the Bulletin to 1600. 



Women Will Guard Children's Health 
in War Time 

The Connecticui Division, Woman'- Com- 
mittee, Council of National Defense, has es- 
tablished a Department of Health and Wel- 
fare of ( hildren, the work of which is to 
.mei rtake the supervision oi the sanitary 

condition of home-, scl Is, etc.; the estab- 

of Infant Welfare Stations, Day 
Nurseries, and such other social and eco- 
nomic measures as bear on the problems in- 
Many of the oilmr organizations of the 
State have expressed their desire to co 
operate wherever possible along these lines, 
offering their services to this Department. 
The full personnel of this Committee is 
as follows: 

W. E. D. Scott, Greenwich, chair- 
man; Mrs. Samuel O. Prentice; Mrs. A. A. 
Anderson; Mrs. Irving Fisher; Mis- Edith 
Kingsbury; Miss Mary Grace Hills. 



0. of D. 
MAR 23 I9J8 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COAL PROBLEM GIVEN 
TO NEW SUBCOMMITTEE 
OF DEFENSE COUNCIL 



(Continued from Page 1 i 



shall be to assist the men in these matters. 
Every soldier will be notified of the exis- 
tence of this committee and advised thai 
they 1 1 1 . i > communicate with them from 
time to time and rely upon their help when- 
ever it is possible. 

The ( onnecticut State Council of Defense 
convened in executive session at 11.30 a. m. 
Those present were His Excellency Marcus 

II. Bole b and Messrs. Alsop, Winchester 

Be itt, It. M. Bissell, Homer S. Cummings, 

Howard A. Giddings, Charles A. Goodwin, 
Julius ( '. strcmlau, D. ( liester Brown and 
George VI. < ole; Mr. Bissell presiding. The 

cutive session was devoted to i n 

sideration of the finances of the Council. 
The Treasurer submitted an accounl of ex- 
penditures for his office for the months oi 
June and July, and it was voted thai the 
expendil ares be approved. 

The executive session adjourned at 12.10 
]>. in. and immediately convened in regular 
session with the following chairmen of sub- 
committees present: George B. (handler, 
Frank D. Cheney, W. S. I o rles I I God 
frey. Stanley H. Holmes, W. H. Putnam. 
and George G. Williams. Arthur L. Ship 

a of the Hartford County Auxiliary I 
inittce and B. F. English and John II. Gi 
representing the New Haven County Aux- 
iliary Committee were also present. 



'. Etei a report by Mr. Hoi s, t he chair- 
man, ni the recently organized Committee 
on Alien,, it nas voted that the title of 

this e mittee shall be changed to the 

« nittee on Foreign Born Population, and 

i might be composed of more than 
seven members. Mr. Holmes presented the 

n es of several persons for consideration 

as proposed mi n : i i - ol the < Committee 
and was authorized t, 
i hem. 

I ir. i rodi rej subi lit ted a repoi i for the 
i ' niinit tee mi Sanitation and Medicine 
that four of the policewomen had 
already been appointed. 

The matter of the recommendations of the 

Commercial E my Board in regard to 

the reduction of deliveries of retail stores 
was discussed and it was voted that the 

Connecticut Division of the Woman's r 

mittee be instructed to confine their aeti 
vities in the premises to interesting the 
women of the 3tate in forwarding this move 
men! wherever possible and that the Pub 
licity Committee be instructed to continue 
the \ : i ies a long this line. 

MCi Bissell read a bulletin from the ( ■ 

cil of National Defense relating to econo- 
mizing in the use of gasoline and the secre- 
tary was instructed to advise Mr. Gifford 
that it was the sense of the Council that 
bettei results could he accomplished by the 
impi -ii inn of a small tax on this article. 

Mr. (handler submitted a report for the 
Publicity Committee; Mr. Cheney, for the 
Committee on Industrial Survey; and Mr. 
Vlsop, in the absence of Mr. Landers, for 
the Committee on Food Supply and Conser- 
vation, it was voted that the reports 
be accepted, 



WOMEN URGE WAR THRIFT 



TOWN COMMITTEES-NEW HAVEN COUNTY 



Aiim nia — J. M. Emerson. Frank T. 
Terry. i I.. Bristol, R. Q. Walsh, 

Samuel F. Yudkin. 

Beacon Falls — Frederick C. Curtiss, 
Frank E. Bronson, Charles D. Roberts, 
Ernest S. (lark. Theron Bradley. 

d — Dr. A. J. Tenney. William R. 

Foote, Henry F. Jourdan, Hart Sperrv. Jo- 
seph II. Smith. E. H. Howd, II. M. Whiting, 
P. II. Dunn. 

Cheshire — Frederick M. Peasley, Geoi i 
\ i orpe, Walter H. Baldwin, Clayton E. 
Peck, Bi rtram l . Di dd. Alfred s. Bennett, 
Richard II. Morgan, Pail] T. Hotehkiss, Ed- 
win W. Storrs. J. R. Lanvon. 

Derbj Mum T. Terrell. Charles V 
Downs, Terrenee S. Allis, Mayor George P. 
Sul I i van. 

East Haven — John W. Dovle. George II. 
Kirkham, S. B. Smith. W. It.' Hosley, F. B 
Rowe. 

Guilford — Hon. Frederick H. Rolf, 
V. Sullivan. Robert H. Norton, Wil 
l.i i in s. Butler. 

Ilamdcn — J. Frederick Jackson, E 
Broadbent, Charles Tattle, Joseph Bear- 
halter. 

Madison — J. Myron Hull. Milo P. Rindge, 
B. Munger, Herbert Kelsey. 

Meriden Mayor Joseph A. Cooke. Her 
- i harles L. Rockwell, W. F. Park- 
er. Charles II. Tredennick. 

Middlebury — Robert M. Fenn, No. 
Middlebury, W. H. Miller. G. Frederick 
U>bott, Mien B. Cooke. 



Milford — Arthur B. Clark, D. Louis 

Ncitletiin. Geo. \V. Munson, Geo. M. Smith, 

ej J. ( heney. 

••it ml: — Howard Tuttle, A. B. Cross. 

Jr., F. E. Hopkins, J. F. McDonough, Dr. 

II. II. Gorton. 

New Haven— Mayor Samuel Can 
Seymour M. Judd, Ex-Judge E. P. O'Meara. 
Louis Knollmeyer, Edward P. Keatii 
William F. Verdi. Charles P. Dunlav Ilarrv 

\ • \\ hippie. 

th Haven — John H. Blakeslee, Hobart 
•I. Brockett, D. Walter Patten. 

(iiamje - Clarence E. Thompson, John L. 
Richards, Ernest C. Littlefield, I 

French. 

Oxford — J. P.. Sanford. Philip Rowland, 
W. II. II, .lines, Elijah B. Treat. David A. 
Fa irchild. 

Prospecl —David Plumb. Charles S. Fenn, 
Clifford P. Wallace. Albert S. Talmadg. 

our — G. E. Mattheis, M. C. Keir, 
II. S. Halligan, Sherman Sanford, E \ 
Klatte. E. II. Rols 

Southbury — 

Wallingford — Henry D. Davis. John (i. 
Phelan, II. Wintei Davis, R. E. Buell, \\ in. 
J. hum. 

Waterbury — Judge W. D. Makepeace, 
John II. Crary, W. II. Sandland, Father E. 
1 l'i. .nan. Rev. Chas. A. Dinsmore, Fred 

S. I ...i man. T. V. Parry. 

Wolcotl — Wilfred Warner. Samuel Wil- 
son, John B. Wakelec. lie,, I've W. Prow lie. 



Information Sent Out by Bulletins, 
Translations and Demonstrations 

The i ommittee on I 
the Connecticut Division of the Woman's 
Committee has been verj aetii 
formation, and many pledges, question- 
naires, and bulletins have been sent out on 
he committee subject. i 
pledges have been distributed to the co 
l>\ i lie tow n chairmen and quest ii 

.en sent out to gi ; of es- 

timate of the number of cards signed and 
the attitude and nationalities of 1 hi 
ers. 

\ good deal of effort has been spent on 
organizing canning demonstrations. \l.mi 
towns have held demonstrations and in sev- 
eral towns community canning kitchens 
have been opened. A questionnaire has been 

mad a for each person in attendance at 

I e canning school at Storrs to find out 
who is willing to co-operate in later can- 
ning demonstration work. Other question- 
naires have been sent to town chairmen to 
are that the matter of conserving food 
A canning and drying has had proper pub- 
licity, and that local demonstrations have 
..I arranged for. This work is being 
dune with the assistance of the Connecticut 

Agricultural College and other t 1 con 

servation organizations. The Connecticut 
Vgricultural College has also supplied the 

imittee with a series of leaflets com. 

ing war recipes, articles on important meat 
and wheal substitutes, and food values. 
P, ters on food conservation have been 
printed and widely distributed and others 
will fellow. Appeals have been made to 
recruit girls for "the United States Food 
Army," an organization of canning clubs 
pi,-,!- ing girls to conserve fifty pounds of 
food apii ce in some way. 

Arrangements were made for observing 
twberry week." "Peach week" is s, 
to follow, and other weeks will be ob- 
served during the harvest season each to 
emphasize the conservation of a certain 
garden or orchard product. 

Che committee is now making plans to 
work out the market problem of caring 
for surplus food this fall, and it is es- 
pecially anxious to spread food conserva- 
tion and home economics bv translations 
among the Italians, Polish, and Yiddish 
. omen. 

The personnel of this committee is as 
follows : 

Miss VI. list,. |h, Sprague, chairman, Hart- 
Mrs. Samuel Russel, E. G. II. Schenk, 
Vlrs, C. F. VIessenger. Miss Rosamond Dan- 
i, Mrs. E. A. Seranton Taylor, Miss 
\l.u\ Buckley, Miss Katherine Luddington, 
Miss Maud Hayes. 

A leu additions have been made during 
the week to the personnel of the sub-i 
mittees of the Woman's Committee previot 
ly published. Mrs. C. B. Buell and Miss 
Elizabeth R. Hooker have been added to Dr. 
ia H. Parker's committee on the Con- 
servation of Existing Moral and Spiritual 
Forces of the Nation: and Mrs. Arthur J. 
Dodge has been placed on Dr. Mary Welles' 
committee on the Protection of Women 
Worker-. 



Mr. Robert Seville of Salisbury, a mem- 
ber of the Committee on Food Supply of the 
Connecticut state Council of Defense, has 
been appointed by Mr. Hoover and ap- 
proved by the President "Federal Food 
Commissioner for Connecticut." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Those Who Cannot Go to Front 

Can Find Real War Work at Home 



All May Have Part in 

Saving Democracy for 

Humanity 



Mr. Cummings's Speech 



- of si imford, a man- 
unci I of De- 
rail.' 1 i that tli re 
was plenty of real wai work which must be 

done by tl who are not able to go to 

the front and that all Americans i 
their pari in I i I task of saving 

den i racj t< humanity. Extracts from Mr. 
Cummings's address which will he of 
interest to those identified with the 
C m oun, il of D fense organ- 

l are pi ii I herewith: — 

The crisis whirl, confronts our country- 
have not yet fully real- 
j /ri ' u e are very slow to anger, 

ei ; i elm tant to ei e in gi eat 

tests of arn s, but i hope we are willing, 
if need bi to defend with our lives the 
principles that our forefathers have made 
,.,-,.,!. We have a record running hark 
foj more than two thousand years into the 
earliest times when men began to a 
to 1; ive i in ^ ; and we have seen 

the slow in folding of that story of freedom 
through all the pages of our history. And 
there are milestones on this way of progress 
— great monuments of achievement. 

i | l: , ter, the Petjtion of Rights, 
the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of In- 
dependence, the i onstitution of the United 
States and a multitude of inspiring docu- 
ments of liberty, together with the struggles 
that brought them forth, have made that 

vered into 

hand ' : 

We have seen -lowly forming through all 
tin se ages, I hrougb blood and toil 
ice, a kind oi government which has 
flowered into its completest efficiency on 
this continent; and, of late years, before 
this terrible war came, we began to feel 
that that kind of government was destined 
to be embraced bj all peoples and to prove 
a blessing to all mankind. We knew that 
the nations i i South America had already 
based their forms of government upon the 
Constitution of the United stairs, and we 
found almost everywhere this moving im 
pulse toward popular government. Some 
times it was abortive; sometimes it failed; 
and sometimes it lapsed into a condition 

in that which preceded it — but 

still there was that impulse. We saw its 

effect in China and in Persia. It 

tive in Finland, and successful in Cuba. 

i seen developments into a large 

f ornl oi democracy in Italy and Great 

Britain-, and of kite Russia has thrown oil 

its antiquated form of government and is 

I up a government based 



on me i 1 1 of fr lorn and liberty and 

initv and equality. 
Klilui Root, I think it was, said that 
popular government is organized self-con- 
tri I. That is the kind of government thai 
was founded here; thai is the kind of 
,,n , i nnirnt that gives each man his fairest 
, m ,l largest opportunity; and that is funda- 
mentally the thing in which Americans 
believe. 

Despite all the failures of popular gi eera 

ment, despite all the difficulties we arc now 

there is only one kind of a flag 

to which I care to give my allegiance, only 

one kind i I a flag which stirs my blood, and 

the flag that floats on,,- a free 

vi luntarily participating in then 

Bi ,,, .,,,.]. breathed the breath of life into 
the dying doctrine of the divine right of 

an d built up a government ol 
supported by military system, the purpose 
of which we did not fully understand, the 
8C( pe of which we are only beginning to 
realize, and the triumph of which b 

near that those of us who are familiar 
with the perils of the past and the perils 
r :,„], still confront us. can scarce] 
tain ourselves because of the anxiety which 
we feel for our country and for our insti- 



CABLE ADDRESSES IN CODE 

How Men in Service Abroad Should 

Address Cables Home 

in Code 

Arrangements have ben made for ad- 

degrams in code from the men in 

the sen ice abroad to i i '• their Earn 

,!,. ,. business r. presentatives or I 

Each man will, for obvious reasons, be 

to have but one address register,,! 

in code. Requests should he sent in at once 

for the registration of this code word to the 

Chief Cable Censor, Navy Department. 

Washington, 1). C, by the man b 

through his commanding officer. The word 

itself must n,,t contain more than ten 

and il must be pronounceable. In 

, e i ia ' i<>usl y registered 

rd or 11 o"i any other reason 

,, ig n leptable, the sender will be no- 

i send in another word. If 
Private Smith decides to send his cable to 
Mrs. Jones, 100 Main Street, Hartford. 
Conn., he will send his address with an\ 
word he chooses to the Chief Censor in 
Washington already mentioned. In sending 
, cable fr, m abroad, he will then address it 
i ensor, Newyork, i code word) 
It should be remembered that cables be- 
the men abroad and friends in this 
cmntrv should be restricted to actual ne- 
cessity, as the Atlantic cables will be, of 
course, taxed to their utmost capacity. 

MILITARY TRAINING AT 
STORRS 



Charles II. Jennings, 2nd Lieutenant, Re- 
tired, of the United States Regulars, has 
been chosen Professor of Military Science 
.,, the Connecticut Agricultural College for 
the coming year, according to a telegram 
just received by President Charles L. Beach 
today. 



tutions. 

Now, I think 1 may say this — for you 
know the ruthless things that that govern- 
cieiil has hern capable of, you know to wdrat 
- it has brought humanity, you know 
what it has done in Belgium; you know 
that, while professing friendship to us 
through Ambassadoi Bernstorf, it was 
tl; plotting to dismember our country 
and apportion it, in part at least, to Mexico 
and to Japan — the Imperial German 
government has lost somehow its hold upon 
fundamental morality. The military caste 
of Germany is striving to maintain the 
dynasty and if they can maintain the 
dynasty they will maintain in this world a 
-landing menace to all free governments. 

Tin re are more than a million and a half 
soldiers in England today who have never 
gone to the front but are being held in 
■ erve. It is because, as some authorities 
aver, there ks no means of estimating the 
extent of the collapse of Russia, no telling 
how much pressure may be put on the w. 
em line, and it m;,\ be wiser for England to 
1 eep her million and a half men for the 
defer e oi her own soil than throw them 
into ., losing conflict. . But she will throw 
them into the conflict if we arc prepared to 
i en, I,,' adequate assistance to the other 
democracies of I be world. 

I am not an alarmist. 1 am only trying 
to have you sense the situation which con- 
fronts lis now. There is work to do — work, 
work, work — for every one of us. We 
maj not all lie able to go to the front, but 
there is work to be done at home — bonds 
must be sold, the ranks must be kept filled, 
the industry and commerce of ( onnecticut, 
probably the most important in America, 
must be kept effective, vigorous, active and 
useful. These are the things that we can 
do and these are the tilings which put so 
much tax on our funds, our industry, our 
patriotism, our time; but we have got to 
give this time and we have got to give in- 
telligent consideration to the tilings 1 
our country imperatively requires. 

1 think the time has come — 1 pray G 
the time has come — when Kings and 
Emperors and potentates and Kaisers shall 
no longer be able, with the aid of a military 
to nice: m secret to partition the 
world, to plot against the happiness of 
humanity and to determine the destiny oi 
the human rare. The time has come for the 
free peoples oi the world to take com 
together to see how democracy shall be 
saved to humanity. 

When we go into this vast conflict we 
must remember we go in glorious company. 
We rejoice to be with little Belgium, that 

never ' iii the least degi 

assault made upon her and proved herself 
, r , ic beyond all description. When we 
think of Great Britain we think of that 
3,000 miles of unprotected frontier between 
as and Canada, which shows how self- 
govi rning nations can live in peace side by 
side. We think, too, of Italy that gave 
i olumbus to the world and through Colum- 
bus gave America to the world; and we 
think of France and what France has meant 
t,, humanity, and the costly sacrifices she 
has placed upon the altar of freedom. These 
are our brothers in the common cause of 
liberty, and when the fight is won, as it will 
be won. America will have its opportunity 
to participate in laying the foundations of 
international peace, so safe, so broad, so 
deep, so secure that no King or Kaiser will 
e\,r vex or disturb them again. 




Cmttterttrut iBitUrfm. 



Vol. I 



Published Bi=Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. AUGUST 24, 1917 




No. 7 



CAMPAIGN ON TO STOP 
NEEDLESS DELIVERIES 
BY STORES OF STATE 



Commercial Economy Recommenda- 
tions Taken up by Council and 
State Chamber of Commerce — Cur= 
tailment of Returns Also Sought in 
Matter Urged Upon Retailers 



WORTHWHILE MOVEMENT 

HAS BEARING ON WAR 

I ml.] t ho direction of the Conneeticui 
Stat.' Council of Defense, with which the 
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce has co- 
operated, a campaign for the reduction of 
unnecessary deliveries and the curtailment 
of the return of purchased goods, as ree- 
ommended bj the Commercial Economy 
Board of the Council of National Defense, 
i- now in full swing in Connecticut. 

The directors of the Conneeticui Chamber 
"i I ommerce have adopted a resolution 
favoring the proposals and have called upon 
the local chambers of commerce throughout 
Connecticut to take the matter under im- 
mediate advisement and endeavor to carry 
out specific recommendations in their sev- 
eral localities. The text of this resolution 
follows : 

■' Resolved that the president of the Con- 
necticut Chamber of Commerce immediately 
request the several chambers of commerce 
throughout the state to present to their di- 
rectors or executive committee for consid- 
eration as soon as possible the recommenda- 
tions of the Commercial Economy Board of 
the Council of National Defense, relating 
to deliveries by retail stores, and if the 
matter meets with their approval it be 
referred forthwith to a standing committee 

or special eeinmilt >f each chamber for 

action, and that the results of the activi- 
ties along this line be reported direct to the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense to be 
forwarded by them to the authorities in 
Washington.' 

The Connecticut State Council of De- 
fence has addressed a letter to the chambers 
urging their full co-operation and has 
printed for distribution among all members 
of chambers of commerce maintaining re- 
tail delivery service epics of the bulletin 
of the Commercial Economy Board point- 
in", out the wartime needs of the plans sug- 
gested. 

The council has also instructed its county 
auxiliary committees to offer their assist- 
ance to the chambers of commerce, and the 
aid of the town committees has been en- 
listed in carrying out this measure. Of 
course, the chambers of commerce in the 
state do not cover all of the towns, and in 
towns where there is no chamber of com- 
merce, the town committees will have the 
(Continued on page 3) 



Will Issue Bulletin 

Bi-weekly in Future 



Under vote passed by the Connect- 
icut State Council of Defense at its 
weekly meeting on Wednesday, the 
Connecticut Bulletin changes with 
this issue from a weekly to a bi- 
weekly publication. 



WANT TO BE NURSES 

Young Women Ask Council of Defense 
for Information on Subject 

In response to an announcement which 
appeared in tie- daily press that the coun 
il's Committee on Sanitation and Medicine 
was urging young women to enter the hos- 
pitals of the state to train as nurses a 
lumber of requests for information have 
been received by the council from all parts 
of the state. Additional inquiries by Con- 
necticut women interested either in training 
for nurses or taking a shorter course foi 
muses' assistants will receive prompt atten- 
tion if they are addressed to Dr. c. C. God- 
iie\ care of the Connecticut Stale Council 
of Defense, State Capitol, Hartford, Conn. 

An inquiry is being made by the council 
of defense into the number of additional 
young women the hospital training classes 
will accommodate. It is certain that aire idj 
the need of more nurses is being felt 
throughout the state, and that, as the war 
'joe- on. with it- demands for nurses for 
both the military and the civil population, 
t lie teed will inei e i i 



Members of Coal Committee 

The following have accepted appointment 
as members of the Coal Committee recently 
organized as a part of the council: T. W. 
Russell of Hartford, chairman: A. H. Bul- 
lard of Bridgeport, P. B. Gale of Hartford, 
G. E. Meecli of Middletown, DeWitt Page 
of Bristol. Charles G. Bill of Hartford and 
ueorge A. Driggs of Waterbury. 



SAVE FOR SECOND 

LIBERTY LOAN ISSUE 



The second i-Mti' of Liberty Loan 
bonds will he offered for subscription. 
Now is the time t o begin to 

SAVE AND 
ENCOURAGE SAVING 

to buy these bonds. It is the duty 
of every individual connected with the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
as well as every patriotic citizen, to 
begin preparations for the second Lib- 
erty Loan so that this state will re- 
spond even more generously to the 
government's second call for war 
funds than it did to the first call. 



COUNCIL HEARS PLANS 
FOR WAR EXHIBITS AT 
FAIRS IN CONNECTICUT 



Preparing for Presentation of Facts on 
Food Conservation and America's 
Aims Throughout State This Fall — 
Importance of Council Work Urged 
Upon Committee Chairmen. 



CITIES TO POST NAMES 

OF MEN IN U. S. SERVICE 

Reports presented to the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense at its weekly meet- 
ing (ui Wednesday by the chairmen of com- 
mittees bavin." the matter in charge indicate 
that the preparations for a defense council 
exhibit at several of the agricultural fairs 
in the state this fall are going forward 
rapidly. The chief feature of the exhibit 
will he f i supply and conservation mat- 
ters, tor which the council's committee on 
Food Supph ami ( onservation is arranging. 
General war information of special interest 
to Connecticut citizens will he included in 
the exhibits by other committees of the 
i ouncil. 

Those present at the executive session on 
Wednesday of this meeting were Joseph W. 
Alsop, Winchester Bennett, R. ,\I. Bissell, 
Dr. 1). Chester Brown, George M. ' ole, 
Howard A. Giddings, I harles A. Goodwin, 
Julius C. Stremlau and Harris Whittemore. 
.Mr. Hi-sell presided. 

It was voted that the chairmen of the 
county auxiliary committees he requested to 
submit a budget each month covering the 
proposed expenditures by themselves and 
the town committees within their jurisdic- 
tii n for the ensuing month. It was also 
voted that the county chairmen he requested 
to attend each meeting of the council. 

The council voted that the chairmen of 
all sub-committees present written reports 
at the first meeting of the council in each 
month, that the chairmen of the county 
auxiliary committees present written reports 
at the -econd meeting of the council each 
month and that the chairmen of all com- 
mittees present budgets at the lasl meeting 
of the council in each month, provided, how- 
ever, that a chairman may present a sup- 
plementary report at any meeting of the 
council when, in his opinion, it seems ad- 
visable. 

After the executive session adjourned, the 
general session began, with the following 
chairmen of sub-committees present : Geoi 
B. Chandler, Pear Admiral William Shef- 
field Cowles, U. S. X.. retired, Dr. C. C. 
Godfrey, George M. Landers. \Y. II. Put- 
nam. Thomas \V. Russell and George G. 
Williams. Edward P. Hall of the Hartford 
County Auxiliary Committee and Wilson H. 

L( f the New Haven County Auxiliary 

Committee were also present. 

Mr. His. ell discussed at length the duties 
resting upon the chairmen of sub-commit- 
tees and county auxiliary committees 
in relation to the work of the council 

( Continued on page 4 ) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNEITICI'T BULLETIN 



Published bi-weekly, on Friday, under 

the direction of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense 

Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
( onnecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning ollicial matters. 

Vol.1, HARTFORD, CONN.. AUG. 24, 1917. No 7 



SUGGESTIONS WANTED 



I he i 'onnecticut State ( Council of 
Defense invites suggestions from 
those receiving the ' onnecticut Bulle- 
tin a* to any matter of detail or 
general policy which, in the opinion 
of the recipient, will increase the 
council's efficiency and promote the 
welfare of the state and nation. 



TEACHERS TO COMPETE 
IN WAR ESSAY CONTEST 



Prizes Offered in All States by National 

Board for Historical 

Service 

•• Why the United States is at War " is 
the subject for the teachers' prize essay 
competition being carried on in Connecti- 
cut by the National Board for Historical 
Service. The competition is open to teach- 
ers in high and elementary schools in this 
state, the prizes being as follows: Group 
A, for teachers in high schools, five prizes of 
$75, $30, $20, $15, and $10; Group B, for 
teachers in public elementary schools, first 
and second prizes of $75 and $25, with five 
prizes of $10 each. 

The essays are to be primarily historical, 
to bring out facts oi recent oi remote his- 
tory leading up to the present war situa- 
tion in the United States. The emphasis, 
however, will be laid on the intelligenl use 
of material rather than on elaborate re- 
search. All contributions should be di- 
rected to Waldo G. Leland, Secretary, Na- 
tional Board for Historical Service, 1133 
Woodward Building, Washington, D. C. 

Similar competitions are being held in 
other states and the firsl prize essays of 
both classes in each state will be considered 
in ;i national contest for two added prizes 
of $75 each. 



G. F. Porter Visits Council 



The < 'onnei t icuf stale < ouncil of 1 le 
'en e h as \ isited this « eek bi Geo 

irman of the sect ton of co-opera- 
tion with the states of the (ouncil of 
National Defense. Mr. Porter spent Mon 
da\ morning al the council's offices in the 
( apitol, examining the system of work unit 
methods of handling the council's busi- 



OFFICIAL BULLETINS TO TOWN CHAIRMEN 



Communications from Secretary of Council Calling Attention 

to Important Matters for Consideration and 

Action by Local Bodies 



Several important bulletins have been addressed during the present week 
to the chairmen of town committees by the secretary of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense. Several of these bulletins are printed below:-— 



CONCERNING REPORTS 



Should be Made by Town Committees to 
County Chairmen 

To the < hairmen of Town Committees: 

Aftei mature deliberation the council has 
decided to request the chairmen of town com 
mittees to make all reports hereafter to the 
chairmen of the county auxiliary committee 
in the county in which the town i« located. 
Tin se reports in turn will be forwarded to 
the council. This does not apply of course 
to the acknowledgment of the receipt of bul- 
letins, which should be direct to this office. 
Ili i — ■ should be the habitual practice here- 
after except when otherwise advised by the 
council or except when the particular mat- 
ter is of such an urgent nature that it 
would seem expedient to communicate di- 
rectly with the offices of the council at 
Hartford. Perhaps in some cases 

it would be advisable in order to secure 
speedy action to act directly with us. 

Town Bulletin No. 2. 



TO AID SOLDIERS 



Sub-Committees Should be Named in 
All Towns of State 

To the Chairmen of Town Committees: 

At a meeting of the council on August 
lo, l"17, the following resolution was 
adopted : 

" Voted, That the town committees should 
be instructed to organize in their respective 
towns sub-committees whose duty it should 
be to assist in matters of a private nature, 
soldier- in the services of the country from 
their towns, and that each of these soldiers 

should be notified of the exist en. this 

committee and advised that (hey may com- 
municate with it from time to time and relv 



upon its help as indicated, whenever pos- 
sible. 

A number of the -tales have realize,! the 
value of the creation of such an organization 
and have adopted a variety of means in 
putting the idea into effect . 

It was thought advisable in this state to 
work through the town committees. The 
committee suggested in this resolution 
should be a sub-committee of the town com- 
mittee and appointed by it and under its 
jurisdiction. The members should lie select- 
ed with great care and with a view to ob- 
taining the services of persons who would 
really have i warm interest in the work. 

Please report as soon as you have done 
this, to the county chairman. 
Town Bulletin No. 1. 

COMMITTEE CHANGES 



These Should be Reported Directly to the 

County Chairmen 
To the (hairmen of Town Committees: 

In accordance with the instructions con- 
tained in Town Bulletin No. 2 will you kind- 
ly see that reports of changes in the per- 
sonnel of your committee are made directly 
to the chairman of your county committee? 
He will, then, arrange for a new appoint- 
ment and report the completed transaction 
directly to us. 
Town Bulletin No. 5. 



INFORMATION WANTED 



On Organizations Doing Charitable and 
Patriotic Work 
To the Chairmen of Town Committees: 

In accordance with the instructions con- 
tained in Town Bulletin No. 2, the reports 
on organizations doing charitable and pa- 
triot ie work requested of you in our letter 
of August 15, should he sent to the chair- 
man of your county committee, to be for- 
warded by him to this office. 
I own Bullet in No. G. 



DRAFTED FARMER PROBLEM 
IS SOLVED BY CROWDER 



Exemption Boards will not Send Har- 
vesters to Camps until 
Late Fall 

The difficulty of getting farm labor has 
suggested thai crop workers should have 
-mile sort of exemption from the draft and 
various bodies interested in war food eon 
servation, including the Committee on hood 
■ ni,|il> mill Conservation of the Connecticut 
state Council of Defense, have urged the 
step. Provost Marshal General E. II. 
Crowder ha- settled (lie question in the 
following manner: The mobilization of the 



drafted army to cantonment camps is to 
take place by groups from each district, 
say 2(1 per cent, of the quota at intervals of 
two weeks. those men who are needed in 
the district for harvesting .ire to file claims 
for temporary discharge on this basis with 
the district exemption hoards, which will 
-i ml i he claim on in t'ne h.eal boards with 
a note saying that the claim has been made 
and disallowed. This will furnish the local 
boards with information as to what men are 
needed for farm labor. The local hoards 
will then refuse the claim for temporary 
discharge (unless in exceptional cases) but 
will postpone sending these men until the 
later calls, which probably will not come 
until the second or third week in September, 
when the most urgent need of harvesters is 



D. of D. 



COX X ECTIODT BULLETIN 



Factories asked to Encourage 
Letter-Writing to Workers Who 
Have Answered Country's Call 



Request Made that Names be 
Posted and Station- 
ery Furnished 

In accordance with the vote of the I on 
necticul State Council of Defense at its 
meeting last week, the Commit t< n Pub- 
licity lias sen! to the manufacturers of Con- 
necticut suggesting that they post in their 
factories lists of men from their plants who 
are in the service of the nation, and in- 
forming them of the practice in several of 
the factories of the state' of supplying sta 
tionery and postage for letters to these men 
from their friends. 

I'hi' letter sent to the manufacturers fol- 
liiws : 

To the Manufacturers of Connecticut: 

The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
is advised that in some factories a bulletin 
board is posted upon which appear the 
names of those employees of the factory who 
have entered the service of either the army 
or navy. I understand that no distinction 
is made on these bulletin hoards between 
volunteers and drafted men. 

The Committee on Publicity is instructed, 
by vote of the council, to address a letter to 
ymi suggesting the adoption of some similar 
device, provided you deem it wise and 
proper. 

We are also instructed in like manner to 
put before you the following plan for cor- 
respondence with enlisted men which is in 
operation in one of the large plants of ( on 
neetieut. 

" We have placed a writing table in the 
library of our Foreman's Association club- 
house with a placard suitably located read- 
ing, ■ Write to the Boys at the Front.' 

"•hie of our older employees is in charge 
of the list of names and addresses, and it 
is his duty to keep this ]i-t up to date, in 
so far as possible. 

"The stationery is provided by the com 
pany, and blank postal cards are available 
to be enclosed with the letter, thus en- 
couraging reply from the man written to. 

" I lie man in charge is also supposed to 
keep himself posted as to the regulations 
necessary to be observed in order to be sure 
that letters will reach their destination. The 
letters are sent I >> the man in charge to the 
mailing department of the company, and 
postage stamps furnished by the company 
and affixed, and letters forwarded. 

" It is planned to keep on file in the li- 
brary, as Fat :i- possible, the most intei 
ing of the letters from the men at the front. 

" Th<' -. heme has not yet been in opera- 
tion long enough to give any opinion a- to 
the actual result. Everybody, however, 
seems to think it will work out very well, 
and be the means of the employees of the 
Companj receiving far more news from 
home than without this plan in use." 

The i onnecticut State Council of Defense 
approves both of these plans and recom- 
mends them to your favorable consideration. 



CAMPAIGN ON TO STOP 
NEEDLESS DELIVERIES 
BY STORES OF STATE 



(( 'oiitiniieil from Page I . ) 

res] sibilitj of carrying these measures 

into effect. 

I he letter sent by the Council to the sev- 
eral chambers of commerce in the state says 
thai the Council of National Defense, 
through its Commercial Economy Board, 
has conducted investigation-- revealing the 
\a-t waste due to the extravaganl deliver) 
system which has been forced upon retail- 
ers in competition and the unreasonable de- 
mands of patrons. 

" It i- clear," -ays the letter, "that any 
reform in this direction must come from two 
source- — first, from the public, and. sec- 
ond, from the dealers themselves. Believing 
that women, as the chief purchasers, are 
mainly responsible for the unreasonable de- 
mands upon dealers, the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense lias asked the co-opera- 
tion of the ( onnecticut Division of the 
Woman's Commitee of the Council of Na- 
tional Defense, and the women in charge of 
this division are inaugurating a statewide 
propaganda to mitigate this evil." 

In addition to these activities, the Com- 
mercial Economy Board has communicated 
directly to some of the larger merchants in 
I he -late, and already their suggestions have 

I n taken up with some localities, notably 

Xew Haven and Waterbury. 

Ilie movement is unquestionably of value 
and lias a direct bearing on the war, and 
will probably receive enthusiastic support 
and co-operation from the citizens of Con- 
necticut. 



MEETINGS 



The nexf meeting of the Connecticut 
state Council of Defense will be held in the 
State Capitol, Hartford, on Wednesday, 
August 29, I ! » 1 T . There will he an execu 
tive session at 10.30 a. m. ami a general 
session at 1 1 .30 o'clock. 

Then- will he a meeting oi tie i ommittee 
on Industrial Survey on Tuesday, August. 
28, at 1.30 o'clock in Room 25, state ( !apitol, 
Hart lord. 



WAYS TO "CONSERVE" 

Conference at Storrs Plans More Wide- 
spread War Economy 

A three-day conference « as held last wei I. 
at the Connecticut Agricultural College at 
storrs by the farm Bureau Extension 
League, representatives, officials of the state 

agricultural college, the f 1 supph com 

unite! of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense, and other organizations on war 
economy of food. The outcome of the con- 
ference was iln inauguration of a greatlj 
enlarged program of instruction in homi 
eci lies and agricultural efficiency. 

Beside a plan for more wide-spread pub- 
licity for lood conservation for next year, 
the conference adopted various new war 
economy activities. These include practical 
instructions on the conservation of clothing 
and household arrangement, labor saving 

devices, 1 equipment to safeguard the 

necessary time and strength of women for 
the nation. Along these same lines, special 
instruction is planned for hygiene and child 
welfare, since it is realized that an un- 
usual amount of illness may result from 
food and fuel difficulties, the diminishing 
number of doctors and nurses, and the in- 
creasing home duties. 

Means of encouragement of better breed- 
ing of cattle and the project of making the 
farms -elf-dependent in the matter of meat, 
the establishment of the use of home grown 
-eeds, ami the introduction of agriculture 
into the high school curriculum were also 
planned. 



TOWNS SHOULD RESPOND PROMPTLY 
TO REQUEST OF COUNCIL THAT 

BULLETIN BOARDS BE ERECTED 



loun committees organized under tic Connecticut State Council of De- 
' i' ■ are requested to hear in mind that they have been urged by the council. 
through the county auxiliary committees, to erect "Official War Bulletin" 
boards. These should he erected without delay. A number of towns have 
taken up the matter; some of the committees ha\e neglected it. 

Plans and specifications for the bulletin hoard- have I n sent to all 

town chairmen. Additional copies may be had by any town commit! 

Bulletin hoard-, shipped knocked down and ready to assemble, may be 
by town- which prefer buying them to making their own hoard-. The 
price i- $3 each. f. o. b. Middletown. 

Every bulletin hoard erected under flu- request of the council must 
one of the uniform sign strips at the top. These will he sent to town chair- 
men in f chat ge. 

Address all orders for boards, requests for sign strip- and inquiries 
regarding this matter to the Publicity Committee, Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense, Room 26, State Capitol', llarth.nl, Conn. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COUNCIL HEARS PLANS 
FOR WAR EXHIBITS AT 
FAIRS INJX)NNECTICUT 

(Continued from Page 1) 

and emphasized the necessity of the various 
sub-committees interesting the count) com- 
mittees in their undertakings as frequently 
as pos 

It was voted that the chairmen of the 
ommittees in the cities of I he state 
prepa re lists of the soldiers in i heir toy n 
in accordance with the resolution adopted 
at the lasl meeting of the council and post 
these lists in a public and appropriate place. 

Dr. Godfrey, chairman of the Committee 
on Sanitation and Medicine, submitted a 
report for his committee in the matter of 
remedying minor physical defect-, of men 
rejected for military service. He said that 
the physician member of every exemption 
board bad been communicated with and told 
i (Jer of the committee to look after 
this work for the men. Upon the suggestion 
of Chairman Bisscll, Dr. Godfrey was in- 
structed to take up the matter of similar 
along dental lines. 

It was voted that the chairmen of the 
county auxiliary committees be requested 
: in their number a representative of 
i he i muity League. 

The secretary reported upon the results 
of an interview with Miss Ruutz-Rees in re- 
gard to the voluntary registration of women. 
h was voted that the council was willing to 
request ft"' governor to have the State Li- 
brary tabulate the results of the registra 
fion. The secretary was instructed to in- 
form the i lonnecticut Division that the come 
eil was willing to help in (lie work with a 
ite appropriation, ami that, in ac- 
cordance with its custom, it desired the Con- 
necticut Division to submit an outline of its 
plan under which it proposed to take the 
census and an estimate of the expenditures 
in\ olved. 



EXHIBIT ITINERARIES 



Route Planned for Tents Containing 
Council Information 

l le exhibits which are being planned by 
the Connecticut Mate Council of Defense 
for the -tate fairs this fall arc to be sent 
on a longer route than was at first planned. 
The tent- containing these exhibits arc to 
follow two routes. One tent will follow 
Route No. 1, with the following itinerary: 
Washington August :'.! 

Salisbury September 1 :'. 

Connecticut Fair September 3-7 

Berlin September 10-15 

Rockville September 18 20 

Granbj September 2<i-27 

Danbury October 1-li 

Bai khamsted I Riverton i ' tctober 12 

Roxite No. 2 will go to the Following 
fairs: 

Norwich September 3-5 

Brooklyn September 18-20 

Woodstock (S. Woodstock) September 20-21 
Guilford September 2b 

( olchi ster September 27 

Harwinton October 2 

Durham October 3 

Stafford October 10-12 



The 10(1,000 registration cards for the 
voluntary registration id' Connecticut women 
to be conducted by the Connecticut Division, 
Woman's Committee, Council of National 
Defense, have arrived in Hartford and the 
distribution id' them will begin at once. 



ORGANIZATION DELAYED 

Complete lists of town committee 
members in four counties have been 
published in the Connecticut Bulletin. 
Because the work of organizing the 
town committees m the remaining 
lour ounties is incomplete, no i i — t 
appeals in this week's issue of the 

Bulletin. 



GOVERNOR ASKS EDITORS 
NOT TO PRINT RUMORS 
OF TROOP MOVEMENTS 



WANTS WOMEN DOCTORS 
USED IN WAR SERVICE 



Connecticut Division Passes Resolu = 
tion Urging Changes in 
Existing Laws 

The Connecticut Division. Woman's Com- 
mit lee. Council of National Defense, has ap- 
proved a resolution concerning the medical 
work of women during the war. prepared 
by the Medical Women's National Associa- 
tion. The text of the resolution follows: 

\\ hereas, Tin exigencies of the European 
war have taxed the medical resources of 
the countries involved to the point where 
medical men serving with the troops and 
in base hospitals arc physically exhausted; 
and 

Whereas, There is immediate and urgent 
need of the services id' American physicians 
and surgeons to afford relied' to the medical 
men abroad; and 

Whereas, The National Army now in 
process id' formation in the United States 
will require physicians and surgeons in 
greater numbers than the .Medical Corps of 
the Army augmented by the Medical Re- 
serve Officer's Corps can supply; and 

Whereas, 'I here are in the United States 
between five and six thousand women phy- 
sicians regularly graduated and fully cap- 
able of rendering service in this country 
as well as abroad as anesthetists, radio- 
graphers, hospital and laboratory directors, 
and also as surgeons, more than 10 per 
cent, of whom arc willing and anxious to 
serve; and 

Whereas, There is no provision of law or 
regulations providing for such service of 
medical women, except in the capacity of 
nurse under the Red Cross organization; 
t lea efore 

Be it resolved. That the Woman's Com 
mittee, Council of National Defense, Con- 
necticut Division, recognizing the urgency 
of the demand and the injustice to the wom- 
en physicians, urges upon the war depart- 
ment and Congress to enact such laws and 
prescribe such regulations as will permit 
of I hi' service of the women physicians of 
the country being utilized to the fullest ex- 
tent, both in this country and abroad, dur- 
ing the present war, with equal opportunity 
with medical men for service as members 
of the start' of division and base hospitals 
and others, and with appropr iate official 
rank or designation and pay. 



Connecticut newspapers have been re- 
quested by Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, 
through the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense, to refrain from the publication of 
unfounded and unauthorized rumors of im- 
pending movements of troops in the state. 
The governor's request to Connecticut edi- 
tors follows: — 

" The publication of unauthorized and un- 
founded reports concerning impending move- 
ments of Connecticut troops is proving 
harmful to the interests of tie- state's sol- 
diers now in federal service. Newspapers 
aie earnestly requested to refrain from pub- 
lication of rumors of impending troop move- 
ments. Stories of plans to move Connecticut 
troops should be verified by Adjutant (bar 
eral Cole at Hartford. Colonel Goodman or 
Colonel [shell at New Haven or Major How- 
ard at Niantic before publication. Editors 
are requested ,t" bear in mind that the pub- 
lication of movements of troops is danger- 
ous at all times and contrary to the volun- 
tary censorship rules suggested by the war 
department at Washington. 

- MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, 

" GOVei llnr." 



CAMP ENTERTAINMENTS 



Recreation Centers Established for Con- 
necticut Soldiers 

Recreation tents and social centers for the 
soldiers in New Haven and Niantic havi 
been established by the Committee on the 
Conservation of Moral Resources of the 
Connecticut Division, Woman's Committee, 
Council of National Defense. In New Haven 
the tent i- near the camp of the former 
Second Regiment, and the Girls' Patriotic 
League and Y. W. C. A. of New Haven have 
social activities well started. A hostess is 
ilways present to provide for the entertain- 
ment and to introduce the girls. 'There is 
dancing every evening. 

In Niantic the recreation center has been 
moved to Potter Hall from the Morton 
House. At this center provisions arc made 
for reading and pool during the soldier-' 
leisure time, and there is dancing, too. as 
in New Haven. 

Money for these activities has I n "hen 

by the Girls' Patriotic League and V. M. 
I '. A. of New Haven and other outside 
sources. 



COMMITTEE DEVISES PLAN 
FOR LOANS TO FARMERS 



The Committee on Food Supply and Con- 
servation, at the request of the Connecti- 
cut State Council of Defense, has devised 
a plan for short-term loans to farmers 
which, if approved, would be followed in 
the 11118 planting season, and has taken the 
matter up with the council's Committee on 
finance. It is likely that a series of rec- 
ommendations will lie read}' to submit to 
the council at an early date. 




Olottttgrtirut H ullgfitt 

Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol.. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTIC1 T, SEPTEMBEB 7. L917 



No. 8 



COUNCIL RECOMMENDS 
X-RAY EXAMINATIONS 
AT ARMY CANTONMENTS 



Will Urge Matter on Surgeon General — 
Chairman of Committee on Sanita= 
tion and Medicine Presents Report 
Pointing out Benefits to be Derived 
from Use of Apparatus 

GIVES LIST OF HOSPITALS 

WHICH >JEED PUPIL NURSES 

onneetieut State Council of I > -fi use 
.ii its meet ing \\ edni -day to recom- 
mend to the surgeon general of the United 
States Vrniy the use of tne X-Raj .n canton 
in. in- for detecting evidences of tubercular 
iei i horacii lesions. This action was 
taken on recommendation of the Committee 
on Sanitation and Medicine, included in the 
report of Dr. ( . ( . Godfrey, it- chairman, 
who explained the benefits which might be 
derived from the installation of X-Ray 
apparatus at the cantonmi in -. 

Several important and interesting matters 
wen- brought up in Dr. Godfrey's monthly 
report of the work of this committee. Thi 
report was, in part, as follows: — 

In regard to tne matter of a hospital 
train which was submitted to our commit- 
tee, 1 would respectfully report that the gen 
rial subject of hospital car- is 
handled by the surgeon general of the United 
States \rnn and the Special Committee of 
Military Equipment Standards of the Rail- 
road \\ ai Board. 

The lii spitals oi the state report that 
they would like about eighty-five to ninety 
suitable girls as pupils in their training 
schools. The following hospitals want pupil 
nurses: Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich; 
\ ev Haven Hospital, New Haven; Grace 
il, .New Haven; Memorial Hospital. 
New Loudon; St. Marys Hospital, Water- 
bury; New Britain General Hospital, New 
Britain; Meriden Hospital, Meriden; 
Stamford Hospital. Stamford. I 
tee on Publicity i- doing much to get candi- 
dates, and many inquiries have I n re- 
ceived. It lias become quite a problem with 
some of our Hospitals to procure pupil-. 
physically and mentally suitable and with 
the requisite high school education. The 
matter of training for nurse's assistants is 
also being taken up. 

The question of private buildings for the 
care of disabled soldiers i- -till under in- 
vestigation. There seems to be no doubt 
that these will be supplied in abundance. 



Dean G. Aehe-on of .Middletown, who has 
been working in the main offices of the coun- 
cil during the summer as a voluntary 
assistant to the secretary, has ended his 
duties with the council and will return to 
complete his course in the Harvard Law 
School. 



THREE COUNTY MEETINGS 



Town Committee riembers Present to 
Hear of Council and its Aims 

Tim e general , ci mnty auxil- 

iary committees with their town committees 
ivere held yesterday, one for New London 
County, one for Hartford County, and one 
for Tolland County. Tne first was held in 
x London, the second in Hartford, and the 
child in Rockville. Joseph \\ . Al-op oi 
the council was present at the New London 
County meeting in the afternoon and the 
I'olland County meeting in the evening, and 
explained the w.nk. pin pose-, and aims of 

the lecticut State Council of Defense, 

and told the county and town committee 

- something of what is expected of 

them by the council. The explanation of 

i lie council organizat ion v\ as i le to the 

Hartford County meeting by Richard M. 
Bissell, chairman of 1 lie council. 



PATRIOTIC LESSONS 
WILL BE TAUGHT IN 
STATE'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



Council to have Educational Committee 
Which will Take Up This Important 
Task -Other Matters Acted Upon 
at Weekly Heetings — Reports of 
Work Accomplished 



TOWNS AND CITIES HONOR 
MEN OF NATIONAL ARMY 

Splendid Response Throughout State 
to Governor's Proclamation 

An immediate and enthusiastic response 
was made, dining the past week, through- 
out the state to the proclamation issued by 
Governor Marcus H. Holcomh at the re- 
quest of tile council, in which he asked 
that all honor oe paid to the drafted men 
of the state. Organizations, both military 
and civilian, co-operated with the council's 
town committees and other agencies in giv- 
ing hearty " send offs " to the soldiei - of 
the new National Army before their de- 
part ure for the eaiitoi aits. 

In many Connecticut town-, part of Tues- 
day of tnis week was set aside as a holi- 
day. The men were given private enter- 
tainments in the form of shore dinners 
|uets and theater parties 
Public celebrations called out crowds in 
part of the state. Buildings along 
the lines of march of the parades, in which 
the soldiers-to-be marched, displayed the 
national colors. There were band con- 
certs and patriotic speeches. the Home 
Guard was called out to escort the mem- 
bers of the National Army. The council's 
recommendations that there be celebra- 
tions in honor of these men brought splen 
did results. 



To Aid in Saving Food 

1 nder the direct ion of the council's « k)m- 

inillee on Food Supply and I onservation, a 
meeting was held in Hartford yesterday of 
the principals of all preparatory schools in 
the state, and consideration was given the 
mattei of putting into effect a program of 
food conservation based on the recommenda- 
tions of Federal Food Administration as 
applied to hotels and restaurants. The 
hoarding school principals present appeared 
willing to co-operate in this work. 



CHAIRHEN TO BE ASKED 

FOR DELIQLENCY FIGURES 

l tidei vote passed by the i 
State Council of Defense at it- meeting on 
Wednesday, a committee on education will 
be added to the council's organization, 
although perhaps under some other name. 
The plan is to have a committee which shall 
direct the work of instruction in the schools 
of the state in the duties and responsibili- 
ties of citizenship. The council's vote to 
establish the committee after the senti- 
ments of those present had been expressed 
In oi f them in the following language: 

"The war is bound to have a deep inftu- 

enci American life and thought and, we 

should be watchful to direct this into right 
channels. The country i- shot throWgh and 
through with the one sided philosophy that 
the state is an institution to be leaned upon 
and filched from but not to be served. The 
schools should train children in the funda- 
mental contract between citizen and state, 
I in- idea of mutuality should be developed, 
state owe- duties to tin citizen, but the 
citizen owes reciprocal duties to the state." 

A number of reports of wank accomplished 
and matter- pending wen- submitted h\ 

chairmen of committees at this n ting. 

Several of these are printed in this issue of 
the Bulletin. Members of the council 
present at the executive session were Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell, Joseph VV. Al-op 
Dr. D. Chester Brown and Charles A. Good- 
win. Following this executivi session was 
the general meeting, attended bj the council 
il ers and the following chairmen of sub 
committees: George B. Chandler. Frank D. 
Cheney, Dr. < . C, Godfrey, Stanley II. 
Holmes. George M. Landers, Thomas VV. 
Russell and George G. Williams, (hair- 
man Arthur L. Shipman was present repre- 
senting the Hart ford County Auxiliai I om 
mittee, Secretary H. M. Pendleton repre- 
senting the New London County Auxiliary 
Committee, E. E. Fuller for the Tolland 
County Committee and John II. Goss, Alfred 
E. Hammer and Secretary B. F. English 
representing New- Haven County. 

Much of the time of the meeting was tak- 
en up with the leading and discussion of 
the monthly reports of chairmen. It was 
voted that the thanks of the council be ex- 
tended to Harold Douglas of Farmington, 
who gave generous assistance in preparing 
the fair exhibit. The chairman suggested 
to Mr. Cheney that the Industrial Survey 
( ommittee continue the collection and -mdv 
of statistics with a view to determining the 

ii 'i >ntinued on page 4 I 






CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 






CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, '>n Friday, 

iiimI, , the direction of the ( onnecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Woman's Committee Considering 

Plans for More Day Nurseries 



Following out Instructions of State 
Council, Matter Has Been Taken Up 
Actively — Co-operation of President 
of State Association Secured — Is 
Important Factor of War Condition 
of riore Women in Industry 



Vol.1. HARTFORD, CONN., SEPT. 7 . l'.H7. No. 8 

COAL COMMITEEE TELLS 



At its meeting on August 29, the coun- 
cil referred to the Connecticut Division, 
Woman's Committee, Council of National 
I lefense, the matter of increasing I be num- 
ber of day nurseries in the state to meet 
the war conditions of a greatly increased 
number of women in industry. The follow- 
, ing statement of the start made toward 
OF INCRcAScD MJrrLl bringing about an increase is authorized 

\\ Oman's ( lommittee : 



More Fuel Coming Into This Section, 

According to Chairman's 

Statement 



FREQUENT VISITS TO WASHINGTON 

The fact that 4(1 per cent, more coal has 
been handled by the '-' New Haven " road 
during the past three months than in the 
corresponding three months of last year 
was reported to the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense at its meeting on Wednesday 
by Thomas W. Russell, chairman of the 
Coal Committee, in an oral statement which 
he made in explanation of his written 
monthly report. The council's coal com 
mittee is co-operating with the New Eng- 
land General Coal Committee in work to 
relieve the coal situation in this section 
of the country. 

Mr. Russell explained that there has bei n 
this large increase in shipments of rail coal 
and that at the same time there lias been 
ie, falling off in shipments of coal by water 
to this section, at this time when the de- 
mands for tugs and barge- for other pur- 
poses lias been large. The work of the 
council's eoal committee and of the New 
England Coal Committee has contributed 
largelj to this result. 

It was also explained to the council that 
a priority of shipment his been established 
for eoal to tin- Northwest, which is said by 
officials in Washington to lie facing a situ- 
ation worse than any other part of the 
country, and that as soon as the North- 
west .nets relief, a priority of shipment will 
probably be established in favor of coal 
for New England. 

Mr. Russell's formal monthly report was, 
in part, as follows: 

•• Practically all the energies of your coal 
C i mmittee have been spent in working with 
the New England Coal Committee along 
t he following lines: 

"Two trips to Washington, interviewing 
President Wilson, Federal Trade Commis- 
sion, Coal Production Hoard, and two eon 
ferences with Chairman Hurley of the 
Shipping Board. 

■•The committee has an appointment for 
Friday of this week with llarn A. Garfield. 
! M,l Administrator in Washington. 

" The New England committee has pro- 
posed to the Shipping Board a scheme for 
pooling all the tuus and barges engaged 
in the eoal trade in New England, and is 
hopeful that the suggestion may he put 
into effect by the Shipping Board. 

•• All speeilie cases of delay in unloading 
coal in Connecticut are now coming to the 
cc ittee and will have attention." 



by tin 

I: Te will be a very large increase in 
the number of women going into industry 
and the factories in Connecticut. This is 
due, of course, to the great new demand 
upon the state for munition-, arms, and 
military supplies, and the one most import- 
ant source of new labor available is that 
of women. .Many of them already havi 
gone into the factories, and many more will 

wish to do so in view- of the g I offers 

,f employment. 

This makes it necessary that some pi ic 
tieal way should be arranged for taking 
care of the young children of the mothers 
svho are in the factories during the day- 
time. There were already established in 
a number of places before the war. day- 
nurseries which took care of the children 
of tin- women who were working awa\ 



from their homes. But in view of the 
great increased demand for this labor, 
it is now necessary to enlarge the existing 
system greatly, and to adapt it to the 
special needs of this new situation, and very 
important questions of location, of organ i 
zation, of proper inspection of food and 
sanitary conditions, ami of superintendence 
will at once arise. 

The matter has been considered by the 
Connecticut. State Council of Defense and 
by a number of large manufacturers who 
are anxious to see such a system established 
and are ready to CO-operate in it. ami the 
whole question Ins been referred to the 
Woman's 'Committee, Connecticut Division, 
Council of National Defense. That com- 
mittee has taken this matter up at once 
with Mrs. Arthur Dodge of Weatogue, 
president of the Stale Association of Diy 
Nurseries, who will co-operate actively with 
i lie committee, and who is. of course 
thoroughly familiar with the present 
system ami its pssibilities. 

1 1 is ,-,! i am i hat we must make available 
all the possible sources of labor if we are 
to supply the demands that will be thrown 
upon this state for military equipment, 
and this work for the mothers of families 
will he a very important part of bringing 
in such labor supply. Various local daj 
nurseries throughout tin- state and other 
local organizations who are co-operating 
with the Woman's Committee, will be asked 
to give their help when the plans have been 
laid out by the committee and Mrs. Dodge. 



ERECT BULLETIN BOARDS 



Sign Strips Hailed-Town Committees 
Should Act 

The cnuas sign strips which are to be 
used at the top of the bulletin boards which 
the towns have been asked by the council to 
erect have been mailed, one to each town 
committee, by the Connecticut Mate Council 
if Defense. Those towns which have not 
yet erected bulletin- hoards should do it at 
on,.,.. Some of the towns have built their 
own boards according to the specifications 
printed some time ago in the Bulletin and 
others have ordered hoards shipped knocked 
down, which they will put together and 
erect. These knociced down hoards an- to 
be had at $3, each f. o. b., Middletown, ami 
order- for them should be sent to the Pub- 
licity Committee, Connecticut State Council 
of Defense, Room 20, State Capitol, Hart- 
ford, Conn. 

rhere will be much matter of war import- 
ance to po-t on these bulletin hoard- and 
tin uncil consider- n desirable that they 

1 ,,,,-ied al on,--, a ml urges all town com- 
mittees which have not taken up this matter 
to do so without delay. Cue of the first 
tliim's which the council wants posted on 
lm-e hoard- i- a list of the names of men 
in the individual towns who have entered 
t l le service of the United States in either 
the a run or navy, together with a request 
that their friends write to them frequently 
and directions for addressing the letters. 



RECENT ACTIVITIES OF 
WOMEN'S COMMITTEE 



Aiding Council in Interesting Qirls in 
Nursing Profession 

Publication of the following has been 
authorized by the Connecticut Division of 
i he Women's Committee of the Council of 
National Defense: 

Dr. Kate Campbell Meade' has begun the 
work of interesting as many girls as pos- 
sible in the nursing profession in order to 
issist the council in securing the number of 
pupil nurses which Dr. C. C. Godfrey con- 
siders necessary. 

Miss Susan B. Huntington of Norwich 
lias accepted appointment to take charge 
of the department of educational propa- 
ga ml., 

Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop of Avon lias been 
appointed vice-chairman of the Committee 
en food Production, of which Miss M. 
Estella Sprague i- chairman. 

Mrs. Arthur Dodge of Simsbury is to be 
a member of the executive board of the 
Woman's < lommittee. 

The organization of the state by towns is 
being accomplished gradually. So far, forty- 
four temporary chairmen and ten permanent 
chairmen have accepted appointment. 



D. of 



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COXA' E( ITICUT BULLETIX 



INDUSTRIAL SURVEY 
COMMITTEE IS DOING 
MUCH I MPORT ANT WORK 

Takes Special Census to Aid Draft Ex= 
emption Boards and I inds Amount 
of State's Labor Shortage — Waste 
Prevention and Interchange of Fire 
Apparatus 

750 BADGES ORDERED FOR 

TOWN COMMITTEE MEMBERS 

The prevention of waste, interchange oi 
lire apparatus, budges for town committee 
members ami a census to secure information 
to assist the draft exemption tn 
among the matters which have been taken 
up during the past month by me Committee 
on Industrial Survey of the I onnecticut 
State Council of Di en rhese were re- 

ported on at Wednesday's council me 
in Frank D. Cheney, chairman of the 
mittee, in part as follows: — 

ommittee having tne subj 

mention of waste in charge reported at 
i lie meeting of the < ommittee on In- 
dustrial Survey that its members are con- 
tinuing their investigation upon the pre- 

tion of waste with several different 
plants. They are first ascertaining what 
the various kinds of preventable waste are 
ami are o. nducting an investigation through 
tlie co-operation of various exp rts .is to the 
best methods of preventing ami disp 
of such waste. As soon a- this information 
be gotten together in usable form, we 
propose to prepare bulletins dealing with 
tin ttion among manu- 

facturers nl | he -1 lie. 

The subject "f the interchange of fire 
apparatus has been referred to Mr. Ferguson 
Mr. Bennett. Mr. Ferguson ha- had an 
interview with Mr. Beardsley, who is the 
chairman of the tire underwriters' commit- 
ti e. and has communicati • >me of tin 

fire companies and Horai i B. Clark, presi 
dent of the Hartford tire hoard, upon the 
subject. At our last meeting he was in- 
structed to communicate with the pi 
authorities of tin- various towns of the state 
which support tire departments, in order to 
as ertain the exact extent of the develop- 
ment of this plan at the present time, as 
he had already foun 1 tha I this servii 
been extended much furtner than we 
understood. Moreover, this survey is 
sary in order to ascertain if the hose coup- 
md other lire apparatus now in use bj 

rious towns are interchangeabl /an 

easily he made interchangeable. \- - as 

this information has been procured it will 

be possible to make recom ndations upon 

the subject, and we have hoped that we 
may he able -till further to extend this 
valuable service. 

The 750 b dges for town committees made 
of gilt and enamel, to he maue after a design 
approved by the committee, have been 
ordered. 

With the approval of the council, we pre- 
pared a ' ii-n- form to obtain information 
needed in connection with the draft, tripli- 
cate copies of which were sent to all of the 
manufacturers included in the industrial 
survey who were considered to have any 
effectiveness for war purposes with the re- 
quest that the questions he filled in a- soon 
i- in ssible and two copies be returned. 

The chairman met the three district ex- 
emption hoards at their joint meeting, by 



LARGE RESERVES OF RED CROSS AND 
HOSPITAL SUPPLIES HELD IN STATE 



I li.it I uue reserves of Red i Iross a nd 

hospital supplies are held in I 

cities is shown by an inquiry made by the 
('ommittee mi Sanitation and Medicine of 
i be i onnecticut State I ouncil of D 
rhc cities covered by the inquiry thus far 
are Hew Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, New 
London and .Norwich, l'he committee"- re 
i the inquiry follows: — 
Ve« Ea en. \11 hospitals in New Haven 
bave reserve supply of surgical dressi 
then own. Each has a key to the Red Cross 
headquarters where a large supply is always 
kept in reserve. 

The Hospital of St. Raphael has two 
dozen beds ami two uozett cots in reserve. 

The Xe« Haven Hospital lias almost com- 
pleted a nr. ,1 building at Ailing 
town, with 125 beds, and has 17.5 be 

lete and i nt into 

it. This building is intended' for tubercu- 
lous cases, hut i ber pur- 
It will he ready about 
lanuary 1 and is a complete hospital in 
itself. There are large grounds whet 
nni shacks could ted, and a 
lit- taken care of. 
The New Haven Re i hapter has 
full surgical supplies for a hos 
unit (26 boxes). These are kept intact and 
held a- a reserve. lhey produce 12,000 
- ' - irgical supplies a n eek and can 



increase to 24,000 when needed. They have 

in. cot-. 

The Bridgeport Hospital has 

i box of -«i i, v the 

I ort Surgii I Committee, 

and stored at the hospital. It contains HI 
packages of gauze compresses, twenty com- 
presses to each package, twenty-one" pieces 

ii gauze, forty-five packages cut gauze, 

six fracture ctissions. forty-two full-sized 
body bindei -. and ten -mall " T " binders. 

Hospital ha- 31 : 

pair of blankets, 200 gauze ban : 
100 packages compresses, each h 
twenty-four in a packag and 

I'm splints. This material is all from the 

Hartford. The lied Cross ha- in storage 
enough surgieal supplies and hospital cloth- 
ing for 250 patients. Dr. Ingalls has four 
each containing surgical 
■i twenty- 
five ] - in 
storage. 

\ ■ to London. Tin- Law rence Hospital has 
10-spongi -. 500 laparotomy 

-. 600 tow,!-. 2,200 roll's 
iton. ten 
and equipment. 

ich. The William H. Backus Hos- 
pital has plenty of dressings and can get 

e from the local Red < rnss. They have 

an 75 coi - and equipment. 



request, and received their approval of the 

statistical survey mentioned above and they 

I that they lie furnished with copies 

of it. ["he survey received an immediate 

mil. on the w ho],-, a very hearty i. 
from the manufacturer-, line copy .if each 
blank ha- been filed in the office of the 
council f.,r the Use of the Man Power and 
Labor Committee ami the duplicate copies 
i into three set-. ..in- im 
each district board, and forwarded to the 
i ies of the hoard- a- fast a- thej 
have been i ceived. 

It is of interest to note I bal I he | i 
estimai. ii employees in : 

ust ries c invassed i- a- f< II 

net'-. 8,001 

Artisans, 11,788 

Clerks. 765 

Technical. 199 

Administrative. 406 



PLANT MORE RYE 



Total -h. i 21,359 

The estimated shortage of help mi Janu- 
ary 1. 1918, i- 18,047 hut the replies to this 
question were in so many cases omitted that 
we do not consider this figure reliable. 



Farmers Urged to Increase Acreage by 
Committee of Food Supply- 
In response t.. i he r iquest of the t 
government that all -tat.- increase their 
grain crops, a campaign Ins been launched 

accident by th. uncil's (.ommittee 

of Food Supply and Conservation to double 
die acreage of rye. An appeal is to la- 
issued to estate owners, who have land avail 
ible for an increased pianti I mnecti- 

is 16,000 acre-. A letter ex- 
plaining the advantages of raising n and 
winter wheat ha- been -cut to all the 
farmers of the state. Rye is a payins 
and it winter- successfully in ("onnecticut. 
The committee has offered to relieve any 
difficulty in securing rye and winter wheat 
seed, and a-k- that all farmer- report to it 
the amount they will plant this fall. 



AID BY STATE CHAMBER 

The council's Committee on Food - 
and Conservation ha- announced that "Tne 
entire -tall of officers and director- of the 
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, to the 
number of more than 500, ha- volunteered 
assistance through President E. 1'. Jones 

of Winsted in all activities of the 

mittee on |-*o.,d Supply, and will be 
associated in its work from now on." 



Fraternal Order Joins in Conservation 

All lodges of l-.lks in Connecticut are ex- 
iii Imll Food ( onservation Night late 
Id- month or early in October. Details 
concerning this plan have been sent to the 
lodges Uy the council's Committee on Food 
Supply and Conservation in accordance with 
a plan devised bj the Feaeral Food Admin- 
istration, (in tin- occasion the lodg - of 
Elks will lie addressed a- to the need for 
conserving food and preventing waste. There 
are between 7,000 men in these 
lodges throughout the state. The food sup- 
ply i mittee anticipates similar action by 

other fraternal organization-. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 




The following letter to the ( ouncil from 
Hiss Caroline M. Hewing, librarian of the 
Hartford Public Library, explains a plan 
o raise a fund for camp libraries: 

onnecticut State Council of Defense: 

I he American Library Association is or- 
ranizing, by authority of the War Depart- 
ment, a million-dollar campaign for the 
istablishmenl of camp libraries in the armj 
itonments, naval stations, etc., now or- 
ganized in this country, and also for 
future needs. Tlie campaign is under the 
direction of several oi the workers who 
brought the Red Cross Campaign to a sue 
rll l e i 1U] a nd the W ar Book Fund Cam- 

•24.' The estimate is thai ever} community 
should set as its Library Uai Fund goal a 
sum in dollars equal to 5 per cent, of its 

populal For instance, estimating the 

population of Hartford at 130,000, this 
means that $6,500 is desired as that city's 
contribution. The details of the plan for 
raisin" this sum will l"- announced later. 
In the "War Library Bulletin" issued by 

i he \\ ir Sen ice Committee of the A i 

can Library Association, the importance 



attached to the undertaking by President 
Wilson and Secretary of War Baker was 
emphasized l>.\ Raymond It. Fosdick chait 
nun of the i lommittee on Training I amp 

Vctii -. an extract from whose speech at 

a recent meeting in Washington, when 
members of the American Library Associa- 
tion from twentj states met, is as follows: 
- (in the Mexican border last summer I 
.■an remember that in some of those lonely 
amps, as I lie nam stopped at the watering 
tank i he soldiei s would come through, ask- 
ing it we had anything In read - ■> b io! . 
a magazine, it even a new spaper. They 
were absolutely without anything to re id, 
and often had nothing to do. 



again, and I do not believe it will occur 
again : I believe the old days are past. 

"We had a great number of requests and 
suggestions in regard to the way in which 
i his reading matter should be- collected, 
selected, and properl} distributed. But the 

c lission finally deeiued that in oi Let 

to get this thing done we ought to call in 
specialist - 

Vours sincerely, 
Signed Carouse M. Hewins. 



PATRIOTIC LESSONS 
WILL BE TAUGHT IN 
STATE'S JHJBLIC SCHOOLS 

(Continued from Page 1 ) 
effect nt the wage scale, housing conditions 
and working runditi.ni- on the shortage of 
labot 

Mr. Bissell suggested to all chairmen 
i ii.it they make use- whenever possible of the 
council's town committees in gathering in 
formation connected with their work. 

It was voted that Dr. Godfrey, chairman 
f the committee on Sanitation and Medi- 
, ine, should attempt to secure from the ex 
emption boards the names of men rejected 
for slight physical defects and address 
letters to them referring them to the rep 
resentatives of his committee for the free 
medical treatment offered in such cases, 
and also that the town committees be used 
wherever possible in accomplishing this. 

The council heard and accepted a report 
km the policewomen named , under its <li 
rection for service at and near military es- 
tablishments in the state. It was voted that 
the town chairmen in the larger towns be re 
quested to secure figures indicating whether 
there is any increase in delinquency upon 
the part of persons under the age of is 
yeai - and an) changes in the moral condi 

tions of the towns since tl utbreak of 

the war. 



MEETING OF AUGUST 29 

\i i He meeting of August 29, there was 
in executive session at whicn those present 
were Governor Marcus H. Holcomb and 
Messrs. Also,,. Bennett, Bissell, Brown, 
Cole, Goodwin and strcinl.au. Mr. Bissell 
presided and informed the council of some 
oi the work to date of the five police- 
women n ntlj appointed at the request of 



the council. Several other matters were di 
posed of ai the executive session, which 
adjourned at II :50 a. m. At the regular 
session, Mr. Giddings ol the council, the 
following chairmen of sub-committees, 
Messrs. Chandler, Chene) i low les, Godfrey . 
Holme-. Landers, Putnam and Williams. 
in ! Mr. Shipman of the Hartford ( ount} 
Auxiliary Committee and Mr. Lee oi the 
\,.,, Haven I ounty Auxiliary Committee 
,vere present. 

.Mr. Bissell read a copy of his reply to 
the answer of Genera] Crowder to In, 
1, 1 ter protest ing against Connecticut's 
juota fo) i he Nation ,1 .Many. Mr. Holmes 

submitted a report for the Commit! in 

Fori ign Boi n Populat ion, and it was roted 
i hat the report be a pte I. 

Adopting the report of II. C. Smith of 
he Tolland County Auxiliary Committee, 
it was voted that the following be added 
to that committee. Edward E. Fuller of 
Rockville and Philip M. Howe of Rockville. 
I'hc resignation of C. D. Talcott of the 
1'ollanil County Auxiliary Committee was 
presented and was accepted with regret. 

Admiral Cow les suDmittcd a report for 
the Committee on Military and Naval 
Affairs for the month of August, and 
idopting his recommendations, it was voted 
that the Council approve of his request to 
Adjutant General Cole mat the armories 
in the state be thrown open for the purpose 
of allowing men selected for tin- National 
Army to drill therein. Adopting the report 
if Dr. Godfrey, it was voted that the fol- 
lowing dentists be added to his Committee: 
Dr. l-i. R. Bryant of New Haven and Di- 
ll. H. W. Strong of Bridgeport. Dr. God- 
frey reported that thirty-live cases of per- 
sons having minor defects, disqualifying 
hem for military service, had been treated 
at the Bridgeport Hospital. It was voted 
that the proposed plan of the Committei 
>n Sanitation and .Medicine for the teach 
ing and training of nurses' assistants be 
approved, and that the plan of that com- 




Sl A I E lit Cowl. 

i;\ His Excellency 
MARCUS H. HOLCOMB 

Govt i; an: 

A PROCLAMATION 

Connecticut has been called upon by 
the Congress ami President of the 

I mi, ,1 Male- to pa} its toll of man 

1 1 to the cause of liberty, and it- 

sons have been chi sen under the 
selective service law to go to foreign 
shores under tin flag of theii c luntry. 
\.. I,, | im, , ,,a-i col, town is making 
its contribution to tire common army. 
ami soon thee young men will 1 e ,1c 

parting to training camps I ake 

ready to fight on fields unknown. 
Chey have met this duty cheerfully 
and' without shrinking. I. therefore. 
deem it proper that those of u- « ho 
remain at home, ami w hose lives and 
liberty i he} no forth to protect, should 
ibserve their departure by some fitting 
cere ies or exercises, and I recom- 
mend to the mayors of cities, wardens 
of boroughs and hoards of select men 
that they co-operafe with the town 
committees of tin Connecticut State 
( ,,,,,,, ,1 of Defense in arranging such 
exercises. 1 also i ecommend that I he 
clergj pay reverent tribute at the 
altar of Almighty Cod to the - icrifice 
that these young men and their 
lam, Im- arc c tiled upon to face. 



i iyer] under m\ hand and 

seal ot i he State at the 
i apitol, in I lartford, this 
twenty-ninth day of 
Uigust, in the year of 
our Lord one thousand, 
nine hundred and -even 
teen, and of the inde- 
pendence oi the United 
, latcs the one hundred 
' fori \ c, old. 

By His Excellency's 
Command : 










\1. 


11. 


HOD 0MB, 
(lovi rnor. 


Frei 


Hill In 


1. 


l'EHIiV 












Secretary. 





mittee for arranging fot speaking at the 
fairs in the state on medical subjects be 
ipproved. It was voted that the matter 
if increasing day nurseries in factory dis- 
tricts be referred to the Connecticut Divi- 
sion "i the Woman's Committee. 

It was voted that the Committee on Pub- 
licity he instructed to prepare a letter to 
the "clergy of the State requesting that 
they mention in their sermon- the desirabil- 
ity and duty of honoring the men selected 
for the National Army and also that the 
governor be requested to issue a proclama- 
tion calling upon the appropriate authori- 
ties in the state to arrange for suitable 
celebrations in honor of the men selected 
for the National Army. 




(ftmmrrtirut lulbttn. 



Published BUWeekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



EARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917 



No. ft 



COMMITTEE TAKES UP 
WORK IN INTEREST OF 
STATE'S FOREIGN-BORN 



Is Asking Town Chairman for Names 
of Prominent Representatives of 
Various Races— Letters and BuU 
letins Carrying Gospel of Ameri = 
canism to be Sent to Thousands 

OFFICE AND HEADQUARTERS 

OPENED IN NEW BRITAIN 

The i ommitti i I _u Bom Popula- 

tion of the < onnecticu! State l ouncil of De- 

opi ae I i tei oi 
headquarters in Ni ah re l hair- 

man Stanley II. Holi n be closely in 

touch with the work being done. The com- 
mittee has meetings on alternate Monday 
moons at the State < apitol in Hart- 
ford. 

The first meeting of this committei 
held at the State Capitol, on Monday, 
27, with seven members present. 
He- committee discussed several matters re- 
lating to the work it should undertake and, 
aftei ion of the value of meetings 

as compared with a din i i pel mal appeal 
through the mails to the leaders of thought 
and action among the foreign born, voted 
to recommend to the Council that a large 
number of circular letters be prepared and 
mailed, together with appropriate bulletins 
of information ano. appeals for co-operation 
to the most prominent representatives of 
Eon ign group in the various centers of 
foreign population in the state. Stanley 
II. Holmes, chairman of the committee, pre- 
sented this recommendation at the meeting 
of the council on Augusi .!'. and the course 
upon by the Committee on Foreign 
Born Population was approved. 

The committee also voted that the chair- 
men take steps to secure from the various 
town committees the nana- of aliens to 
whom literature shoe 1 it. and from 

exemption boards in the various districts, 
lists of exempted aliens. 

At this week's meeting of the council. 
Chairman Holmes "submitted a draft of a 
letter to be sent to town eonjmittee chair- 
men seeking a list of persons of foreign 
birth to whom letter* ami circulars shall 
be sent, ami it was approved by the council. 



Real Spirit Shown 

by Recruits Picked 
for National Army 



WOMAN'S COMMITTEE 
TO BE MADE PART OF 
COUNCIL ORGANIZATION 



Members of the ricil 

of IV:, itly inter 

esday by the statement of 
members familiar with the 

iderable number of drafted men 
who were entitled 
industrial grounds and for 
employers sought exemption 
had declined to accept the di- 

g 1 and had entered service in the 

National Army. The statement was 
iscussion of the splendid 
'i chosen for militai ; 
vice law. 



GOVERNOR ASKS STATE 

TO AID LIBRARY FUND 



Purpose of Campaign is to Provide 

Reading Matter for American 

Soldiers 



TO POST BULLETINS 

A letter has gone out to the chairmen of 
all town committees of the council's state- 
■ rganization from the secretary of the 
council, asking each to appoint one man to 
have charge of posting all matters on each 
of the council bulletin boards. The view is 
expressed that the best results can be ob- 
tained only by having one person responsible 
for the appearance of each board through- 
out the state. 



WEEK OF SEPTEHBER 24 NAHED 

Governor Marcus H. Holeomb has called 
upon the citizens of Connecticut to aid the 
National Library War Council in its efforts 
to raise a million dollar fund for the pur- 
pose of providing with the trained assist- 
ance of the American Library Association, 
collections of well-chosen reading matter 
wherever the Military or Naval forces of the 
I nited Mate- ate assembled in camps or 
training stati 

The following statement was issued last 
week by Governor Holeomb, through the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense: 

The Secretary of War has appointed 
a National Library War Council, with 
Hon. Frank A. Vanderlip as its chair- 
man, to raise a million dollar fund 
throughout the United States for the 
purpose of providing a library for our 
soldiers and sailors wherever serving. 
This object will appeal to every citizen. 
Connecticut has promptly responded 
to and met every patriotic demand 
upon it and will not fail to generously 
respond to this appeal. It is re- 
quested that the contributions of the 
citizens of this State to this Library 
fund shall be made during the week 
beginning September 24th. Subscrip- 
forwarded to George S. 
Godard, <tate Librarian, Hartford. 
MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, 

Governor. 
Hartford, September 12th, 1917. 



Report of Special Committee Accepted 
and Vote Outlining Plan Passed — 
Offer of Co=operation in Library- 
Fund Campaign— Large Attendance 
at Wednesday's Weekly Meeting 

REPORTS OF SEVERAL 

CHAIRMEN ACTED UPON 

The I 
on Wed:; p irt of a 

ial committer 
the matter and voted " that the Connecticut 

Division of the Woman's ( nittee of the 

Council of National Del aid be a 

sub-committee of tic council on the same 
basis and in all re i e a- the 

other sub, :es; that the council will 

a --time no financial obligation to, - . 

already made or for outstanding indebted- 
and that the special committee be re- 
ited to confer further with the Con- 
icut Division for tie | of arrang- 

ing details involved in t! mization." 

Those members of the council present for 
the executive session on Wednesday were 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. 
AUo],. Winchester Bennett, Dr. D. Chester 
Brown, Charles A. Goodwin and Julius C. 
nlau. The matter of making the 
Woman's Committee a sub-committee of the 
council was taken up at this executive ses- 
sion. At the regular session which followed, 
those present included Major Howard A. 
Giddings of the council, the following mem- 
bers of sub-committees: George B. Chand- 
ler. Rear Admiral William S. Cowles, Dr. 
John F. Dowling, Dr. C. C. » G orge 

M. Landers, William H. Putnam, Lucius F. 
Robinson, T. M. Ku leorge G. Wil- 

liam^, and the following chairmen or rep- 
resentatives of county auxiliary committees: 
\\". Arthur Countryman, Benjamin F. Eng- 
lish, E. E. Fuller John IF E. 
Meech, T. A. Scott and Dudley L. Vaill. 

Reports of Middlesex and Tolland county 
auxiliary committees were read and ac- 
cepted. The council voted that the secre- 
tary be instructed i. a D. 
Hine, secretary ,,f Edu- 
cation, in the matter of the proposed camp 
library fund for the American Library As- 
sociation and offer, on the part of the 
council, whatever aid might be advisable. 

The subject of the council's bulletin 
boards was discussed and it was voted that 
the chairmen of the town committees be 
-ted to furnish the i I he men 

to take charge of placing whatever material 
was sent them from time to time for use 
on the bulletin boards. 

There was a feeling that some recogni- 
tion should- be given men who had "en- 
ured to enlist and had been rejected 
i 'ontinued on page 4) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN* will lie mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1. HARTFORD, CONN., SEPT.21, 1317. No. 9 



MARKET SERVICE MADE 
PART OF WORK DONE BY 
FOOD SUPPLY COMMITTEE 



Qovernment Expert in Charge of New 
Help for Growers — Daily Report 
Covering Shipments, Receipts and 
Jobbing Prices in Many Cities is 
Made Availiable to All Who Ask For 
It. 

A- a part of its work to market the 
perishable peach crop the Council's Com- 
mittee on Food Supply and Conservation 
has inaugurated a new department in its 
office under the direction of the United 
States Department of Markets. C. R. 
Runyan, marketing expert for the govern- 
ment, is in charge, and has furnished the 
following report on the work being done: 

" The Bureau of Markets is conducting 
a market news service on certain fruits 
and vegetables. This service covers ship- 
ments, receipts and jobbing prices. Last 
year the crops reported were apples, canta- 
loupes, grapes, peaches. strawberries, 
tomatoes, watermelons, white potatoes and 
onions. This year sweet potatoes and cab- 
bage have been added so far. The service 
is carried on by telegraph, the reports 
being received every morning. Bulletins 
on all crops are issued from permanent 
urancii offices in the larger cities or im- 
portant gateways of the country. Special 
bulletins on particular crops are also 
issued from numerous producing sections. 

The bulletins contain : 

"(a) Telegraphic reports from various 
markets giving the receipts, origin of cars, 
quality and condition of the commodities, 
markei conditions, and prices. 

"ib i Telegraphic reports from the rail- 
roads handling the crops in question, giving 
shipments from each state and destinations 
of cars. 

•" (ci Numerous shipping point quota- 
tions from field' stations." 

The aim is to cover New England 
thoroughly. To this end the market reports 
"in \<-u Y on, Bridge- 

Haven, Hartford, \\ 
Pre Springfield, YV< 'itts- 

tland will be added. This 
info r 

compiled and copies mailed to 
all who request them. 



HOW TO ADDRESS MAIL TO MEN 

SERVING IN THE ARMY OR NAVY 



The following directions for address- 
ing' mail to men in the United States 
unity or navy have heen prepared and 
issued by the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense : — 

(11 To Members of the Expeditionary 
Forces in France: 

(a) Mail addressed to members of the 
expeditionary forces should bear the com- 
plete designation of the regiment, company, 
or other organization of which the ad- 
dressee is a member. 

(b) In the upper left-hand corner of the 
envelope should be placed the usual form 
of return request and name and address of 
the sender. 

(ci Under no circumstances should the 
location or station of a military organiza- 
tion be included in the address on a lit tit 
for a person in Europe. 
Example : 
Return to 
Mrs. John Smith 
Blank Street, 
New York City. 

John Smith. Jr.. 
Co. X, 102d Infantry. 
American Expeditionary Forces. 
i 'J i To soldiers in this country: 
(a) Mail for soldiers in this country 



should be addressed in the usual manner, 
naming soldier's regiment company or other 
organization and station of the organization 
when it is known. When it it not known, it 
may be sent in care of the Adjutant General 
of the Army. 
Example: 
Return to 
Mis. John Doe 

Blank Street, 
New York City. 

John Doe, 
Company B, 102d Infantry, 

New Haven, Conn. 
(3) To Men in the Navy: 
(a) Mail for men in the Navy should be 
addressed naming the ship and in care of 
the Postmaster, New York City. 
Example: 
Return to 
Mrs. Ricnard Roe 

Blank Street 
New York City. 

Richard Roe. 
U. S. S. Connecticut. 
Postmaster, 
New York City, N. Y. 
i t l Postage : 

i a i The rate on letter mail to men with 
the expeditionary forces in France is 2 
cents per ounce or fraction thereof. 



TOWN HAS SEVEN DISTRICT COMMITTEES 



The following report of the activities of 
the East Hartford town committee, one of 
the many excellent reports received from 
the council from its town committees 
througli the county auxiliary committees 
will be of interest to those who receive the 
Connecticut Bulletin because of the methods 
adopted by the East Hartford organization 
in working out its problems: 

The East Hartford Town Committee of 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense has 

thoroughly organized with a commit! f 

thirty-seven members headed by former 
Senator Edward E. King as chairman ami 
Clarence H. Smith as secretary. The town 
has been divided into seven districts to 
each of which five active members have 
been assigned. Each district committee 
has been organized and arrangements have 
been made to gather the whole committee 
together at. one hour's notice in case any 
emergency arises. 

The committee has already raised nearly 
$1000 for the purchase of materials to be 
used by East Hartford soldiers and sailors. 
The town points with pride to the fact that 
over 100 of East Hartford's young men en- 
listed before the draft and the auxiliary to 
nnecticut State Council of Defense, 
has, through its chairman and secretary 
been in communication with over 90 

of t hem \ card i ecord is being I 

record of his family, the 

service to which he is attached 

a'd in the service. Each man 

supplied with a special East 

Hart ford identific and his n 

iii.'in silvei tab 



roll of honor, one of which will be posted in 
each post olliee in town. 

Arrangements have been made to render, 
in.' of cost to any East Hartford soldier or 
sailor any necessary business or personal 
service that may arise during his absence 
on duty. The auxiliary is helping the local 
Red Cross Society by making up and mail- 
ing to each East Hartford young man in 
tne service his Red Cross equipment. 

The auxiliary is arranging for the com- 
piling of a history of East Hartford's part 
in the war. which will lie filed in the town 
clerk's office along with similar records of 
the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Neces- 
sary relief worK to the families of the 
soldier- and sailors will lie carried out by 
the district committees confidentially'. 



COUNTY GROUP MEETINGS 



Get-Together Sessions Should be Held at 
Least Once a Month 

Arrangements to hold monthly group 
meetings of members of the county auxiliary 
committees ami the town committees have 
been made in two counties New- Haven and 
Tolland. Discussing this matter at the 
''-'inig on Wednesday, members of the 
council expressed the belief that regular 
meetings such hi e would lead t" 

ter efficiency and higher degree of en- 
thusiasm, and it was the sentiment of those 
present that all tin- county auxiliary com- 
mittees should arrange to hold regular meet- 
ings with the members of their town com- 
as one a month. 



D. of D. 

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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Honor Roll Boards Suggested for Names 

of Those in Their Country's Service 




Town Committees Asked by Council to Follow Example 
of Several Places, Among Them Windsor, by Hon= 
oring in an Appropriate Manner Those Who go 
Away to Take Part in Battle Against Autocracy 



Enrollment Campaign [Next Month 

The enrollment campaign of the Federal 
Food Administration has been fixed for the 
week beginning October 21. It will run 
through eight full days including the two 
Sundays. This, it is explained by the coun- 
cil's food supply committee, is a contin- 
uance of the Hoover Pledge Campaign. 



I 'In' Connecticut State Council of Defense 
voted on Wednesday to suggest to the sev- 
eral town committees that they erect spe- 
cial honor roll boards in the several towns 
in addition to the bulletin boards which 
the council has asked them to erect and 
which have been built in a number of places. 
This suggestion in no waj conflicts with the 
request of the council that the names of 
those in the service be compiled, but is in- 
tended to provide a special place for the 
town's honor roll. 

It is recommended that a board be erected 
In .1 prominent place in each town, to re- 
main there throughout the war, and that 
names of those who enter any branch 
of t In' sen ice be pa int ed on it . 

Sevei al ( onnei I ii ul I era ns already have 

erected uch boards, a ng them the town 

"i Win Isor, « hei e I here i- a la rge, elec- 
trii-.illy lighted board in a central location. 
In order that all the members of t he l on 
iii'i't ii Council of D i niza- 

tion in the towns throughout the state may 
h;i\ e an id i long this 

line, an illustration of the Windsor board 
is printed on this page. It i- hoped that 
other towns will report promptly to co 
cil that they have erected similar honor 



President to Mobilize Children of 

Nation Into Junior Red Cross 



President Wilson issued the following 
proclamation Tuesday night: — 
In i.iu; School Childbex oi the United 
St wis: 

A Proclamation 

The President of the United States is also 
preside'ni of the American Pied Cross. It is 
from these offices joined in one that I write 
you a word of greeting at this time when 
so many of you are beginning the school 
year. 

The America n Tied Cross has just pre- 
pared a junior membership with school 
activities in which 'every pupil in the 
United Slates can find a chani 
our country. The school is the natural 
centre of your life. Through it you can 
best woi .1 cause of freedom to 

whicl all pledged ourselvi 

Our June 

- "I sen ice to your rmunity 

and to i ill over tie 

:\ice with high and 
us ideals. It will te 
save in order thai sufferin 



where may have the chance to live. It will 
teach you how to prep;: re some of the 
supplies which wounded soldiers and home- 
less families lack. It will send to you, 
> irough the Red Cross bulletins, the thrill- 
ing stories of relief and rescue. And, best 
of all, more perfectly than through any 
of your school lessons, you will learn by 
doing those kind things, under your 
teacher's directions, to be the future good 
citizens of this great country which we all 

hue. 

And I commend to all school teacln 
the country the simple plan whicl 
American Red Cross has worked 

or your co a- I 

do that school children will 

struction of their teacher 

have 
_■■ to give your efforts 

in 30m 



I !0 X XECTICUT BULLETIN 



WOMAN'S COMMITTEE 

TO BE MADE PART OF 
COUNCIL ORGANIZATION 

(Continued from Page I.) 
i hose w ho have been exempted against 
i lies for indust rial and agricultural 
and ii v i- roted that this question 
, .fevied i" the I 'ommittee on Military 
and V-nal affairs to investigate and ri 
council. 
! lie matter of the partieipnt ion of i he 
i a,,, fl in the next Liberty I oan wo 
f,.| ,,.,| to the < 'iiininii tee on Finance 1 
study and to ' to the 

lil. 
tt -was voted th 
|Nl iress 'i let tei to the chaii 

,il, commit I ommittees 

point ing out thai they have the power to 

lest i ■ council changes in the per- 

[ their committees, and I liat I hes 

suggestion? will n ive the full considera 

i cilj and also that the 

lillllrll of 

the town commit tei advi ing I hem that 
they should suggest to the county com 
i the personnel of their 
seemed advisable. 

\i i . Land' i - submitted a report foi I he 
mittee "ii Food Supply and Conserva- 
tion and the report w as accepte I. 

i Ir. I lodfrey's report for the I ou 

ii Sanitation and Medicine was accepted 

mid mi his recommendation Dr. F. D. 

Werseby of Washington, this state, was ap 

pointed a member of i he committee to sue 

I Dr. Elias Pratt, who resigned. It 

was voted that the treasurer be authorized 
in advani e to Dr. i iodfi ey $250 Eor i he use 
of his committee. 

Mr. Holmes's report for the C i 

Foreign Born Population was accepted. On 
his recommendation it was voted that the 
council indorse the practice of organizing 
parents and teachers associations in the 
schools in the state, and that on receipt 
of further information from the ' ommittee 
on Foreign Born Population it would eo- 
operate in any way possible. 

Mr. Williams submitted a report for the 

■ i mittee on Co-ordination of Societies 
and it was voted that a letter be sent by 
this committee in each Red Cross chapter 
suggesting close en-operation between the 
Red Cross and the charity organization so- 
cieties in the state and that Mr. Williams 
should get in touch with the district head 
of the Red i ross and offer the services of 
the council in any way that seemed ad- 
visal 

Mr. Roberts submitted a report as 
urer of the council and it was voted that 
the report be accepted and placed on file, 

MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 12 

At the meeting of September 12, those 
present at the executive session were chair- 
man K. M. Bissell, Dr. D. Chester Brown, 
General George M. Cole, Julius C. Stremlau 

and Harris Whittei Mr. Bissell pre- 

sided. At the regular session which fol- 
lowed. Homer S. Cummings of the council 

3 included in the members present. The 
following members of sub-committees were 
present: George B. Chandler, Frank D. 
ney, Rear Admiral William S. CowJes, 
Dr, C. C. Godfrey, W. H. Putnam and 
Georgi G. Williams. The following chair- 
men or representatives of county auxiliary 
imittees attended; W. Arthur Country- 
man. B. F. English. E. E. Fuller. W. H. 
Lee, 1". W. Mercer and D. L. Vaill. Robert 



Seovilli al I administrator in 

, present. 

Mr. Bissell informed the council of gen 

i il i igs of town committees with the 

county ittre- in Bartford, N"ev Lon 

don and Tolland counties and recommended 
strongly that the other ocunties hold 
similar meetings as soon as possible. The 
chairman also emphasized the necessity of 

the sulci, hi tees employing the several 

town committees, whenever possible, in se- 
curing data for them. It was voted thai 

the c ii\ auxiliary committees, which 

have not already done so, should arrange 
for general meetings with their town con, 
tnittces at the earliest possible date 

VV. II. Putnam submitted a 

mimittee on Transportation and it 
■-, ,i - \ oted t hat the report be accepted and 
that Leonard W. Frisbie of Hartford be 
appointed a member of that committee. 

] he mat ter of short hauls by motor 
trucks to relieve the railroads in the state 

and release nior irs I'm use is di 

by Mr. Bissell and Mr. Putnam and 
iin-il voted t hat a blank be pi 
by Mr. Putnam to be 

Industrial Survey Committee to all of the 
mi ma "1 ii ucks iii the stai c Ha i lii pur 
iecuring t he no mes of person - w ho 
will allow the use of their truck-- for this 
. upon terms to be mutually agreed 
upon. In this connection it was also voted 

that the town committees be req ted by 

the transportation committee, to secure for 
it. the names of the shippers in the 
towns wni> are using whole cars or less than 
whole cars for short hauls and that in 
securing these names the local freight agent 
In asked to co-operate 

It was \ oted ilia i 1 he i ha it man Ii" a at hur- 
i',,| to request the board of control to 

make an appropriatii f $25,000 for the 

use «f the council. 



TOWN CHAIRMEN NAMED 
BY WOMAN'S COMMITTEE 



\ i . 1 1 . 



At a meeting of the executive board of the 
Connecticut Division. Woman's Committee. 
Council of National Defense, held Tues- 
day, the following were ratified as perma- 
nent to\i n chairmen : 

\\ mi Mrs. .1. \V. Alsop. 

P.ri.lyci..irt — Mrs. H. W. Fleck. 

('he-hire — Mrs. Xcwman: Miss 
I'.aMw in. vice-chairman. 

Coventry — Mrs. L. A. Kingsbury. 

Cromwell — Mrs A. N. Pierson. 

Danielson — Mrs. Reinzi Robinson. 

East Hampton — Mrs. N. Newton Hill. 

East I ! a \en — Mrs. Eveline Street. 

Fast Hartford — Mrs. Frank M. I 

East Windsor — Mrs. II. S. Backus. 

Farmington — Mrs. Wells Hastings. 

Haddain — Mr.-. John Knowles. 

Litchfield —'Mrs. F. A. Stoddard. ■ 

\! nl.l lefield — M is. William i fi eenb ickei 

\.-w London — Mrs. Sidney II. Miner. 

\.w Milford — Miss Edith Newton. 

Norwich — Mrs. Ubert t hase. 

Old Lyme Mrs. George B. Burr. 

Orange Mrs. Edward A. Richard-. 

Plainville — Mrs. S. S. Gwillim. 

Pomfret — Miss Eleanor B. Matthewson. 

Portland — Mr-. Alfred Gildersleeve 

Simsbury — Mrs. Allen J. Holcomb. 

South Windsor — Mrs. Ralph M. (.'rant. 

Warren — Mrs. F. E. Dalzelle. 

Washington — Mrs. S. Ford Sceley. 

Waterbury — iurs. Fred S. Chase. 

West port — Mrs. Francis H. Robertson. 

Winchester — Mrs. Anna Hadley Hakes. 

Wolcott — Mrs. Elmer Coe. , 



COUNTY ACTIVITIES 



Report- to the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense by the chairmen of the county 
auxiliary committees indicate that much 
work has been done by them in co-operation 
with the towns in carrying out the council's 
instruct ions a- sent out in the form of 
county and town bulletins. The county re- 
indicate t hat ' lie committees have ! 
t hroughout the sta ig on 

the council'- work. Included in these re- 
ports are the followi ' n i Lints of special 
county activities: 

BARTFORD — A meeting of the town 
iiiiiniiii . with members 

county auxiliary committee was held 
t he state ( apitol on September 0. 
meeting (vas addressed by Chairman R. \I. 
I] of t he cil. It was \ oted 

that uniform weekly reports ot certain de- 
tails of the town activities be sent in to 
the county committee. Successful 
t ions i" h mor of dra fte I men n ere held 
in n i ..I 'it ies. 

LITCHFIELD — The Auxiliary Com 

mittee has recommended in all towns where 
1 1 1 1 ■ i e is a 1 [ome < l-ua rd organization that 
immediate steps be taken to provide pre- 
liminary t raining for men enter 
t lie nai iona I sei i ice. s.w eral i ions in 
honor of the men drafted into the National 
Army have keen held. Bulletin hoards hi 
been erected in a number of the towns. A 
count? ami town committee group meeting 
was held September 14. 

\ Ell // 1 1 7.W — " Four-Minute Men " 
have been appointed for all towns. 
sneakers for the fair- have keen solicited 
The New Haven County Auxiliary Com- 
mittee has keen acting' with the Red Cl'089 
Society and the Chamber of Commerce in 
arranging for improvements in sanitary con- 
ditions ami other matters connected with 
the camp of the 102d Regiment at Yale 
Field. \ group meeting of county and 
town committee members has keen held. A 
plan to open a bureau to act as a clearing 
house for soldiers -and their families is 
under consideration. 

NEW LONDON — The County Auxilary 
Committee reports that the exhibit made by 
the council at the Norwich Fair created 
great interest. Representativs for the coal 
committee have keen secured in several 
towns and arrangements have keen made for 
the use of automobiles by the transporta- 

ommit J. W. Alsop of the council 

addressed a successful meeting of the 
county committee with its town committee 

TOLLAND — After careful -election of 
members, the organization of the County 
Auxiliary Committee and the Town ( one 
mittees has been completed. Under the 
direction of the committee, a celebration for 
the drafted men of the country was held in 
Rockville. The financing of the celebration 
was managed by members of the town com 
mittee-. A balance from tkis fund will be 
used to meet the expenses of the County 
Auxiliary (ommittee. A group meeting of 
county and town committees has been held. 

MIDDLESEX — Among the honors paid 
throughout the county to men who have 
keen drafted was the presentation of wrist 
watches to all of the Middletown men. Ar- 
rangi Hunt- for this were made by the State 
Council's Middletown Town Committee and 
the Middletown Common Council. 

Speakers have been secured for each fair 
in the county. A general meeting to arouse 
the united enthusiasm of the town com- 




&mm?rttrut HuUrtttt 



Published BU Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, OCTOBER 5, 1917 



No. 10 



POSTERS ARE READY 
FOR BULLETIN BOARDS; 
SHOW" PRUSSIAN BLOT" 

First of Regular Series to be Mailed at 
Once — Reveal Germany's "Intrigue 
for Peace" — Plan for Making Dis- 
plays Identical throughout State 
Are Perfected. 



CATCHING UP WITH 

ORDERS FOR BOARDS 

The first poster of the regular series 
which the Connecticut State Council will 
prepare for use on the bulletin boards 

erected by town i mittees throughout the 

state is now ready for mailing, and will go 
out from the council's office in Hartford at 
once. It will cover the entire bulletin 
hoard. Future posters will he smaller and 
several can he used on the board at tin 
same time. This first poster a warning 
against what President Wilson called ir 
his Flag Day speech Germany's " Intrigue 
for Peace." It outlines the Fan-Germanic 
scheme of empire ami the present near real 
ization of that dream, showing that peace 
on the basis of the present military and 
political situation would be a eollosal Ger 
man victory. 

A plan has been devised so that the post 
ers on all boards will be identical at all 
times. There will be a master board at 
the council's office in Hartford and with 
eacn poster sent out will be sufficient in- 
structions telling how it should oe placed 
on the board. 

The Committee on Food Supply and Con 
scrvation, to fill the gap between the tini( 
of erection of some of the bulletin boards 
and the shipment of this first material 
lias, at the request of the council, sent out 
sume ot its posters for use on the boards 
In putting up the new poster, these are tc 
be carefully removed and placed near tin 
bulletin boards because they are of per- 
manent value. In the posters to be sent 
out from time to time for these bulletir 
boards, material prepared for by the food 
supply committee will, of course, be in- 
eluded with the posters of other committees 
of the council. 

The work of filling orders for knoeked- 
down bulletin boards is going on rapidly 
at the factory in Middletown where they an 
made. Orders have come in very rapidly 
and for a time it was impossible to get the 
bulletin boards out as rapidly a- the orders 
have been received. Shipments of bulletir 
hoards should be caught up with the order? 
within a week. 



LIBERTY CHORUSES 

TO BE ORGANIZED 

Under tin- direction of the I onneci 
ieut Stite Council of Defense, Liberty 
Choruses arc to he organized through- 
out the state. These will be avail- 
able to sing at war rallies and patri 
otic meetings. James s . Stevens oi 
Hartford, a- state musical direcfoi 
under the council's Committee on 
Publicity, has taken active chain.- ot 
the work of organization. County 
and towii committees of tic council 
are urged to give any possible assi-t- 
ance to this work. 



RAILROAD TO HELP 



Station Agents Instructed to Post Council 
Official Bulletins 

Permission has been granted by the New 
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad to 

tin- C miner on Publicity for the posting 

of official bulletins of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense on or in railroad -I i 
tions thrughout the state. The following 
letter ha- been -cut by W. H. Foster, super- 
intendent, to the station agents: 

" Permission has been granted to tin 
Connecticut State Council of Defense to post 
in or on all stations their official bulletins 
to the war. A list of our stations ha- hem 

furnished to the I oi tticut State Council 

of Defense and they will mail the bulletins 
to you direct. Please see that they ate 
posted on receipt." 



FIRE INSURANCE MEN 
PLAN TO REDUCE HAZARD 



Conservation Association Organizes as 

War Measure — Encouraged 

by Council 

At a meeting of special agents and in- 
spectors representing even- fire insurance 
company doing business in Connecticut, 
held at the State Capitol in Hartford on 
September lis. the Conservation Association 
of Connecticut was formed. This new or- 
ganization is to make a special war inspec 
tion of property under the authority of the 
Council of Defense and the state, and is 
headed by S. C. Avery of Hartford. Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, Governor Manns 
H. Holcomli and Insurance Commissioner 
Burton Mansfield were speakers at tin- or- 
ganization meeting. 

Inspection by the members of the associa- 
tion will be strictly a war measure for 
conservation of the nation's resources for 
the nation's protection. The inspectors will 
not mention insurance. Owners of building- 
will he advised of possible changes which 
would reduce the fire risk. 



WANTS U. S. SENATE 
RID OF MEN WHO ARE 
ENEMIES OF AMERICA 



Council Passes Resolution, Copies of 
which will be Sent to Delegation in 
Washington, Expressing " Hearty 
Sympathy" with Action of flinne- 
sota Committee of Public Safety 



REPORTS SUBMITTED 

AT WEEKLY MEETING 

"Hearty sympathy" with action "seek- 
ing to rid tic 1 niii-il Slates Senate of 
enemies of this country" was voted by the 
( onnectieut State Council of Defense at its 
meeting of Wednesday. The following reso- 
lution was passed by the council: " Voted, 
that the senators of ('onnectieut be informed 
that the Connecticut state Council of De- 
n-use is in hearty sympathy with the action 
of the Minnesota Committee of Public 
Safety in seeking to rid the Senate of 
enemies of this country, and further that 
,i copy of this vote he sent to all of Con- 
necticut's representatives in Congress." 

Those present at the executive session 
Wednesday were Chairman R. M. Bissell, 
Joseph W. Alsop, Winchester Bennett, Dr. 
D. Chester Brown, Adjutant Ceneral George 
M. Cole, H. A. Giddings and Julius C. 
S1 remlau. 

The matter of service il igs In be displayed 
by the families of men in tic state who are 
in the military and naval service was dis- 
cussed and the council favored a program 
by which these be made available at reason- 
able cost and people in the state be in- 
formed concerning their use. 

A suggestion that the budgets of the 
several committees be submitted in advance 
of the regular meeting of tin- council to a 
special committee, was approved, and Chair- 
man Bissell will name a committee to take 
up the plan. 

The general meeting was attended by Gov- 
ernor Marcus H. Holeomb, the following 
chairmen or representatives of sub com- 
mittees. Lueien F. Burpee, George B. Chand- 
ler, Colonel C. D. Cowles, Rear Admiral W. 
S. i owles. U". S. X., retired; Dr. C. C. God- 
frey, S. H. Holmes, G M Landers, W. H. 
Putnam. Dr. T. F. Rockwell, G. G. Williams 
ana F. A. Verplanck: the following chair- 
men or representatives of count)' auxiliary 

nittees, B. F. English and Dudley L. 

Vaill: and Robert Scoville. federal food ad- 
ministrator for t iiniiii'l tout. 

Mr. Chandler reported for the Committee 
on Publicity, Judge Burpee for the Com- 
mit! m State Pi 'lion, and Admiral 

Cowles for the Military and Naval Com- 
mittee. 

At the suggestion of Or. Godfrey, chair- 
man of the Committee on Sanitation and 
Medicine, it was voted that the resignation 
of Dr. Ralph A. McDonnell he accepted with 
regret and it was also Mitel to appoint to 
(Continued on page 4) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 






CONNECTK TT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
subcommittees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning otlicial matters. 



Vol.1, HARTFORD, CONN., OCT.5,1917. No. 10 



WO/WAN'S COMMITTEE IS 

MADE PART OF COUNCIL 

Connecticut Division Reorganized and 

Arrangements Perfected for 

Carrying on Work. 



Tli, ' 'i Division of the Woman's 

Committee of the Council of National De- 
fense has been co a sub committee 
of the i onnecticut State Council of Defense 
to be known as the Committee on Wi en J 
Activities. The council voted at its meet- 
; ngj Septembei 26, that this committee 
-, of the follow ing women: 

Miss ( aroline Etuutz-Rees, Greenwich, 
Chairman; Mrs. Richard M. Bissell, Hart- 
foul-. Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel, Litchfield; 
.Mis-, Christine J. Haas, Hartford; Mrs. 
Arthur T. Hadley, New Haven; Mrs. Ed- 
ward W. W. Hayward, Hartford; Mrs. 
Charles A. Jackson,' Wate'rbury; Mrs. W. E. 
! i i. i Irei nwich; Mrs. Herbert Knox 

Smith, Hartford; and Miss Mary C. Welle.-.. 
Newington. 

1 1 was voted that the name of the seere 
tary and treasurer be not included in the 
committee membership, in accordance with 
the uniform practice of the council with 
respecl to its other committees, and that 
the women members of other sub-committees 

of th" c cil I"' requested I" attend the 

regular meeting of the Committee on Worn 
en's Activities. The council also voted thai 
the chairmen of it* sub-committees be re- 
.1 to add to their committees the fol 
lowing women: 

i rial Survey — Mrs. H. A. Bum- 
stead, New Haven. 

Food Supply and Conservation — Miss M. 
Estella Sprague, Hartford. 

Man Power and Labor — Mrs. Arthur M. 
Dodge. Simsbury. 

Sanitation and Medicine — Dr. Valeria 
IT. Parker, Hartford and Dr. Kate C. Meade, 
Middle town. 

( -dinalion of Societies — Mr*. W. S 

Cowles, Farmington. 

Education Committee — Miss Susan B. 
Hir'tin-ton, Norwich. 

Finance — Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley. 
Hartford. 

Publicity — Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton. 
Greenwich. 



A representative 'if the Federal Food A, I 
ministration, Washington, in chat 
sign board publicity lias arranged with the 
mi ni of Hartford to display large 
ii the Old City Hall and the Now Mu- 
nicipal Building in Hartford. These signs 
will be paid for out of trie funds of the city. 



CHANGES IN UNIFORM REGULATIONS 

AND DISTINGUISHING MARKS, 

ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES 



Some question lias arisen as to the status 
as respects collar devices, etc. of men in the 
National Army under the selective draft 
who are transferred to till up regiments of 
the National Guard. This is a matter which 
will shortly adjust itself. The men will 
heroine merged with their associates, "ill 
wear the same distinguishing marks upon 
their uniform and the question as to 
whether the) were recently in the National 
Guard, enlisted in the National Guard or 
wire transferred from the National Army 
w ill be quickly lost sight of. 

The soldiers of the National Army will 
certainly rank high as compared with the 
National Guard in character, personnel and 
efficiency, in fact the National Guard will 
probably he required to look to its laurels 
and reputation in c ipetition with the Na- 
tional Army before many months. 

\ statement as to the distinguishing uni- 
form marks will be of interest to readers 
of the Bulletin. All troops, throughout the 
war wear olive drab uniform. Die 
full dress uniforms have been abolished for 
the time being. 

One of the principal distinguishing marks 
as to branch of service is tie- hat end. 
Soldiers of the infantry wear a light blue 

. ;ili \ yellow, artillery red. :- 
in the various staff corps such as Quarter- 
masters, Ordnance, Medical. Signal, etc. 
wear cords in which the alternate strands 
are a different color, the list being quite 
extensive and complicated, for example: 
Medical Corps, maroon: Engineers, scarlet 
and white: Ordnance, black and 
Signal Corps, orange and white: Quarter- 
masters, bull', I'tr. 

All officers wear the same kind of hat 
cord, a black and gold, strands alternating, 
the cords ending in the ease of both officers 
anil enlist ed men with acorns. 

Officers and enlisted men of the United 
States Army will wear upon the collai of 
coats and shirts letters "I'. S.;" of the 



National Guard the letters " U. S." with 
" N. G." superimposed thereon, and of the 
National Army " U. S." with " N. A." 
superimposed thereon. Officers of the Re- 
serve Corps who have secured their com- 
missions by direct appointment or after 
attending a training camp wear the letters 
■ U. S. it." 

Ill the ea-c of enlisted men these letters 
are raised in the center of a round button 
\i Inch is attached to the collar. When the 
flannel shirt is worn without blouse the 
letters are worn upon one side of the collar 
and the devices indicating rank (in the 
ea-e oi officers) and branch oi service upon 
the other side of the collar. 

The collar devices indicating branch of 
ervice for both officers and enlisted men 
are crossed rifles for infantry, crossed sabers 
for cavalry, crossed cannon for artillery, for 
coast artillery crossed cannon with an oval 
in the center upon which is superimposed a 
i l 1 The insignia of the aviation section 
i- two narrow wings with shield between. 

I be gj -,[f\ ■ in 1 1 l.s indical ing the rank 
of non-commissioned officers arc in the form 
of small chevrons of a color similar to the 
uniform, worn points up. three stripes with 
a diamond below indicating a first sergeant, 
stripe- a sergeant and two stripes a 
corporal, one stripe a lance corporal. 

The rank of officers is indicated upon 
their overcoats by clover leaves in black 
braid at the cull' end of the sleeve. The 
plain sleeve indicates second lieutenant, one 
.lover leaf first lieutenant, two a captain, 
three a major, lour a lieutenant colonel and 
: colonel. 

All officers wear leather leggings except- 
ing mounted officers, who are permitted to 
wear boots. Enlisted men. as a rule, weai 
canvas leggings. The spiral bandage puttee 
so much used in foreign armies is authorized 
for use iii the field only and may be worn 
by either officers or enlisted men. 



GOVERNOR JOINS PRESIDENT IN URGING 

JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE RED CROSS 



The Following Proclamation was 
Issued Last Week by Governor 
Marcus H. Holcomb : — 

As Governor of the State of i onnect icut 
I direct the attention of school authorities 
to the import nice of the proclamation of 
our President to the school children of this 
country to Income Junior members of the 
\merican Red < ross, and I recommend that 
the proclamation lie posted in ever) school 
building in t his s ta te. 

The schools of Connecticut stand first of 
all for the training of boys and girls as 
future citizens. Citizenship implies obli- 
gation to render personal service to i he 
country. Our country now calls for united 
ervice from all. The school children arc 
now enabled, by their schools becoming 
working auxiliaries of the American Red 
Cross, to render patriotic service to their 

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country while at the same time increasing 
their training along practical lines. 

Shall not the state of Connecticut be 
foremost to enroll its schools as auxiliaries 
and enlist its children as junior members 
of the American Red Cross? 

(Sinned) MARCUS II. HOLCOMB. 
September 27, 1917. 



WHAT ONE FRATERNAL ORDER 

IS DOING IN WAR WORK 

William J. Mulligan, wdio has charge of 
the war activities of the Knights of ( 
liiinbus in Connecticut, has arranged for 
nil councils in the state to hold Conserva- 
tion Night during October. Thus far, $30,- 
600 has been collected for the Knights of 
Columbus War Fund in Connecticut. Mr. 
Mulligan expects that $25,000 more will 
be collected during October. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Every Dollar Used to Buy Liberty Bonds is an 

Investment in Democracy 



Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo Says 



For the purpose of 

Equipping with arms, clothing and food our gallant 

soldiers who have been called to the field; 
Maintaining our navy and our valiant tars upon the 

high w:i>: 

Providing the necessary means to pay the wages of 
our soldiers and sailors and, if the bill now pend- 
ing in the congress passes, the monthly allow. 

for the support of their dependent families and 
In supplj them with life insurance; 
i onstrucl ing a great fleet of merchant vessels to main- 
tain the line of communication with our brave 
troops in France, and to keep our commerce afloat 
upon the high seas in defiance of the German 
kaiser and his submarines; 
Creating a great fleet of aeroplane-, which will give 
complete supremacy in the air to the United States 
and the brave nations lighting with us against 
the German military menace; and for other I 
war purposes; 
The congress of the United States has authorized the 
.1 tary of the treasury t" sell to tin- American peo 
bonds of the United Stales bearing four per rent, interest, 
with valuable tax exemptions, and convertible under cer- 
tain conditions into other issues of railed States bonds 
that maj be authorized by the congress. The official cir- 
cular of the treasury department gives full details. 

Then- is now offered to the American people a new 
issue of $3 000,000,000 of bonds to be known as the Second 
Liberty Lean. They will be issued in such denominations 
and upon such terms that every patriotic citizen will have 
an opportunity to assist the government by lending his 
monej upon the security of a United States government 
bond. 

It is essential to the success of the war and to the 
support of our gallant troops that these loans shall not 
lie subscribed, but over-subscribed. No one is asked 
to donate or give his money to the government; but every- 
body is asked to lend his money to the government. The 
loans will be repaid in full with interest at the rate of four 
per cent per annum. A government bond is the safest in- 
vestment in the world; it is as good as currency and yet 
belter, because the government bond bears interest and 
currency does not. No other investment compares with it 



for safely, ready convertibility into cash, and unqi 
availability as collateral security for loans in any bank 
in the United States, 

People by thousands ask the treasury constantly bow 
tiny can help the government in this war. Through the 
purchase of Liberty Bonds every one can help. No more 
patriotic duly can be performed by those who cannot 
actually Bgh1 upon the field of battle than to furnish the 
government witli the necessary money to enable it to give 
our brave soldiers and sailors all that they require to make 
them strong for the fight capable of winning a swift victory 
oui enemies. 

We fight, first of all, for America's vital rights, the 
right to the unmolested and unobstructed use of the high 
-'i that the surplus products of our farms, our mines 
and our factories may lie carried into lite harbors of every 
friendly nation in the world. Our welfare and prosperity 
as i people depend upon our right of peaceful intercourse 
with all the nations of the earth. To abandon these rights 

withdrawing our hips and commerce from the seas 
upon the order of a military despot in Europe would de- 
stroy prosperity and bring disaster and humiliation upon 
Mn \merican people. 

We tie.li! to protect our citizens against assassination 
mi murder upon the high seas while in the peaceful exer- 
cise of those rights demanded by international law ami 
instinct and dictate of humanity. 

We fight to preserve our democratic institutions and 
on: sovereigntj as a nation against (lie menace of a power- 
ful and ruthless military autocracy headed by the German 
kaiser, whi se ambition is to dominate the world. 

We fight also for the noble ideal of universal democ- 
racy and liberty, the right of the smallest and weakest 
nations equally with the most powerful to live and to gov- 
ern themselves according to the will of their own people. 

We light for peace, for that just and lasting peace 
which agonized and tortured humanity craves, and which 
not the sword nor the bayonet of a military despot but the 
supremacy of vindicated right alone can restore to a di 
tracted world. 

To secure these ends I appeal to every man and woman 
who resides upon the soil of free America and enjoys lite 
blessings of her priceless institutions to join the Lea 
of Patriots by purchasing a Liberty Bond. 



SACRIFICE FOR THE CAUSE^DF WORLD DEMOCRACY 

Buy Liberty Bonds and Urge Your Friends to Loan their Money to the United States 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense calls upon all members of its organi- 
zation throughout the state to GET BEHIND THE GOVERNMENT in pushing the 
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN. United effort will help put Connecticut in the first rank 
in per capita subscriptions. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



WANTS U. S. SENATE 
RID OF MEN WHO ARE 
ENEMIES OF AMERICA 



( lontinued from page 1 . 



thai committee Dr. Frank 11. Wheeler of 
New Haven. 

Dr. Valeria Parker presented a repori 01 
the work of the police women, and it was 
poted that the report be accepted and placed 
on tile. 

Mr. Williams submitted a report for the 
Committee on Co-ordination of Societies 
Miss Caroline Ruutz Kits, for the ' om 
mittee on Women's Activities, and Mr. 
Landers for the Committee on Food Supplj 
and Conservation. 



MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 26 

At the executive session on September 
2ii. those present were Chairmen Richard 

M. Bissell, J. W. Alsop, Winchester Ben- 
nett. Dr. I). Chester Brown, Adjutant Gen- 
eral George M. Cole and H. A. Giddings. 
Mr. Bissell presided. 

The discussion at this session concerned 
tl rganization of the ( ommitteeon Wom- 
en's Activities to be constituted from the 
Connecticut Division of the Woman's Com- 
mittee of the Council of National Defense. 
and the organization of the council work in 
Fairfield County. 

It was also voted at this session that 
Frederick A. Verplanck, superintendent of 

scl Is in South Manchester, be' appointed 

chairman of the Committee on Education. 

The regular session followed, those pres- 
ent being His Excellency Governor Marcus 
II. Holcomb, the following chairmen or rep- 
resentatives of sub-committees: George B. 
Chandler, Rear Admiral William Sheffield 
Cowles, (J. S. N. retired; Dr. 0. C. Godfrey, 
Stanley II. Holmes, George M. Landers. 
Lucius F. Robinson, Thomas W. Rus ell, 
Bishop White, George G. Williams an d 
Frederick A. Verplanck; the following 
chairman or representatives of county aux- 
iliary committees: G. S. Beach. W. Arthur 
Countryman, G. Harold Gilpatric, Wilson 
H. Lee, Robert McNeeley, Arthur L. Ship- 
man, Harry C. Smith, A. D. William- and 
Dudley L. Vaill, and Robert Scoville, the 
Federal Food Administrator for Connecticut. 

Mr. Landers reported for the Committee 
on Food Supply and Conservation and Mr. 
Scoville told the council of plans for secur- 
ing pledges for the Hoover pledge car. Is. 
Mr. Chandler reported for the Committee 
on Publicity and Dr. Godfrey for the Com 
mittee on Sanitation and Medicine. Budg 
ets were presented by several chairmen of 
committees and the proposed expenditures 
w ere discussed and approved. 

Mr. Bissell read a report from Lucius F. 
Robinson, chairman of the Legal Committee, 
on the proposed federal law relating to 
soldiers' and sailors' civil rights, and it was 
voted that the representatives of Connecti- 
cut in Congress be informed that the bill 
is not approved by the council in its present 
form and suggesting to them certain objec- 
tionable features. 

It was also voted that the Industrial Sur- 
\e\ i onimittee be instructed to appoint a 
sub committee to have entire charge of put- 
ting into effect in Connecticut the recom- 
mendations of the Commercial Economy 
Board of the Council of National Defense. 



NURSES' NAMES WANTED 

Efforts Being Made to Complete Connecticut 
Census 

The following is published at the request 
of the Connecticut Bureau of Militarj 
Census: — 

The State Nurses' Association, in line 
with the associations in other states, and 
in i injunction with, the Military Census 
Bureau of this state, is endeavoring to re tch 
every registered graduate, practical and 
Led Cross nurse in Connecticut who has 
not already filled out the blank sent out 
by the Census Bureau. The mime and pies 
ent address on a postal is all that is 
necessary, addressing it to Miss R. Inde Al- 
baugh, secretary. Care State Military 
Census State Library. Hartford. ff any 
nurse has changed her address since March 
1!H7, Miss Albaugh would be glad to know 
of that also. 

The hospital and registries are es- 
pecially asked to see that a list is sent in 
of those nurses who have left, with their 
present addresses, and those who have re- 
cently registered. 

Every one is urged to co-operate with tin 
Connecticut Military Census Bureau as it 
is essential that the census be as complete 
as possible. 

HOME GARDEN MOVEMENT 

SUCCESSFUL IN STATE 

Food Supply Committee Has Already 

Undertaken Plans for 

Next Year 

The Committee on Food Supply and Con- 
servation of the council authorizes the fol- 
lowing statement on home gardens: — 

It is hard to estimate the value of crops 
grown in home gardens. Throughout the 
United States this movement has been suc- 
cessfully carried on and particularly so in 
Connecticut, due to the fact that at the 
start, competent men in different citiestook 
hold of the project and put it through under 
proper organization. The food supply com- 
mittee lias invited R. LaMotte Russell, who 
was responsible largely for the success of 
the Manchester gardens, to undertake, with 
Professor Stevens of the Connecticut Agri- 
cultural College, general control of this 
movement for next year. It is desirable to 
make an early start in order that ground 
may be prepared and amateurs warned 
against bad -eed, which lessened the crops 
this year and also that home gardeners 
next year shall be certain not to grow too 
large a proportion of perishable crops. Mr. 
Russell and Professor Stevens will asso- 
ciate with them men in different cities who 
have had to do with this work, this com- 
mittee to be known as the sub-committee 
on Connecticut home gardens. 



COUNTY CHAIRMEN 
AND SECRETARIES 

MEET IN HARTFORD 



Session Results in Suggestions Which 

Should Improve Speed in Rela= 

tions With Council 

At the suggestion of Richard M. Bissell, 
chairman of the council, a meeting of the 
chairmen of the countj Auxiliary com- 
mittees and tlie secretaries of these com- 
mittees was held October 4, at 11.30 A. M., 
at the offices of the council in Hartford. 
The purpose of the meeting was to confer 
with the secretary of the council in regard 
to ways and means of securing better re- 
sults from the town and county bulletins, 
which are continually being sent out from 
the council's office. 

The following were present: From Hart- 
ford County, Mr. Shipman and Mr. Coun- 
tryman; from New Haven County, Mr. 
English; from Litchfield County. Mr. Vaill 
and Mr. Taylor; from Middlesex County, 
Mr. Meech and Mr. Smith; from Tolland 
County, Mr. Fuller; from Windham County, 
Mr. Gilpatric and Mr. Ryan. 

The meeting resulted in a better under- 
standing on the part of those present of 
the wishes of the council as to making re- 
ports on bulletins, and a number of valu- 
able suggestions were made to the secre- 
tary by the adoption of which it is hoped 
to materially improve the speed with which 
results are obtained and the manner in 
which data is forwarded. 



COMMERCIAL ECONOMY 



Rye and Wheat Committee 

Acting with the Department of Agricul- 
ture and the Connecticut Agricultural Col 
lege, a sub-committee on rye and wheat 
has been appointed by the Council's Com- 
mittee on Food Supply and Conservation. 
this subcommittee consists of J. C. Cham- 
berlain of Middlebury, Walter W. Holmes 
of Waterbury, and Professor W. L. Slate 
of the Agronomy Department of the Con- 
necticut Agricultural College. The govern- 
ment has notified the food supply committee 
that it expect- Connecticut to doublle this 
year its last year's acreage of rye, and a 
campaign has been begun to bring about 
this result. 



Farmington Merchants Show What Can Be 
Done in Small Town 

The recommendations of the Commercial 
Economy Board of the Council of National 
Defeus,. looking to the elimination of need- 
less deliveries apply to the small town as 
well as to the city. Wherever delivery ser- 
vice is being maintained by retailers, this 
problem should be taken up. In order to 
show what can be done in this matter in a 
small town, the Bulletin prints herewith a 
letter sent out to their customers by the two 
stores in Farmington maintaining delivery 
-ei \ ice. 
-■ To tin i 'itizens of Farmington : 

" The government is asking, through the 
Council of Defense, that stores curtail the need- 
less delivery of merchandise. The delivery of 
groceries costs fully seventy-five millions a 
year. The cost of delivery can be reduced fifty 
per cent, with the co-operation of the house- 
keeper. 

" A great number of young men have been 
called to the colors, each man at the front 
meaning one less at home, which in turn means 
more work for those at home. The slogan of 
the Woman's Committee of the Council of De- 
fense should be ' Order o?icc a day. carry every 
package you can and do it for your country's 
sake.' This is going to demand co-operative 
effort of the mast democratic and persistent 
sort. You should look upon this as a great 
national service and in doing so realize that 
you are helping save the nation. 

" To conform with the above suggestion, be- 
ginning October first, we will discontinue rilling 
to take orders as we have done heretofore. 
Orders received by 'phone, messenger or other- 
wise, will receive careful attention. Orders re- 
ceived before 10 o'clock A. M. will be delivered 
before noon ; orders received up to 3 o'clock 
P. M. will be delivered in time for dinner at 
night. 

" R. B. MANSFIELD, 

" Successsor to 
" Mansfield & Williams. 
" THE LITTLE RED STORE. 
" J. A. Skoglund." 




&0tm?rttntt litllrtm. 



Published Bi»Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, OCTOBEE 1!/, 1917 



No. 11 



ENTHUSIASTIC WORKERS 
CROWD AUDITORIUM AT 
STATEWIDE WAR RALLY 



More than 1,500 Men and Women from 
Every Corner of the State attend 
Notable Meeting — Rabbi Wise, 
Countess Turczynowicz and F. C_ 
Walcott make stirring Addresses 



LIBERTY CHORUS S1NQS 

PATRIOTIC SELECTIONS 

Crowded to the doors with an au 
of zealous war workers from everj part of 
Connecticut, Foot Guard Ball was the 
sci oe Wednesday afternoon of a " Statewide 
War Rally" held under the joint ausj 
oi i he ( onnect i ut State < louncil of De- 
fense and the i < nnecticut I hamber of Com- 
merce, s<> enthusiastic that i; augurs well 
for the success of the " Rally Week" which 
it inaugurated. Seldom lias am i oni I 
icut audience been stirred to such emotion 
as marked this rally where more than 1,500 
men and women, representing every corner 
of the state and all of them active in 
furthering their nation's efforts to wage 
a successful war. were told by authorita- 
tive speakers why it was necessary that 
they redouble their efforts and continue 

Hi n work until the world has I n m 

'• safe for democracy." 

Patriotic singing bj 100 trained voices 
and elaborate decoration, formed an ap- 
propriate setting for the rally. Red, white 
blue streamers were hung in festoons 
from the ceiling, interspersed with clusters 
of American flags. Around three side- of 
the hall were flags of the nations who are 
fight Lng the common foe. 

I h ■ rally marked the first appearance 
of any of the Liberty Choruses organized 
hv the state defense council, Hartford Pub- 
lic High School, Unit No. 1, Liberty Chor- 
uses of C( nnecticut. which opened the rally 
with fifteen minutes ■ f singing. The chorus 
was conducted bj Ralph I.. Baldwin. Pa- 
triotic songs of tlie United suites and the 
Allies were suns at the start of the rally 
and between each of the addresses, among 
them British and French anthems, and a 
ii' > American song, " L'hree Cheers for 
your i lid- Sam." 

The Liberty Chorus nearly (filed the 
which was decorated with American 
Besides the singers and the speakers, 
there were on the stage: Richard M. Bissell. 
chairman of the state defense council, who 
presided; Edward P. Jones, president of 
the Connecticut ( hamber of Commerce; 
Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, chairman of the 
Committee on Woman's Activities of the 
deli use council: Rt. Rev. Mgr. Thomas s. 
Duggan, Rev. Dr. William Douglas Mac- 
kenzie and Rev. Dr. Harry \Y. Ettleson. 

Mr. Jones opened the meeting with a 
statement of the object of the "Rally 
Week" program that was being inaugu- 
rated and introduced Mr. Bissell, who in - 

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Chamber of Commerce 
Endorses Efforts of 

Connecticut Council 

The Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, 

at its annual convention held Thursday at 
the Hartford Chile passed a resolution en- 
dorsing the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense and praising it highlj for bringing 
tiie state to a high degree of efficiency in 
handling problems incidental to the war ami 
promoting close co-operation between ion 
necticut and the federal government. The 
resolution follows: 

"Whereas, Governor Marcus 11. Holcomb, 
under Chapter 11 of the Public Acts oi 
1917, appointed by proclamation on April 
2G the Connecticut state Council of De- 
fense to "marshal the resource- ut 

necticut for war" and to have complete 
and direction of |l, . ., .,, i nit ies 
of Connecticut, co-operation with the sim 
ounciis in other states and with the 
Council of National Defense, and 

"Whereas, the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense, thus appointed, has organized 
sub-committees and county and town aux 
iliary committees, and through this centra 
and -la tew i . 1 < - 01 

tin war worlc of Connecticut on a substan 
lial basis and in an efficient manner. 

"Therefore, be il resolved, that the ( i n 

necticut Chamber of Commerce, in annual 

! iii Hartford, Connecticut, on this, 

e i ii daj ' i 1917, en 

the work which the Connecticut State Coun 
cil of Defense has undertaken, commend 
or Marcus II. Holcomb and i lie Con 
necticut State Council of Defense for tin 
cry of Connecticut at its highest 
efficiencj for war work to the Eedei il 
ernment, and assures Governor Holcoml 
the ( oniiectietn Si ate ( ouncil of I )efe • 
of its fullest co-operation in the months 
to come in the task of leading the pi 
oi i onnecticut as they do their part in the 
great task Of winning the war." 



AN HONOR ROLL 

The to,' t] o| WlndSOl' Locks. III. i 

i m -ii jgest ion made o I he < oi c i< ut 

State Council of Defense, has posted on a 
bulletin board the name of each man of the 
town who is in the military or naval ser 
vice of the United Stale-. Wishing 
not behind and if po sible a litue ahead oi 
hi re "i tin state in the movement to 
honor its sons who have gone to war. the 
town has posted the home address of eacl 
of its soldiei and sailor son- as well as 
their names and claims to be the only town 
that has done this. The work has keen 
done through a committee of the Windsor 
i hamber oi I ommerce consist ing of 
Charles II. Cove, chairman: J. Finton Wal- 
lace, secretary; Frederick s. Bidwell, jr. 
John "H. Kar.ee. and Charles Colli. The 
bulletin is displayed in the show window 
of the Bidwell < ompanj on Main street. 



COUNCIL WILL SEND 
DELEGATES TO CONFER 
ON CAMP RECREATION 



Accepts Invitation to be Represented 
at Conference of War Workers in 
Washington — Expresses Regret at 
Resignation of Secretary Thomas 
Hewes of Farmington 



REGISTRATION OF WOMEN 

To START IN NEW HAVEN 

I he i onnecticut Stati I tncil of De- 
fense, at the meeting held Wednesday morn- 
ing received an imitation from the War 
unmix Recreation Service of Washing- 
ton, D. C, to send delegates to a confer- 
to be held at the national ( lapitol on 
day, October 23, to discuss plans for 
recreation arrangements ai military camps 
and cantonments. The invitation was ac- 
cepted by the council, which voted to send 
George G. Williams and Rear Admiral Wil- 
liam S. Cowles to the conference. 

Those present at the executive 
wire: Chairman Richard M. Bissell, who 
presided, Joseph W. Alsop, Winchester Ben- 
nett, Dr. I). ( iic-'er Brown, Adjutant I 
oral George M. Cole, (harles A. Goodwin 
and Julius C. Stremlau. 

The council voted to- accept with 
the resignation of Thomas Hewes of Farm- 
ington as it- secretary, to lake effect No 
vember 1. and to oiler the thanks of the 
council for the zealous and able service 
he has rendered. 

Mr. Alsop was instructed, after a discus- 
sion over the question of a voluntary regis- 
tration of the women of the state, to eon- 
■itli the women's committee in regard 
io the proposed step. 

The voluntary registration of women is 
to begin in New Haven. It is the opinion 
o' members of the Stale ('ouncil of De- 
Fense and of it.- committee on Woman'- Ac- 
tivities that the priniaiw object of the vol- 
untary registration of women should be 
Io procure more workers for tin- war in- 
dustries of the -tra- 
tion will not be worth I hi' effort and ex- 
pense unle-- the result is attai 1. It is 

probable that in New Haven t ion 

will soon demand additional help for the 
mi i ions plants having government orders. 

■.el of attempt ing i lie statew ide reg 
(ration at the start, it is intended to make 
New Haven the first unit for the work and 
to keep close track there on the results as 
tic registration proceeds. If the plan 
works out as it is hoped il will, the regis- 
tration will be continued in other cities. 
The details of the plan to he pursued in 
taking the registration ate being worked 
out now-, and it is expected that they will 
be ready to be announced by the middle of 
next week. 

Dr. Charles C. Godfrey, chairman of the 
Committee on Sanitation and Medicine, was 
instructed to confer with the proper author- 
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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

Slate Council of Defense 



MEN CAN HELP, TOO 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
sation informed concerning, official matters. 



Vol.1, HARTFORD, CONK., OCT. 19, 1917. No. 11 



RALLY WEEK" PROGRAM 
HAS NOTABLE FEATURES 




Prominent Men Engaged as Speakers 

for Mass Meetings in Many 

Towns and Cities 

" Rally Week." which began last Wed 
nesday and ends next Wednesday, is being 
observed throughout Connecticut as a week 
in which efforts are being mad.' to bring 
home to every resident of the state the 
need of active personal co-operation with 
state and government along every line of 
endeavor in which the individual can help, 
to foster the Libertj Loan and food saving 
pledge campaigns and to develop tne "will 
to w in the Mar " spirit in every man and 
n oman. 

I he week started with the ' I ite-Wide 
War Rally" in Foot Guard Hall, Hartford, 
and il will end with the observance of 
Libertj Day on Wednesday. October 24, 
when, in accordance with President Wilson's 
recent proclamation, mass meetings and 
rallies will he held in every corner of the 
state. In Hartford, the Liberty Day pro- 
gram will include a rally in the State 

\r \\ at which Former President William 

Howard Taft is expected to speak. 

Arrangements for the rallies are being 
made by a joint committee of the Con 
tiecticut Slate Council of Defense and the 
i onneel icut < hamber oi < lommerce with 
headquarters with the Publicity Committee 
of the Defense I ouni il at the state Capitol. 
The speakers' bureau is in charge of Arthur 
! . for t he i Ih imber of ( lommerce 
and Austin Dunham for the Council. 

For the meetings in other places than 
Hartford a number of widely known speak- 
have been engaged, among them the 
following: 

Dr. Stockton Axson. brother-in-law of 
President Wilson and professor of English 
literature at Rice University, Texas; 
Arthur .1. Westermayr, lawyer, of New 5 ork 
City; 0. c. Bestor, directoi of the speak- 
ers' committee of the Bureau of Public In 
formation, Washington, D. C, and presi 
dent of the Chautauqua Institute; Chester 
1 1 Pugsley, lawyer, of New York City, and 
president of the Peekskill Board of Com- 
merce; Former United States Senator Theo- 
e E. Burton of Ohio, now president oi 
ih, Merchants' National Hank of New Fork 
ciu ; Congressman -lame- P. Glynn ; Her- 
bert S. Houston, first vice president of 
Doubleday Page & Co. and former president 
of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the 
World. 

The schedule includes rallies in towns 
and cities in all parts of the stale. 



Food Administrator Wants Them to 
Sign Food Conservation Pledges 

Robert Scoville, Federal Food Adminis- 
trator for Connecticut, lias issued an appeal 
to the men of Connecticut to co-operate with 
the womenfolk of the state in the food con- 
servation movement, especially by signing 
the food conservation pledge. The state 

mold follow - : 

" 1'iaei iealh all classes 
of people who handle 
food now ha\ e some form 
of regulation. The deal- 
ers are licensed: the 
hotel keepers and res- 
taurant men are prac- 
tically so. The house 
h lie. who is the largest 
handler of food of all, is being asked to do 
her work without government regulation 
in,] i being given the opportunity to pledge 
herself to do so. 

■■ This I looyei Pledge Campaign is not 
entirely a woman's affair. It is vital to 
the success of the movement that the men 
also actively concern themselves with this 
campaign. Not only must they accede to 
the f 1 saving but they must take an ac- 
tive interest in f 1 conservation in their 

households. Already over a thousand mem- 
bers of the Elks Lodge have signed the 
Food conservation pledge personally. It 
has ceased with them to be their wive-' 

affair. They are going to give | 

attention to the food problems in their 
f:i milies." 



MARKETING POTATOES 

Consumers Urged to Secure Supplies from 

Farmers 

The following statement on marketing po 
I does in Connecticut is authorized by the 
council's Committee on Food Supply and 
Conservation : — 

From reports in hand it is evident that 
while a community storage of potatoes will 
he necessary in only a few- places in Con 
necticut, private storage will in very many 
places !»• taxed to the utmost. To meet 
i his condition, consumers generally arc 
being urged to lay in at once as large a 
supply of potati r- as they may need or can 
conveniently keep, and to buy their sup 
plies directly from the farmers. Wide pub- 
licity will he given to this suggestion, and 
farmers are urged to co-operate by placing 
signs or placards before their houses and by 
giving their names to the local correspond 
rut of the food supply committee in each 
town. 



WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION 
ELECTS TOWN CHAIRMEN 



Tin Connecticut State Council of 
Defense invites suggestions from 
those receiving the "Connecticut Bul- 
letin " as to any matter of detail or 
general policy which, in the opinion 
of the recipient, will increase the 
Council's efficiency and promote the 
welfare of the state and nation. 



Publicity Committee Announces List 

of Speakers Available for 

State Campaigns 

The following permanent town chairmen 
were elected at a joint meeting of the Com- 
mittee on W an's Activities of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense and the 
Connecticut Division of the Woman's Com- 
mittee of the Council of National Defense 
held this week : 

\hs. Charles Hyde. Canterbury. 

Mis. llartwell. Danbury. 

Mrs. P. !'. Wilcox, Durham. 

Mis. Worcester Webber, Essex. 

Mrs. William )!. Clover. Fairfield. 

Mrs. William C. Cheney, Manchester. 

.Miss Frances Ellen Brinley, Newington. 

ills. George B. Chandler. Korkv Hill. 

Mrs. R. L. Selden, Saybrook. 

A Social Service Department was or- 
ganized with I he following members: Mrs. 
Art Inn M. Dodge, chairman; Mrs. C. E. A. 
Winslow, New Haven: .Mis. Bernard T. 
Williams, Hartford. 

Mrs. Henry A. Perkins was appointed 
assistant to Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton, 
chairman of the Publicitj i ommittee. This 
committee reported that the following 
speakers are available for the use of the 
e Defense Council in state campaigns: 

Dr. Valeria 11. Darker. Hartford: .Mrs. J. 
L. Buel, Litchfield; Mrs. E. W. W. Hay- 
ward. Hartford: Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, 
Greenwich; Mrs. c. A. Jackson, Waterbury; 
Dr. Kate C. Mead, Middletown; Mrs. Elmer 
G. Darby, Middletown; Mrs. Frank Hyland 
Snell, Washington, D. C; Miss Anna C. 
Walter, Middletown: Mrs. M. E. Sprague, 
Storrs; Mrs. lid win II. Frost, Thomaston; 
Mrs. George 1!. Chandler, Rocky Hill; Miss 
(.race Murray, Guilford; Miss Margaret 
Fitzgerald, Riverside; Miss Anna L. Smith, 
\! iddletown. 

These women will speak on various 
phases of war work, including food con- 
servation, the Liberty Loan ami recruiting. 

Mrs. Morgi Bulkeley, chairman of the 

Liberty Loan < ommittee, reported that con- 
siderable success is being met with by the 
committee, which has organized with fifty 
town chairmen in every part of the state. 

As chairman of the Committee on Health 
and Recreation, Dr. Valeria II. Parker re- 
ported thai, ai tie- suggestion of the Trav- 
elers' Aid Society of New England, local 
inizations are being formed in every 
i 01 client town for the purpose id' form- 
ing a connecting link between the soldiers 
id' the National Army at I amp Devens, Ayer, 
Mass.. and women relatives and friends 
who vvi-h to visit I hem at camp. The com- 
mittees will aid the visitors in finding rooms 
at or near Aver and in locating the soldiers 

w h they wish to visit. The work is 

being done under the direction of Mrs. Ed- 
ward Porritt. Twenty-sis town committees 
are already organized. 



The publicity committee of the Connecti- 
cut State Council of Defense has received 
from Paul Stoeekel, editor of the " Con- 
ner! icut Staals Zeitune." a Hartford Ger- 
man newspaper, a complete copy of his 
mailing list, including some 5000 names. 
The council's publicity committee will use 
this list in sending out material of special 
interest to men and women of German 
parentage. 



D. Of 

MAR 23 ' 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 




By His Excellency 
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb 

A PROCLAMATION 

Since the world entered upon its period 
of travail and our country became a sharer 
in its agonies, I have repeatedly called upon 
the clergj of Connecticut — and never in 
vain — to act as oracles in the cause" of 
liberty by giving utterances from their pul- 
pit-, on the needs of t he hour. Once re 

docs stern necessity require me to make 
this call. 

The people of the United States of 
America have been singularly blessed 
throughout the years. hue Giver of all 

i I Gifts lias endowed them with wealth 

and resources such as never have been be- 
stowed upon any other people in all re- 
corded history. For the second time within 
four months we are called upon to make a 
loan of our substance to our common gov- 
ernment. Both enlightened self-interest and 
patriotic emotion give sanction to this call. 
In these troublous times, when financial 
systems are tottering, empires crumbling, 
and the very moral order of civilization i- 
threatened with chaos, the one form of in- 
vestment which gives tie 1 great* 
af stability and safety is the written obli- 
id ..t "in Federal Government to pay 
.1 specified sum of money at ;. definite 
future dale. In addition to this security. 
the purchaser of a Liberty Bond is furnish- 
ing to our brave soldiers ami to those of 
our loyal allies that support, moral and 



BUY 

LIBERTY 

BONDS 



President and Governor Isssue 

Proclamations to Aid Nation's 

War Loan 



material, which every lover of his country 
anil of mankind should at this hour desire 
to give. 

Therefore, as Governor of the Slate of 
Connecticut, I hereby set aside October 
twenty-first, in the year of our Lord 1917, 
as Second Libertj Loan Sunday, and yon 
are requested to read to your congrega- 
tions this proclamation, and supplement it 
by such counsel ami advice as you may 
de m lift ing mill w is.'. 

Civen under my hand ami seal of the 
State at the Capitol, itt Hartford, this 
fifteenth day of October, in the year of 
our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and 
seventeen, and of the independence of the 
United States the one hundred and forty- 
second. 

MARCUS IT. HOLCOMB, 
Governor. 

By Ili- Excellency's Command: 
l [ PERRY, Secretary. 



President Issues Proclamation 

Fixing a Special "Liberty Day' 



President Woodrow Wilson issued a proc- 
lamation Sunday settim; asidi October 24 
a- "Liberty Day" ami urging all people 
oi the United Mat..- to assemble on that 
date and pledge their fullest financial and 
moral support to the government. The 
proclamation follow-: 

"By the President of the Unite 1 States of 
America. 

"A Pilot LAMATIOM 

■■The Second Liberty Loan gives the 
people of tlir I it 1 1 i'il Stales another oppor- 
tunity to lend their fund- to their govern- 
ment to sustain their country at war. The 
might of the United Mates is being mo 
bilized and organized to strike a mortal 
blow at autocracy in defense of outraged 
American rights and of the cause of liberty. 
Billions of dollar- are required to arm. feed 
and clothe the brave men who are going 
forth to fight our country's battles and to 
assist the nations with whom we are mak- 
ing common cause against a common foe. 
To subscribe to the Liberty Loan i- t.. pei 
form a service of patriotism. 

■■ Now. therefore. 1. Woodrow \\ ilson, 
president of the United States of America. 
do appoint Wednesday, the twenty-fourth of 
October, as Liberty Day, and urge and 
advise the people to assemble in their re- 
spective communities and pledge to one 



an. 'tin a and I.. the government that repre- 
sents them tin' fullest measure of financial 
support. On the afternoon of that day I 
request that patriotic meetings be held in 
every city, town and hamlet throughout the 
hind, under the general direction of the Sec- 
retary of the Treasury and the immediate 
direction of the Liberty Loan committees 
which have been organized by the Federal 
Reserve bunk-. Tin' people responded nobly 
tn the rill of the First Liberty Loan with 
an oversubscription of more than 50 per 
cent. Let the response to the secon ■! loan 
bi even and let the amount be so 

large that it will serve as an assurance of 
unequaled support to hearten the men who 
are to face the fire of battle for us. Let 
the result be so impressive and emphatic 
that it will echo throughout the empire of 
our enemy as an index of what America 
int.. nds to do tu bring this war to a vic- 
torious conclusion. 

•'For the purpose of participating in 
Liberty Day celebrations, all employees of 
the Federal government throughout the 
country whose services can lie spared may 

l M-usi'd at twelve o'clock Wednesday, 

the twenty-fourth of October. 

WOODROW WILSON. 

" By the President. 

"ROBERT LAXsIXc, Secretary of 

state." 




By His Excellency 
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb 

A PROCLAMATION 

WHEREAS THE President has pro- 
claimed Wednesday. October 24, as Liberty 
Day and has made the afternoon a legal 
holidaj t'u all federal employees whose 
services can be spared to enable them to 
participate in making the day a -access: 

I, therefore, urge the fullest co-operation 
b\ .ill of our people, and suggest that so far 
;i- i- practicable, tin- afternoon of that • 
be devoted to a united effort to make the 
Second Libertj Loan a complete sue. 
Everyone in the slate, man and woman, 
should welcome and embrace tin- opportu- 
ne x to subsci ibe t" this loan, thereby dem- 
onstrating their loyaltj t.. their country, 
and their interest in who tire 

fighting our battles. Our state has ever 
responded t" any demands made upon it 
to support .air country, and will adequately 
pond to . he present call. This is an 
opportunity for every prison to do his Lit. 
i- nut rely upon the large subscriptions 
of a few. but let I'lni one subscribe for 
some part of the loan, thereby identifying 
themselves with this twentieth-century war 
for tie' liberty of the peoples of the world. 

GIVEN under my band and the seal of 
the State at the Capitol, in Hartford, this 
sixteenth day of October, in the year of our 
I,, i, I mi thousand nine hundred and seven- 
teen, and of lie independence of the United 
the .me hundred and forty-second. 

MARCUS II. HOLCOMB, 

rnor. 

By His Excellency's Command: 
FREDERICK L. PERRY, Secretary. 



WHEAT-SAVING MEASURE 



Request is Sent Out by Federal Food 

Administrator Robert 

Scoville 

The following letter from Robert 
ville, federal food administrator for • 
necticut, has been sent to Connecticut hotel 
keepers and others interested: 

■■ \t ., ,,, . ting "f the federal food admin- 
istrators of the several New England states, 
it was decided to recommend to their i 

tates i h ioption of the plan t" ob 

serve Wednesdays and Thursdays as days 
in which mi white bread should be used. It 
i- 1. lined that this practice will be ,. I, served 
by householders, hotels, restaurants, lunch 
rooms and clubs as a voluntary offering 
to-w ard t he solution of the food problem. 

■■ It i- manifest that if we are to send to 
our allies in Europe the amount of wheat 
which they absolutelj require, it will be 
necessary for us to save h\ such measures 
:i- this. At tnis time when so many of 
..or young men are leaving their homes to 
prepare tnemselves for their part in the 
great war. it is surely not too much to 
ask some -elf-sacrifice from those who stay 
it home. 

" With every confidence that the people 
of Connecticut will desire to do their part 
in the fullest measure, (hi- plan is com- 
mended to them for their serious and earn- 
est consideration." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COUNCIL WILL SEND 
DELEGATES TO CONFER 
ON CAMP RECREATION 



( Jontinued from page 1. 
,,i Washington, including the Ameri- 
can Red Cross and the national Nurses' 
Association, on the question of obtaining 
facilities for training nurses' assistants be 
ling farther with the project. He 
was , eqin sted to report his conclusions to 
the council. 



MEETING OF OCTOBER JO 

\i i he executive session on I ictol ei 10 
ivere present: Chairman Richard M. 
Joseph W '.' . R ini hestei 
Bennett, Dr. I). Chester Brown, Adjutant 
General George M. Cole, Homer S. I am 
mings, Howard i. Giddings, Julius C. 
Stremlau and Harris Whittemore. Ml 
Bissell presided. 

The council approved the formation oi a 
suitable < > 1 1 i < - 1 - organization for the i om 
mittee on Woman - Activities and author- 
ized Joseph W. Also], to make the neces 
sary ai rangements. 

It was roted that copies of the lists of 
ii now in i he military sei i ice oi i he 

I nited States which are being compiled as 
honor rolls in various towns of the state 
be kept at the office of the council for 
future reference^ 

The regular session of the council con- 
vened with tin' following chairmen and 
members of sub-committees present: Judge 
I. linen I'. Burpee, George B. Chandler, Rear 
Admiral W. S. Cowles, Dr. Charles C. God- 
frey, Stanley II. Holmes, George M. Landers, 
\\ . II. Putnam, Thomas W. Russell, Herbert 
Knox Smith, Dr. Frank 11. Wheeler and 
Dr. R. C. W hite. 

I In i e were present a Iso : F. 1 1. W a rner« 
represent ing < lhairma n T. A. Scott of t he 
New I. on, Inn County Auxiliary Committee; 
Secretary B. I-'. English, representing the 
New Haven County Auxiliary Committee; 
Chairman Arthur L. Shipman and Secre 
tary W. A. Countryman, representing the 

Hartford County Auxiliary C mittee; and 

( hairman G. E. Meech, representing the 
Middlesex County Auxiliary Committee. 

I nc-oi a recommendation made by 
the Committee on Transportation in n re- 
port submitted by its chairman, W. II. Put- 
nam, the council voted that tl oi ittee 

arrange for local meetings of traffic mana- 
gers of various shipping concerns and the 

I I eight managers of t he < onnecticut 
pany with the objeel of devising means for 
handling less than carload lots of freight. 

G ge M. Landers submitted a report 

for the Committee on Food Supply and 
( onservation whic'i was accepted and placed 
on file. The reporl stated that representa- 
tives of the eo) ittee had conferred on 

October 9 with the principal hotel pro- 
prietors of the state and that the I: r had 

definitely agreed to observe Tuesdays in 
hotels, restaurants and clubs as bee 
days, and also to emphasize the faci that 
wheat must be saved in over) possible way. 
The committee expects that within a short 
time the Beefless Tuesday will he succeeded 
by a Meatle - Tuesday which will eliminate 



the serving of beef, mutton or pork on that 
day of each week. The committee is en- 
couraged by the enthusiastic attention being 
given to its campaign to get 200,000 signa- 
tures in the state to the Food Administra- 
tion pledge. 

Herbert Knox Smith, chairman of the 
Committee on Man Power and Labo: ub 
milted a report, which was approved, say 
ing that the committee had been ham- 
pered during the past three months in its 
n ok because two of its members have had 
practically all their time to draft 
exemption work. The committee has take', 
up the question of day nurseries with the 
president of the Connecticut I'ay Nurserj 
Association and decided to try out the daj 
liurserj plan only when- nurseries already 

exist. 

The council, adopting a recommendation 
le in Alls. Herbert K aou Smit h oj t he 
Committee on Women's Activities, approve 
the appointment of Mrs. Arthur (I. Kimball 
ni New Britain to the Committee on Pro 
leetion of Women Workers and .\trs. A. I, 
Reiker of Fairfield to the Committee on 
Social Service, both of the Women's Divi 
sion. 

Reports submitted by the following wen 
approved In the council: Arthur L. Ship- 
man, for the Hartford County Auxiliary 
Committee; Dudley L. Vaill, for nie Litch- 
field County Auxiliary Committee; G. E. 
Meech, for the Middlesex County Auxiliary 
ittee; B. I'. English, for the New 
Haven County Auxiliary Committee. 



ENTHUSIASTIC WORKERS 
CROWD AUDITORIUM AT 
STATEWIDE WAR RALLY 



MEETING OF OCTOBER o. 

At a special executive i iting of the 

c ium il nn t Ictober 9 the fund ions of t he 
council in regard to transportation, edu 
cation, alien activities, man power and 
labor and industrial survey were discussed 
Those present were: < fovei nor Mm eus 1 1 
Holcomb, Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Dr. 
i>. Chester Brown, Julius C. Stremlau. 
Homer S. Cummings, Winchester Bennett, 
Hani- Whittemore, Howard A. Giddings. 
Adjutant General George M. Cob- and 
Joseph W. Alsop. 



HELD FOR DESTROYING 

CONNECTICUT POSTER 



Unionville nan Arrested After Tearing 

Down War Bulletin put up by 

Council of Defense 

\n isolated instance Of interference with 

the publicity work being done by the Con 
necticut Stale Council of Defense through 
the bulletin beards set up in towns through 
out the state was promptly handled by the 
police authorities of Unionville early this 

Week. The police Were told by witnesses 

that John Viroztek, '24 years old, a native 
of Austria-Hungary, had torn from the bul- 
letin board in that town last Sunday a 
poster called "Why Germany Wants Peace 
Now," and that he threw the poster nn tin 
ground, stamped upon it and shouted some 
words in his own language. 

Viroztek was arrested and taken before 
Justice <>f the Peace John D. Horsfall, ac- 
cused of breach of the peace. He admitted 
that he knew what the words on the postei 
meant. He was bound over to the superior 
court under bonds of $500. 



(Continued from page 1 ) 
troduced the first speaker of the day after 
reading the following letter from Cardinal 
i libbi ns: 

Joint Committee of the State-Wide War Rally, 
Hartford. Conned icul 

Gentlemen : 

1 have been asked to send a slant message 
a relative to the campaig n being con- 
ducted for the success of the Second Liberty 
Loan. I cannot add anything to what I have 
said that will express stronger - in si in 
in sale of the bonds, but to wish you a suc- 
ili.it will carry you far above the amount 
that is allotted to tie- State ot Connecticut, 
Verv faithfully yours, 
(Signed) J. C ORDINAL GIBBONS. 

Frederick C. Walcott, assistant to Her- 
bert I'. Hoover in the Federal hood Ad- 
ministration at Washington, told of his 
three years as first assistant to .Mr. Hoover 
in ravaged Belgium, his efforts to bring re- 
lief to Poland, which country he described 
as at that time " literally dying and being 
crushed between two autocracies," and the 
hoirers of German ruthlessness in these 
countries and Serbia. He added: "If it 
costs everything in tin world, this system 
of Prussian ruthlessness must be stopped. 
We must organize from one end of the 
country to the other. We must all pull to- 
gether and forget our individual interests, 
We must give our food, our money, cur lives 
to ' make the world safe for democracy.' " 

Rabbi Stephen s. Wise of New York 
siiil in part: 

" Morally neutral we have never been. 
1. like ninety nine .mt of a hundred of \. u. 
have been on the side of the Allies since 
a t 2, 1914. . . . Prussia confused 
the long suffering patience and magnan- 
imity of President Wilson with cowardice 
because Prussia doe- not know what mag- 
nanimity is. . . . We will not to make 
war with the German people and we will 
not in in ike peace with the gang of inter- 
national cutthroat- that today stands for 
tin- German empire. The win was made in 
Germany; we will nof have the peace made 
in Germany. When the time comes, we will 
want to know with whom we make 
peace, for Qncle Sam's name must not be 
signed to a -crap of paper. At the end of 
the war we want a world in which Prussian 
ism shall never rise to the surface again. 
We have got to save the world before we 
can free it from the curse of war." 

The Countess Laura de Gozdawa Turczy- 
nowicz of Poiand, before beginning her ad- 
dress, sang the Polish National Anthem 
while the audience stood. She then told 
her hearers of the horrors of war as she 
hail seen it as a non-combatant in the hinds 
of German armies which invaded Poland. 
With her three young children the countess 
« is left alone in her chateau when the 
Germans swept over the part of Poland in 
which she lived after her husband, of whom 
she has heard nothing since, had gone to 
fight for his country. She told of the 
treatment the Germans, among them officers 
of Von Hindenburg's staff, had accorded 
her, her children and the old men and young 
girls of the countryside. 




Qlmtnrrtat lullrtitt 



Published Bi=Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, NOVEMBEK 2, 1917 



No. 12 



MEMBERS OF BRITISH 
MUNITIONS MISSION 
TO VISIT HARTFORD 



NEW COUNCIL PROJECT 
EXPECTED TO RELIEVE 
FREIGHT CONGESTION 



Experts on War-Time Industrial Prob- 
lems will hold Conferences with 
Labor Leaders and Manufacturers 
of Connecticut — Able to Give Ad- 
vice and Information 



ACCEPT INVITATION SENT 

BY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 



The British Labor Administration Mis 
sion has accepted an invitation extended by 
■■II tii u1 State Council of Defense to 
visit < onnecticut and confer with manu- 
facturers and labor leaders in regard to 
labor conditions brought on by the war 
in munitions and other war industries. 
The mission will arrive in Hartford Tues- 
day evening, November 6, and will leave 
for -Vow York City the following day. It 
will hold three conferences while in this 
i ii with manufacturers, another with 
representatives of labor and a third with 
both. 

TIm- mission i- touring the United State-; 
at th" imitation of tin- Federal Govern 
in. 'lit to give advice based on a wide 
knowledge of war time labor problems in 
Great Britain. It has held eonferenci 
Washington witli Secretary of War Baker 
and the Council of National Defense. De- 
tails of the vi^it to tins state, which will 
include no public meetings, receptions or 
mi- ii ir formalities, are being arranged by a 
committee consisting of Winchester Ben- 
nett, Dr. I). Chester Brown. Julius Strem 
lau. William R. Webster and Harris Whitte- 
iiini'i' of the Council and Herbert Knox 
Smith, chairman of its Committee mi Man 
Power ami Labor, and Frank D. Cheney, 
chairman of the Committee on Industrial 
Survey. 

The four members of the mission are all 
experts in the line of work to which they 
have been assigned by their government 
as well a- men who were prominent in 
affairs of England before the war. 
They are connected with tin- British Mini- 
try of Munitions, which consists of two 
departments, the Labor Supply and Labor 
Regulation Departments. Sir Stephenson 
Kent, K. C. 1!.. in addition to being one 
.if the men in general control of all the 
work of the Ministry of Munitions, is head 
of the Labor Supply Department. Before 
the war Sir Stephenson was a coal mine 
owner. 

H. W. Carrod. the second member of the 
mission, is deputy assistant secretary of 
the Labor Regulation Department of the 
Ministry. Before tie war he was a pro- 
fessor of the classics at Oxford University. 

C. H. Baillie, the third member, is chief 
1 1 iontinued on page i i 



In co-operation with Commissioner of 
Motor Vehicles P.. B. Stoeekel, the Trans- 
portation Committee of the Connect hut 
State Council of Defense has inaugurated 
a plan for relieving freight congestion in 
Connecticut by arranging to utilize as many 
as possible of the privately owned motor 
trucks in the State for the transportation 
of what are known as " hack loads." In 
brief, the project would provide loads for 
trucks returning empty from int. mil. an 
and other trips. The cost of transportation 
would lie paid by the shippers who would 
profit under the plan and assignments of 
goods for transportation would he mad.- by 
bureaus located in cities and other import- 
ant industrial centers. It has not yet 
decided whether these bureaus would he 
maintained by the shippers themselves or 
h\ tin- Council's Transportation Committee, 
hut details in regard to this feature and 
V ill ho aim. mil. '.'.1 

There are 1 1,500 motor i rucks in I lon- 
necticut and ( ommissioner stoeekel has 
sent to each of their owners a return post 
card asking him to offer his services in co- 
operating to relieve freight congestion as 
a war measure by providing truck service. 
Replies call for information 

as io truck capacity and other matters. 



PLEDGE CARD CAMPAIGN 



Food Supply Committee's Rooms are Head- 
quarters for Drive 




The rooms of the Com- 
mittee of Food Supply 
and I onset i at ion of the 
cticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense are the 

si .' f intense activity 

this week, due to the 
Hoover Pledge Card Cam- 
paign. \- fast a- I ed cards are 
received, thej are sorted by a corps of girls 
and counted. It is possible thus to keep 
somewhat of a chock upon the progri 
the work in different parts of the state. 
It is not possible, however, to do this very 
accurately because main towns are holding 
all the cards until the end of the week's 
campaign. 

Great interest i- being taken in Con- 
necticut'- campaign by Herbert Hoover and 
the Washington authorities due to tin- lak- 
i in this state of Florida's challenge, 
in which the latter state declared its in- 
tention of obtaining more pledge cards per 
thousand inhabitants than Connecticut. 

All indications at the present time point 
to a successful attainment of the 200,000 
pledges which has been accepted as the 
total for this state. 



COUNCIL TO PROVIDE 
FOR EXPERT ESTIMATE 
OF STATE POPULATION 



Figures will be Used in Connection 
with Efforts to Have Excess in 
Present Draft Allotment Corrected 
by Federal Government — Governor 
Tells of Promise 



NEW SERIES OF RALLIES 

WILL BE STARTED SOON 



The t 'onnecticut State < ouncil of De- 
fense, at its meeting on October 31, after 
bearing a report by Governor Marcus H. 
Holcoml. on his recent trip to Washington 
when he obtained the promise of Provost 
i] General Crowder to relieve, if 
possible, Connecticut's excess in the allot- 
ment of draft troops, authorized Chairman 
Richard M. Bissell to appoint a committee 
which will prepare a careful estimate of 
Connecticut's population. Mr. Bissell and 
Homer S. Cummings, who accompanied the 
Governor on hi- trip to Washington, were 
appointed a committee to take up future 
stops in regard to the draft allotment with 
tlii- -tat.-'- Senators and Representatives 
in Congress. 

There were present at the executive meet- 
ing of the council: His Excellency Governor 
Marcus H. Holeomb, Chairman Richard M. 
I, i--, .11. V. inchesti c Bennett, Dr. D. Chester 
Brown. Adjutant General George M. Cole, 

: A. i .oh lings. ( barli - i. ' I« in, 

William B. Webster, Julius C. St) 
and Harris Whittemor . 

The following chairmen, members and 
executives of various council committees 
were present at the regular session: G 
B. Williams. Stanley II. Holmes. Dr. 
Charles I . Godfrey, Frank I). I honey, 
Herbert Knox Smith, B. (handler, 

Ri ir \iimiral William Sheffield Cowles, Dr. 
<;. N. Law -on. Fred B. Griffin, A. I.. Mad- 
dock, Secretary l:. F. English of the New 
Haven County Committee, Chairman G. E. 
Meech of the Mi. 1 imittee, 

Chairman Arthur L. Shipman of the Hart- 
ford Countj Committee, and Frank T. 
('able of tin- New London County Commit- 

A plan of the Publicity Committee to 

arrange a -cries of rallies in every part of 
the stato at mi early date was approved by 
uncil, which instructed the committee 
t.. go ahead with its plans as rapidly as 
possible and to pay especial attention to 
tic larger cities. 

The suggestion was made and approved 
that notice- and informative articles of 
variou- kind- lie posted in the future 
on the council's bulletin boards as well as 
..tor- for which the hoards are now 
n-< .1. 

Announcement was made at the meeting 

i Iontinued on page 4) 



CONNECTICUT .BULLETIN 



rU 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1 HARTFORD, CONN., NOV. 2, 1917. No. 12 



COUNTY CHAIRMEN NAMED 
BY WOMAN'S COMMITTEES 



Leaders of War Work also Appointed 

in Eighteen Towns — Additions 

to List of Speakers 



NO CANDY TILL CHRISTMAS" 

CAMPAIGN IS INAUGURATED 



At a meeting of the Committee on 
Worn in Letivit ies of thi l onnectieui 
"'it'' Council of Defense held recently, 
chairmen were appointed for each of tlie 
counties of I iei tieut as follows: 

Fairfield- Mrs. E. G. H. Schenek of 
Wilton. 

Hartford — Miss Mary Bulkley of Hart- 
ford. 

Litchfield - Mrs. A. E. S. Taylor of 
I itchfield. 

Middlesex — Mrs. Samuel Russell. Jr., of 
Middletown. 

New Haven — Mrs. Arthur T. Hadley of 
New Haven. 

Xew London — Mi-s Katherine Luding- 
li'ti of Lynn. 

rolland \1' , \, II. Benton of Andover. 

Windham — Mrs. Rosam ! Danielson of 

Putnam Heights. 

In addition to those already announced, 
the following town chairmen have been 
appointed : 

Ea i Granbj Mrs. !•'. H. Dibble. 

Easton - Mrs. < hai le9 Silliman. 

Enfield — Mrs. David Gordon. 

Granbv — Mrs. 0. C. Godard. 

Milford — Mrs. G. R. St 

Now ( ana in Miss < Hive L. Kearny. 

Norwalk — Mrs. William Gregory. 

Oxford — Miss R. I. Sanford. 

I'lainiiehl — Miss Helen E. Atwood. 

Preston — Mrs. Clifton Dawley. 

Ridgefield — Miss Mary Linda Bradley. 

Stamford - -Mi -. Waller E. < !oe. 

Stoningtori — Mrs. .1. 11. Stivers. 

Torrington -- M rs. t ieorge I >ew. 

Windsor Mrs. \. 1 1. ( iampbell. 

Woodbridgt — Mrs. II. II. Tomlinson. 
hi Mrs. W illiam S. Hull. 

< luilford — Mrs. Hentj S. Davis. 

A total of twentj two speakers are now 

available for speaking campaigns conducted 

by the woman's organization. The seven 

have been added to the list 

hitherto announced 

Mi-s Elsie Tiemann, Greenwich: Mrs. 



Richard Mansfield, New London: Mrs. W. 
G. Brinsmade, Washington: Miss Mayone 
Lewis, Xorwalk: Mrs. J. P. Curry, River- 
side; Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton, Green- 
wich; Mrs. H. W. Fleck, Bridgeport. 

A special committee has been appointed 
to investigate possible sources of women 
labor for farms. It consists of Mrs. J. W. 
Alsop, chairman, Mrs. A. H. Benton, Miss 
i aroline l!uutz-Rees, Irving Davis and 
Henry Dodge. 

Mis- Frances Nejako and Mrs. R. L. 
Sanderson of New Haven have been ap- 
pointed members of the Committee on Pro- 
tection of \\ omen \\ orkers. 

It was decided to hold a two days' con- 
vention near the end of November or 
early in Decembei to bring together the 
state workers of the Woman's Committee. 
The Brsi day will be devoted to a divisional 
meeting and the second to a mass meet- 
ing and rally, at which it is hoped to have 
present representatives from all parts of 
the state. 

The Chairman of the Food Conservation 
Committee reported that a "No candy 
till Christmas" campaign has been pro- 
moted among children, circular- on (he sub 
jeet li t\ ing been sent to all the schools 
of the state. 



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f 



GOVERNOR GETS PROMISE 
OF RELIEF FROM DRAFT 
EXCESS IN CONNECTICUT 



Provost Marshal General E. II. CrowdeT 
assured Governor Marcus II. Holcomb when 
the latter visited Washington last week that 
Connecticut will receive credit on its next 
draff for the excess of men taken in the 
first draft because of the inaccurate esti- 
mates of population and will be assigned its 
second quota on a fair basis if possible. 
Genera] Crowder conceded the justice of 
Connecticut's claim for relief, according to 
a statement given out by the Governor 
through the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense. 

During his visit to Washington Gov- 
ernor Holcomb called on President. Wilson 
at the White House and talked the draft 
situation over with him. The Governor 
also saw Secretary of War Baker and 
General Tasker H. Bliss. He was accom- 
panied at the conferences by Hon. Homer S. 
Cummings, a member of the Council, which 
li in been striving for some time to have 
the draft situation remedied. 



FUEL A DMINIS TRATION 

Thomas W. Russell Opens Federal Office 

in State Capitol — Appoints 

Secretary 

I liomas W. Russell, Federal Food Adniin- 
istrator for Connecticut and chairman of 
the Coal Committee of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, opened the office! 

of the Coi eticut Fuel Administration in 

the state Capitol on Monday ber 22, 

in the genera] office of the defense council 
He has appointed Charles w. Jaynes of 
Hartford secretary of the Find Administra- 
tion and Miss Elizabeth A. Noble of South 
Windsor stenographer. The telephone num- 
bei of t lie offit e is: Hartford, ( harter 5471. 




State of Connecticut 



By His Excellency 

MARCUS H. HOLCOMB 

Governor 

A PROCLAMATION 

We have, by the grim necessity 
"I the Great War in which we are 
now engaged, exposed the young man- 
fa I of our nation, — reared in re- 
ligious homes, and brought up under 
the ideals of justice and liberty 
cherished by our forefathers, — to 
the inevitable shock of a sudden 
change to camp life and severe, mili- 
tary discipline under foreign skies. 
If our prayer- for the success of the 
Army and Navy are to be answered. 
and oui brave soldiers are to return 
physically and morally clean and 
strong, some means must be sup- 
plied of ameliorating this abrupt 
transition. The Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association, through its War 
Work Council, has already, in a vivid 
manner, proved the ' tremendous 
power of constructive Christian work 
over the men in our camps, ami is 
voluntarily using its every resource 
to continue the work with our Amer- 
ican soldiers, and to extend its serv- 
ice to the needs of our Allies in 
foreign countries and the prisoners 
of war. 

This association asks the nation to 
raise a fund of $35,000,000, in order 
that it- greaf and indispensable work 
in the war tamp- and trenches may 
continue through nine more months. 
i onnecticut has been given the task 
of raising $1,000,000 as its share of 
the organized campaign to be car- 
ried on throughout the nation, from 
November the eleventh to the nine- 
ti enth. 

Therefore, as Governor of the State 
of Connecticut, I hereby set aside 
November eleventh, in the year of 
our Lord 111 17, as "Y. M. C. A. 
War Work Sunday." You are re- 
quested to read this proclamation 
to your congregations and, so far as 
you deem wise and proper, acquaint 
your people with the noble service 
being rendered by this agency, and 
its imminent financial needs. 

Given under my hand and 

seal of the State at the 
Capitol, in Hartford, this 
twenty ninth day of Octo- 
ber, in the year of our 
Lord one thousand, nine 
hundred and seventeen. 
no of the independence of the United 
States the one hundred and forty- 

i 'lid. 

M. II. Holcomb, 

Govt mor. 
By His Excellency's Command: 
Frederick L. Perry. 
Si on 




D. of D. 

MAR 23 1 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



NEWSPAPER MEN HELP 
COUNCIL IN ITS WORK 



Seventy=four Special Representatives 

Appointed by Director of 

Press Co-operation 



PRAISED BY GOVERNOR HOLCOMB 



The Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense, through its director of press co- 
operation, Aubrey L. Maddock of Hartford, 
has organized a group of seventy- four news- 
paper men representing nearly every news- 
paper of the state as special representa- 
tives of its publicity committee. Announce- 
ment of these appointments was made last 
week when the publicity committee of the 
council mailed to each of these special 
representatives copies of a handbook con- 
taining information of value to them and 
explaining the methods and work of the 
i ouncil. 

The book contains the following letter by 
Governor Marcus II. Holcomb to the 
spei ial representatives : 

" The task of winning this great war 
against autocracy depends not only 
upon men. money and munitions, but 
also upon the will power of the Ameri- 
can people. To the strengthening and 
guidance of this, the press can con- 
tribute largely. The newspapers of 
Connecticut have shown their patriot- 
ism in the past, and the state is con- 
fidently depending upon them to con- 
tinue their work of building up in 
our people the will to win, whatever 
he the sacrifice. To those newspaper- 
men who have volunteered for service 
as special representatives of the Divi- 
sion of Press Co-operation of our Con- 
necticut State (ouncil of Defense, I 
extend the thanks of the state of 
( Connecticut and wish to express my 
personal appreciation. May Connecti- 
cut's contribution to the nation's war 
work be mule greater and more effi- 
cient by the work which they have 
undertaken. 

Marcus II. Holcomb, Governor." 

Each of the special representatives has 
iced a commission from Governor Hol- 
comb for the work he has undertaken to 
do. A list of the representatives follows: 

American Enterprise — Clinton .1. Martin 

nia Sentinel — H. A. Stocking 
port Farmer — Angus S. McKay 
Bridgeport Herald — Richard Howell 
Bridgeport Post — C. P. Be. i 
Bridgeport Standard American — Clifford 

Crudginton 
Bridgeport Sunday Post — R. C. McNeil 
Bridgeport Telegram — J. Edward Elliott 
Bristol Press — Arthur S. Barm 
Clinton Recorder — A. W. Jones 
Connecticut Valley Advertiser — G. P. 

crenier 

licut Western News — Albert W. Krouse 
Danbury News — W. E. Bulkeley 
Darien Review — ,1. E. Williams 
Deep River New Era — Ernest L. Prann 
East Hartford Gazette — ■ H. B. Hale 
Parmington Valley Herald — George A. 
Greenwich News and Graphic — John 

meyer 
Hartford Courant — Harry I. Horton 
Hartford Globe — F. G. Macombei 
Hartford Post — C. C. Hemenway 
Hartford Times — Cbarl Perkins 



T. 



Le- 



Beers 
Rode- 



Jewett City Press — Benjamin R. Gardiner 
Lakeville Journal — Benjamin D. Jones 
Litchfield Enquirer — George C. Woodruff 
Manchester Herald — Will Asimus 
Meriden Journal — Walter Allen 
Meriden Ri :ord - II. T. Martindale 
Middletou n Penny Press — G. E. King 
.Milford Citizen — Fred W. Lyon 
Mystic Times — A. L. Pitcher 
Naugutuck Daily News — Edward J. Ahem 
New Britain If. raid — Arthur E. McEvoy 
New Britain Record — Howard A. Timbrell 
New Can. Lin Advertiser — John E. Hersam 
New Haven Journal Courier — A. J. Sloane 
New Ilavcn Register — Harry I. Phillips 
New Haven Times-Leader — H. W. Hurlburt 
New Haven Union — Clarence G. Willard 
Xcv London Day — Alfred Ligouire 
New London Globe — Samuel T. Adams 
New London Telegraph — C. F. Whitney 
''« Milford Times — E. A. Hendei 

i[ Bee — Allison P. Smith 
Norwalk I lour — Howard I. Comstoek 
Norwich Bulletin — 11. M. Briggs 
Norwich Record — J. D. Moulton 

Patriot — Arthur S. Macdonald 
Ridgetield Press — David W. Workman 
Rockville Journal — Charles H. Cummings 
Rockville Leader — Harry C. Smith 
Seymour Record — William C. Sharpe 
Shore Line Times — C. H. Scholey 
Stratford Time- — M. J. Goode 

A Springs Pre-- — Lewi- McLaughlin 
Stamford Advocate — Robert Whittaker 
Soul hi] : — G. L. Lewis 

South Mi hester News — Joseph W. Flood 

South Norwalk Sentinel — Edmund E. C 
Tliom.i press — J. Howard Robe 

: sonville Press — O. S. Freeman 
Torringtou News — James W. Connell 
Torringlon Register — Harry W. Knickerbocker 
Waterbury American — A. N. Colgrove 
Waterbury Democrat — E. V. Maloney 
Waterbury Herald — William Sandland 

n y Republican — Howard P. Stephenson 
Westporter Herald — Willis S. Jones 
Willimantic Chronicle — George A. Bartlett 
Windham County Observer — George L. Padgett 
Windham County Transcript — Morgan F. Davy 
Windsor Locks Journal — John M. Morse 

: Citizen — L. T. Stone 
Woodbury Reporter — A. E. Knox 



NEW MEMBER OF COUNCIL 



William R. Webster of Bridgeport 

appointed to succeed R. H. M. 

Robinson, resigned. 



William R. Webster of Bridgeport has 
been appointed by Governor Marcus 11. 
Holcomb a member of the Connecticul 

State (ouncil of Defense to succeed Richard 
II. M. Robinson, resigned. Mr. Webster 
attended his first meeting of the ( ouncil 
on Wednesday, lie i- vice-president of the 
Bridgeport Brass Company. 

Mr. Robinson resigned recently to take 
up work for the Federal Government under 
thi ilne, lion of the Federal Shipping 
Hoard. His resignation was accepted by 
t he i ouncil with regret. 



HEWES TO BE A SOLDIER 



Former Secretary of Defense Council going 
to Camp Devens 



Thomas Hewes of Farmington, until 
recently secretary of the Connecticut State 
(ouncil of Defense, i-, preparing to go soon 
to Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., as one of 
Farmington's members of the National 
Army. He had given up an opportunity 
to accept :ic oi icer's commission, preferring 
to cuter the service a- a member of the 
new army en the same basis as every other 
man selected lor service. 



MUSICIANS MOBILIZING 

TO SING FOR LIBERTY 



Choruses Being Organized in Every 

Part of Connecticut— Fourteen 

Units Established 



LARGEST CONTAINS 450 MEMBERS 



lb ii pound of wheat flour YOU save 
every week will weigh very heavily on the 
Kaiser's mind. 



Since the movement was started, about 
a month ago, to mobilize the singers of 
Connecticut into Liberty Choruses under 
the auspices of the Committee on Publicity 
and the direction of J. S. Stevens, State 
Musical Director, fourteen units have been 
organized and several more are in process 
of formation. The choruses have already 
aided greatly in making successful rallies 
held in various parts of the State. The 
i horuses so far organized 

Hartford Public High School Unit, No. 
1. Liberty Choruses of Connecticut. 

Waterbury Choral Club Unit, No. 2, 
Liberty Choruses of Connecticut. 

Hartford Choral Club Unit, No. 3, 
Liberty Choruses of Connecticut. 

Berlin Unit. No. 4, Liberty Choruses of 
( Connecticut. 

Norwich Unit. No. 5, Liberty Choruses 
of Connecticut. 

Kssex Unit, No. (1. Liberty Choruses of 
( oitnecticut. 

Guilford Unit, No. 7, Liberty Choruses 
of Connecticut. 

Salisbury Unit, No. S, Liberty Choruses 
of Connecticut. 

New Britain Ili'jli School Unit, No. 9, 
Liberty Choruses of Connecticut. 

New Britain Prevocational High School 
Unit, No. 10, Liberty Choruses of Con- 
necticut. 

Manchester Unit. No. 11, Liberty 
Choruses of Connecticut. 

Wethersfield Unit. No. 12, Liberty 
Choruses of Connecticut. 

Thompsonville Unit, No. 14, Liberty 
I hot Use- of Connecticut. 

New Haven Unit. No. 15, Liberty 
Choruses of Connecticut, 

In addition to these, choruses are being 
e tablished in Meriden, Seymour and 
Watertown. Of the units named above the 
first three contain, respectively, 450, I'll 
and so singers. The Waterbury Choral 
club Unit eonsists exclusively of men. 
The two New Britain High School choruses 
contain 450 and 250 singers, respectively, 
and the Norwich Unit, 352. 



APPOINTED SECRETARY 



Miss Margaret T. Corwin to Serve in 
Woman's Committee Office 



Margaret T. Corwin of New Haven 
has been appointed Executive Secretary of 

lie Commitl n Woman's Activities of 

the Connecticut state Council of Defense. 
She will assume her new duties on Nov. 
1st. Miss Corwin has been, since 1912, 
directing part of Hie work of the Yale 
University Press, particularly that phase 
of its work connected with Hie publication 
of hooks, she i- a graduate of Bryn Mawr. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COUNCIL TO PROVIDE 
FOR EXPERT ESTIMATE 
OF STATE POPULATION 



(Continued from page 1) 
thai Emi] G. Steger of the Northeastern 
Division of the American Red I ross intends 
to come to Connection! to look over Red 
work in this state. It is expected 
that he "ill make use of the office of the 
council. 

A report on the V. M. C. A. campaign to 
raise $1,000,000 in Connecticut toward its 
fund for war work at military camps 
showed that tin- council is already eo- 
operating with the managers of tie' cam- 
paign. 



\n i , t mi DTP OCTOBER 24. 

At tin' executive session on October 24 
in. -cut: Chairman Richard M. 
Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Winchester Ben- 
nett, Hi'. D. Chester Brown, Adjutant Gen- 
eral George M. Cole, Howard A. Giddings 
I il in ( . Stremlau. 

The Council voted to place its facilities 
H the disposal of the Young Men's Chris- 
tiuii Association in its campaign to raise 
5>J.,000,000 iii Connecticut during the week 
of November 11 to 19 as part of a national 

fund of .mill for Y. M, C. A. war 

work at the various army and navy camps. 

It was voted that the bulletin boards be 
used hereafter for the display of notices 
as well as posters, as at present, somewhat 
in the manner of the old-time town sign- 
post -. 

At the regular session of the Council 
the following chairmen and members of 
sub-committees were present: Thomas W. 
Russell, George M. Landers, Frank D. 
(heney. Herbert Knox Smith, George B. 
Chandler, W. H. Putnam, W. S. Conning, 
Colonel Calvin L>. Cowles, F. A. Verplanck, 
Captain Joseph G. Kitchell, representing 
i haii man G. E. Meech of the Middlesex 
County Committee; Secretary B. F. English, 
representing the New Haven County < lom- 
. and Chairman Arthur L. Snipman 
and Secretary W. Arthur Countryman of 
'lariford County I ammitteft. ■ 

m'1 N. G. Osborne of New Haven 
idded to the New Haven County Aux- 
iliary Committee by vote of the Council. 

It was decided to increase the edition of 
the Connecticut Bulletin from 2,000 copies 
to a maximum of 2,500. 

Reports were submitted by Dr. Mary C. 
Welles outlining proposed welfare work 
among women workers and by the C6m= 
mittees on Transportation and on Indus- 
trial Survey. 

The Council voted to order 300 more town 
committee badges. 



The women and children of our allies in 
Europe know hunger in its most bitter 
forms. There is no need that the women 
and children of America should be hungry. 
They maj eat abundantly — but wisely 
and without waste — and still save the 
women and children of our allies from the 
extremes of hunger. That's why every 
woman i- urged to enroll as a member of 
the F I Administration. 



ROOSEVELT SPEAKS 



War Rally at State Armory in Hart- 
ford Under Auspices of 
Defense Council 



Former President Theodore Roosevelt is 
the speaker for a war rally in the State 
Armory in Hartford at 8 o'clock this even- 
ing. The colonel comes to Connecticut for 
this address under the auspices of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense and 
at the invitation of Governor Marcus H. 
Holcomb. A Liberty Chorus of 1,000 
voices is on the program to sing patriotic 

select iollS. 



MEMBERS OF BRITISH 
MUNITIONS MISSION 
TO VISIT HARTFORD 



HOOVERISMS 



Millions of women and children in Europe 
— our allies — can be saved from bitter 

less of 

" he 1 1 bread each day. 



If you think it better to whip Germany in 
Europe, rather than fight her here, help 
feed our allies and keep them in the fight. 
Sign up as a membei of the Food Admin- 
istration. 



Germany is striving to fasten her sys- 
tem on Europe and the world, through 
starvation. Yon can help thwart Ger- 
many's ambition by enrolling as an active 
member of the Food Administration. Don't 
be partners of the Prussians. 



America will deserve to lose this war if, 
through unwillingness to practice small 
economies, it fails to save the food neces- 
sary to keep our allies in the fight until 
victory is won. 



If American women fail to do their part 
in this war. it will be their first failure. 
at Wilson says the most vital part 
the} can play is to enroll as members of 
i he Food Administration and "cheerfully 
accept its direction and advice." 



(( lontinued from page 1. ) 

technical dilution officer of the Labor Sup- 
ply Department. He is in general charge 
of the task of replacing skilled factory em- 
ploy, 'os with unskilled or semi-skilled 
workers and thus releasing the skilled men 
for more important and direct war work. 
His task includes the training of women to 
lill the places of men transferred from in- 
dustry to the army or from one industry to 
another. Before the war he was a civil 
engineer who made a specialty of construct- 
ing large power plants. 

Captain Cyril Asquith, son of former 
Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, and a 
recent Oxford graduate, is in charge of the 
work of obtaining skilled men from in- 
dustry for special work in the army and 
of releasing skilled workmen from the 
army so that they can be used in muni- 
tions and similar war industries. 



ADVISORY FUEL COMMITTEE 



Seven Men Appointed Members of Board 
by Thomas W. Russell 



Thomas W. Russell. Federal Fuel Ad- 
ministrator for Connecticut and chairman 
of the Coal Committee of the Connecticut 
Slate Council of Defense, has appointed 
as an advisory committee of the Federal 
Fuel Administration for Connecticut the 
following : 

A. IT. Bullard. Bridgeport. 

Charles G. Bill, West Hartford. 

G. Ellsworth Meech, Middletown. 

Philip B. (tale. Hartford. 

L. S. Storrs, New Haven. 

De Witt Paige, Bristol. 

George A. Driggs, Waterhury. 



TOWN COMMITTEES— TOLLAND COUNTY 



Andover — Horace J. Backus, chairman; 
Herbert A. Thompson. AT is- Gertrude White, 
Mis. A. Benton, Edward M. Yoemans. 

Bolton T. White Sumner, chairman; 

Fred D. Pinley, Mrs. H. J. Thompson, 
harles X. Looinis, jr., Andrew E. Maneg- 
gia . 

Coventry — Dr. W. L. Higgins, chairman; 
Rev. Harris C. Beebe, Louis A. Kingsbury, 
John E. Kingsbury, Perkins L. Lathrop, 
Rev. John Dooley, John S. Champlin. 

Columbia — William C. Robinson, chair- 
man: Dwight A. Lyman, Charles R. Hitch- 
cock, Hubert P. Collins. T. G. Tucker. 

Ellington — Harrison L. Hamilton, chair- 
man: L. C. Edwards. John 4'. McKnight, 
John McKinstry, Charles A. Thompson. 

Hebron — S. A. Hilding, chairman: Ed- 
ward A. Smith, Dr. C. E. I' Ileton, Frank 

R. Post, J. X. Hewitt. 

Mansfield — Fred 0. Vinton, chairman; 



Rev. Leonard Smith, Prof. C. L. Beach, 
Waller F. Storrs. L. J. Storrs. 

Stafford — M. I). O'Connell, chairman; 
William R. Preble, Enos E. Penny, Marcus 
I!. Fisk. Charles B. Pinney. 

Tolland — Edward E. Fuller, chairman; 
Rev. B. F. Case, Rev. Samuel Simpson. 
Oscar A. Leonard. I. Tilden Jewett. 

Somers — Ernest S. Fuller, chairman ; 
Raymond S. Bugbee, Rev. David L. Kibbe, 
Walter B. Whitlock, Arthur Goldthorpe. 

Union — H. R. Howard, chairman; A. G. 
K nowles, Charles A. Prouix, L. M. Reed, 
Albert M. lick. 

Vernon lohn N. Keenev, chairman; 

John W. McClellan. Fred \V. Chapman, John 
E. Gifford, Fred J. Cooley, A. L. Martin, 
David Horgan. 

Willington — William II. Hall, chairman; 
John R. Edwards, Rev. Charles H. Parker, 
George 1'. Bugbee, Arthur L. Spieer. 




(Hotmprttrut latoin. 



Published Bi=Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. 1 



IIUITFORD, CONNECTICUT, NOVEMBER 16, 1917 



No. 13 



TO HOLD RALLIES IN 
EVERY HAMLET AND 
WARD OF CONNECTICUT. 




Defense Council makes Plans for Series 
of Meetings that will bring Issues of 
War Home to Every Corner of the 
State — Begins next week— New Lon- 
don County First in Line 



HARRISON B. FREEMAN IN 

CHARGE OF THIS WORK 



A series of patriotic rallies intend 

a; ouse war j mi eve) y ward and 

i .i i :.. Sta be is being arranged bj 

the ' onnecticut State Council of Defense 

through its committee on publicity. There 

wii! be two campaigns in the series, the first 

of rallies to be held in every 

onnecticut which is large enough 

c in available hall. This will be 

an intensive campaign in the 

cities and industrial centers. It will carry 

the message of the war to every little 

ward hall where people are in the habit of 

assembling and where possible to the gates 

of important factories and inside the shops 

if suitable arrangements can be made. The 

rallies will begin late next week and will 

probably continue until Christmas. It is 

hoped to complete the small town series 

iiini weather closes the roads to 

automobile traffic. 

Associated with the committee on pub- 
i in making arrangements for the rally 

pecial committee of the Council con- 
sisting of Richard M. Bissell, its chairman, 
Major Howard A. Giddings and Former 
Senator Joseph YV. Alsop. The campaign 
will be under the active management of 
II mi mi B. Freeman, who has volunteered 
lii^ services for the work. He has already 
established headquarters at the Capitol in 
the office of (he Committee on Publicity. 
]!. Chandler, chairman of the pub- 
licity committee, will direct the field work 
of the rally organization. 

A unique feature of the rally series is 
tlic careful plan outlined by the publicity 
committee for the conduct of every phase 
of the meetings and the preliminary ar- 
I ills necessary to make them success- 
ful. It is expected that a Liberty Chorus 
will sing at each of the meetings. 

An organization meeting was held in 
New London on Monday at which plans 
were made for rallies in every vill 
Xew London county. Norwich and New 
' will be eared for in the intensive 
-a that will follow the first series 
of tallies. The town committeemen of 
tnat county were enthusiastic over the 

plan,. 

Mr. (handler will meet the town com- 
of Middlesex county for a similar 
organization meeting on Monday afternoon 
at 1 P. At. in Stueck's Tavern. He will 
meet the Tolland county committeemen at 
the Rockville House, Rockville, Tuesday 
evening. 



Whenever you see the SERVICE FLAG, 
with its blue star's or stars in a whii 
surrounded by a red border, our national 
formed into a new design, it should 
convey to you the message that this flag 
nts service and sacrifice for the 
ul America and world freedom. 
| 'nl. those homes from which men have 
gone into the service of their country may 
SERVICE FLAG. 
Already hundreds of these flags are flying 
in this state, as in other states throughout 
the nation. Each star represents an bi- 
ll in the country's service. With 
one, two or several stars, they arc hanging 
in front of homes. With dozens of stars, 
they are to be seen in front of big factories 
iffices. 
Honor the SERVICE FLAG whenever you 
see it. If some one from your home is 
serving the nation, fly the SERVICE 
The federal government ha 
this emblem of service and sacrifice. 
family which has a member in the 
ii should be proud to fly this flag. 
eiv person who sees this emblem 
should honor it and all that it means. 



COMMERCIAL ECONOMY 



Committee Appointed to Take Up 

Movement to Curtail Deliveries 

by Retail Stores 



The Committee on Industrial Survey of 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
in- appointed as one of its sub-committees 

i I ommitl in Commercial Economy eon- 

sisting of the following members: 

Alton T. .Miner. Xew London, chairman. 
M. E. Broderick, Thompsonville. 
Samuel C. Parker, Bridgeport. 
Alexander Sharp, Norwich! 
Charles M. Walker, New Haven. 

eittee was nominated by the 
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce. 

\ C immereial economy campaign has been 
ted in this State by the D 
Council with the co-operation of the Con- 
necticut Chamber of Commerce for several 
but has grown to such proportions 
thai il i annul be conveniently handled 
without the attention of a special com 
apaign was inaugurated by 
the ' ouncil of National Defense at Wash- 
whieh asked cities all over the couri- 
try to co-operate in effecting econon 

livery service of retail stores, thereby 
releasing men, horses, wagons and motor 
trucks for direct or indirect war work. This 
could lie accomplished, the National Council 
argued, by limiting retail stores to one 
delivery a day on each of its routes, reduc- 
ing the acceptance of returned goods to an 
te minimum and introducing co- 
operative or central delivery systems in 
small cities and towns. 

iderable progress has already been 
made alone these lines in Connecticut. 



COUNCIL HOPES TO SEE 
NATIONAL ARMY RAISED 
TO THRE£ MILLION MEN 

Urges that Immediate Steps be Taken 
to Increase Armed Forces of Nation 
— Approves and Commends Com- 
missioning of Training Camps 
Graduates — Reports Read at Meet= 
ing 

WILL WARN AGAINST 

ALL NEW ENTERPRISES 



Tlic i onnecticut State Council of De- 
fense, at its meeting Wednesday at the 
ii"l. took a definite stand in favor 
of a National Army of 3,000,000 men at 
once and approved and commended the 
commissioning of all successful candidates 
who have completed the course at officers' 
training camps. 

This action was taken by the Council 
in the passage of the following: 

'■ VOTED, that the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense approves 
and commends : 

I. 1 lie announced plan of the 
Secretary of War that all success- 
ful candidates wdio have completed 
tlie course at the various officers' 
training camps will be commis- 
sioned at once and assigned to ac- 
tive duty. 

'_'. That the Connecticut State 
(ouncil of Defense earnestly rec- 
ommends that immediate steps be 
taken to increase the enlisted 
strength of the national army to 
not less than three million men with 
full complement of officers." 

picent at the executive session on 
Wednesday were: Governor Holcomb, 
i man R, M. Bissell. Winchester Ben- 
nett, Dr. D. Chester Brown, George M. 
Howard A. Giddings. William R. 
Webster. Harris Whittemore and Joseph 
W. Alsop. 

-is. Homer 
ilmmings and Julius C. Strcmlau re- 
gretting the necessity of their 

The plans now under way for the tak- 
ing of the women's census in New Haven 
were line] to the Council. The make- 
up of the Committee on Woman's Activiti 
was discussed, and it was voted that the 
iiiilce on Woman's Activities be au- 
thorized to add to its membership those 
women who are now acting as mem' 
on the sub-committees of the Council. It 
voted that the chairman of the 
Committee on Woman's Activities and 
excel tary of the woman's com- 

mittee l>e requested to be present at all gen- 
tings. 
The advisability of issuing a warning at 
this time to the public in regard to the 
inception of new enterprises of all kinds 
and it was voted that the 

' ii il i sue a strong general warning to 

public of the state against the under- 
taking of any unnecessary new enter- 
( ( !i mtinued on page 4 I 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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U 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

Slate Council of Defense 

ies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will lie mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-c mittees, county auxiliary com- 
mittee-; and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1 HARTFORD. CONN., NOV. 16. 1917. No. 13 



TREMENDOUS AUDIENCE 
HEARS COL. ROOSEVELT 
URGE LOYALTY IN WAR 

Between 10,000 and 15,000 persons 
pack huge State Armory at rally 
held under auspices of Connecticut 
State Council of Defense— 5,000 at 
overflow meeting 



R. M. BISSELL INTRODUCES 

COLONEL AND GOV. HOLCOMB 



Probably the largest audience ever 
liered under one roof in Connecticut 
heard Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt 
speak at the war rally held in the State 
Armory in Hartford, November 2, under 
the auspii oi le Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense. The crowd within the 
armory was variously estimated as com- 
posed of between 10,000 and 1.3.000 per- 
sons and there were about 5,000 others 
outside the armory who were unable to 
gain admission. The latter were addres ed 
l,\ Colonel Roosevelt in an overflow meet- 
ing. 

i olonel Roosevelt spoke on the duty of 
Connecticut men and women in the war. 
He urged full support of the various war 
res of the government and un- 
swerving allegiance to the cause for which 
the United States and its allies are fight- 
A pamphlet containing the full texl 
of his address has been published by the 
Publicity < ommittee of the Council for 
distribution throughout the State. 

A short address was made at the rally 
by Governor Marcus II. Holcomb reviewing 
the causes which brought the United States 
into the great war and the part that Con- 
necticut has played since. His addres is 
publi hed in the pamphlet. 

Chairman Richard M. Bissell of the < oun 
cil presided at the war rally. In introducing 
Govei nor Holcomb Mr. Bissell said : 

This meeting hi i ius purpose. We 

nsider the duties 

and obligations which tall to us as citizens of 

a nation which is righting not only for its own 

of the 
principles upon which government should be 
found 

natural and first step in this discussion 
and ! nt him to you 1 

tition to the way in which one ci 
of 1 ! ipying the highest plai 

I loaded iavy respon- 

iilMled his i. 

- ran- war — bi 
had cord for diligence and di n 

ion to ttie interests of the 
which would of itself entitle him to a note- 
worthy place in the long list of Connecticut's 
Governors. Since we entered the war his tire- 
s been redoubled and at all times 
words have been characterized by 
good judgment, common sense, and determina- 



tion, qualities which he possesses to a 
able degree. in all the important activities 
I i with the war his influence and 
usually His presence and personal advocacy have 
. e that first bleak day when the 
ord gathered around thei 
their support to the 
. this moment. Whether it has 
:h notable matters as the Liberty 
the Red Cross, recruiting for our own 
ir those of our Allies, or when asked 
of ins presence and speech 
to small and comparatively unimportant 
of war workers, no call has found him unrespon- 
To his initiative and prompt activity 
with the assistance of the very able Milil u 

Board which he created we are in- 
debted for the organization and equipment of 
our unsurpassed Home Guard. Furtli 
by frequ lance at its meetings and by 

counsel and hearty support he hai 
an important fi >r in the activities of the State 
Meanwhile the hours of 
labor at his disk in the Capitol have steadily 
He has pleaded the cause of Con- 
at Washington when it seemed that 
unjustly treated and always and every- 
where his devotion to Connecticut has become 
more and more manifest. 

It is proclaiming a truth which he has made 
self-evident to say that he is a great " War 
Governor '* and while his busy and useful life 
has already endured for three-score years and 
ten yet is his mental vigor undiminished and 
the fire of his patriotism burns with as hot and 
as pure a flame — yes, hotter and more un- 
selfish than in the days of his youth. He is an 
inspiration to us all. He is a war worker 
whose example every citizen of Connecticut can 
usefully follow. 1 have the greatest pleasure in 
presenting to this great audience our " War 
Governor.'' 

Mr. Bissell's address introducing Colonel 
It was as follows: 

The principal address tonight will be given 
by one who makes a universal appeal, 
a scientist? He is known as one of the fore- 
most naturalists. Are you a teacher? H ; s 
attainments are such that he has been asked to 
lecture before the faculties and students of the 
greatest universities. Are you perchance a man 
of letters? There are few indeed in this 
country whose reading of the classics as well 



as of modern literature will compare with his, 
while his own written words are read in the 
four quarters of the world and in many lang- 
Are you a preacher? If so, have your 
teachings aroused more men to a sense of r 
and duty than his lay sermons? Have you 
id a greater influence for good in your 
community than he has in this nation'.' As 

a leader he has inspired millions of his fellow- 
men with wonderful devotion, and in war as well 
,i in pi ice his courage lias been proven. 

The life of no one of us is so highly special- 
ized or peculiar as to he outside the range of 
his versatile mind and multiform activities. It 
is not strange therefore that everywhere men 
and women crowd the meetings where he is to 
speak. 

But the possession of all these attainments 
and abilities does not fully explain why he holds 
such a place as he does hold in the esteem and 
affection of Americans. The great and under- 
lying reasons for his popularity and for the 
faith which he inspires in countless admirers 
are that having for more than twenty years 
watched his work and read or heard his words 
they believe him to he the foremost advocate of 
fair dealing between man and man and between 
the different classes of men. They believe 
patriotism to be without qualification or limit 
and finally they believe, not that he exerts an 
influence, but that he himself has been and still 
is one of the greatest moral forces operating 
upon the minds and consciences of the men 
and women of this country, a force making for 
righteous citizenship and high-minded end- .. 

Your Council of Defense therefore has felt 
that it could find no man better qualified to 
k to us concerning the duties and obliga- 
tions which this war lays upon us than Theodore 
Roosevelt, whom I now present to you. 



The town of Vernon in Tolland County, 
which includes the city of Rockville, went 
over the top in tine style in the Federal 
Food Administration pledge card campaign. 
rhe population of this town is estimated 
as being fifty per cent, of German extrac- 
tion. Vernon's quota was 1.000 pledge 
cards; when the results were counted it was 
found that 1350 signed cards had been se- 
cured. 



Governor Holcomb Endorses 

Camp Recreation Activities 

During their campaigns for funds to keep up their recreational work in army 
camps and the communities nearby, Governor Marcus 11. Holcomb issued two state- 
ments endorsing the War Camp Community Recreation Fund and the Knights of Co- 
War Fund, and a proclamation, printed in the Connecticul Bulletin last week, 
calling attention to the worthy purpose of the Y. M. C. A. campaign for funds for 
use in its camp activities. 



Governor Eolcomb's endorsement of the 
War Camp Community Recreation Fund 

follows : 

" No one whose heart has followed the 
soldiers from their Connecticut homes to 
the strange environs of distant camps and 
cantonments can hesitate to endorse any 
movement that will guard Connecticut's 
igainst unhealthy surroundings or 
make their daily life more pleasant and 
wholesome. The War Camp Community 
Reereation Fund, by endeavoring to sub- 

opi t ional aet ivities for 

the dangerous relaxations to which the eol- 
1 in their hours of liberty 
away from camp, is contributing greatly to 
ufort and safety of the men in thei, 
absence from the home. At the same time 
the Fund, by removing dangerous tempta- 
tions, preserves as efficient fighting men 
:lit otherwise become handi- 
caps instead of assets to the Army. For 
ike of the men who are fighting for 
us. for the sake of the homes which they 
have left and to which they must return 
and for the sake of the Nation and the 
cause in which it is lighting, I would urge 
strong support of the movement." 



Governor Holeomb's endorsement of the 
War Camp Community Recreation Fund 
follows: 

" The movement of the Knights of Colum- 
bus to raise a fund of $3,000,000 in the 
! nited States, of which a quota of $125,- 

Cil it has 1 n assigned to Connecticut, for 

the purpose "[ providing wholesome rec- 
reation for soldiers in military camps is 
worthy of the support of everyone who 
has tin' comfort and welfare of our sol- 
heart. This money, I ant told, is 
to be used in the erection of recreation 
halls equipped with libraries, shower baths, 
player pianos, phonographs, reading and 
waiting rooms and similar conveniences. 
They will he open to soldiers of all creeds. 
:■< work at the cantonments is beingdone 
by the Knights of Columbus at the request 
i f the war department and contributions 
to their fund will, in addition to increas- 
ing tin- comfort ami well-being of soldiers 
who have offered themselves for the su- 
premo sacrifice, aid the Federal Govern- 
teenf in its efforts to keep the soldiers 
morally and physically healthy. The work 
is worthy of the support of everyone re- 
gardless of creed." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



PLAN TO CENTRALIZE 

WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES 



Committee Outlines Its Purposes and 

Aims — Intends to Act as Clearing 

Mouse tor State 



I on1 it' i local unit has been organized 

in their community, join that unii 

■ ; a ii; society to which they 

ly as individuals and 

i thai committee any infori 
(ion thej may wish to help them to choose state Council Goes on Record 
r work and carry it out. 



WARNS AGAINST USE OF 
UNAUTHORIZED ROSTERS 



-.I. 



TO PREVENT WAST E OF EFFORT 



The Committee on i\ Lctivities of 

the Connecticut stale Council of Defense, 
in a statement outlining tin- general pur- 

poses of the organizal , says that the 

aim ol tit" committee i- to acl as a central 
clearing house for the war activities of all 
women's organizations of any kind in the 
slate. The statement follows: 

"The purpose of the Committee on 
Woman's Activities of the Connecticut 
Mate Council of Defense is to organize 
the women of the state 90 that they may 
he made use of in time oi need. England, 
France and Canada have found it wise to 
call upon their women to help in whatever 
capacity they are best lilted to serve. There 
tire in this state a large number of women's 
associations, societies and clubs organized 
lor various purposes from till classes of 
society. The Committee on Woman's Ac- 
tivities is organizing town units intended 
bring together and unite in local bodies 
1 he women's associations of each town with- 
out regard to creed, purpose, or color. 
Women nut belonging to any specific or- 
ganization but willing and able to serve 
in any capacity are eligible to membership. 

"The Committee on Woman's Activities 
is financed by the state council of defense 
and acts under the direction of that bodj 
as a committee representing the women of 
the state who otherwise could not reach 
the council. If the women of the country 
are to work to any purpose they must 
avoid duplication of work and all confusion 
arising from lack of co-ordination. The 
Committee on Woman's Activities is the 
clearing house through which unified work 
i. to be made possible, and will he informed 
id' the ways and means by which the or- 
ganized women of the state can best serve. 
It will in turn do its utmost to keep in 
touch with the local units which are to 
organize the local work. It must therefore 
be clear to every community that the Com 
mittee 011 Woman's Activities is absolutely 
dependent on the good will and co-operation 
of each and every community to be able 
to cany out all the work for which it has 
been organized. 

"This is not a movement of class, wealth 
or large communities. It is a movement 
of all for the good of all. We are not living 
in mi age when we can make any distinc- 
tion whatever and when one community 

' ■onsider itself more or less important 

than another. We tire all needed by the 
country. We -tied shoulder to shoulder 
in a national cause. If the women do not 

help to make for effective I e organiza- 

their failure to do so becomes by 

j"-i so much the failure of our armies at 

the front. It is the common purpose, the 

on effectiveness that will count in 

tlie long run. 

"All women of the state should make it 
clear to themselves a- -eon as possible that 
wish to do their pari and be a help 
and 11 they can do their work 

through the Committee on Woman's Ac- 
tivities organized for the express purpose 
of showing them how to work. Lot them 



" The committee has headquarters at 
■ tte < apitol, Hartford. The 
telephone is Charter 5471." 



Opposing Publication of 
Regimental List 



OFFICIAL SANCTION NECESSARY 



DISCUSS WAR PROBLEMS 



Members of British Labor Administra = 

tion Mission Attend Conferences 

at btate Capitol 



A warning against giving support in any 
way to any unauthorized publications of the 
nature of regimental rosters is contained 
ia a letter received by the Meriden town 
committee of the Connecticut State Council 
Defense, the letter is in reply to an in- 
quiry made by Die .Meriden organization 
concerning a proposed publication of which 
tad learned. The Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense officially takes the position 
in this letter that no publication of this 
hind, not sanctioned by the state military 
authorities, should he supported in any way. 

The letter received by the .Meriden com- 
mittee was as follows: 

" Your communication id' October 29 con- 
cerning a private enterprise for the publi- 



A.1 t\\ tferences of representative 

turers .an! labor leaders of 1 on 
1 and the members of the British 
Labor Administration Mission, held under 
the auspices of the Connecticut State I oun- 
tl 1 Defense in the (apitol. November 7, 
Sir Stephenson Kent, K. C. B.. head of the 
1 a member 1 f the Munitions Minis- 
try of tacit Britain and director of its 
labor supply department, described methods 
adopted by his country in meeting labor cation of a roster of Connecticut troops is 

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problems that have arisen during the wai 
if connei I ion \> it h the manufacl are of muni- 
tions, lie emphasized the necessity Croat 
Britain had met to make the best possible 
use of its skilled labor, to prevent any waste 
of man power and to use each man to the 
besl advantage. 

Addresses were also made by H. W. 
Garrod, deputj assistant secretary of the 
< ibor Regulation Department of the British 
Ministry of Munitions, and C. H. Baillie. 
chief technical dilution officer of its Labor 
Supply Department. 

Captain Cyril Asquith, another member 
of the Mission, who is a son of Former 
Premier Herbert Asquith, held a conference 
with (he district exemption boards of the 
State at which he told what steps had 
tken in his country to exempt skilled 
1: echanics from armv service. 



FAKE HOOVER LETTERS 



Council Warns against Activities of 

Supposed pro=Oerman Agents 

in Connecticut 



The attention of the Connecticut Stale 

! 'I of Defense has been called to what 

1- presumed to be pro German propaganda 
conducted by men who are trying to hamper 
the work of the United States Food Ad- 
ministration in this State. They hat 
letters bearing I rg 1 signatures of Herbert 
Hoover to various housewives telling them 

: third of their accumulated supplies 

>-i preserved fruit, vegetables, etc is liable 
to ''"» The Council lias issued a 

warning to all housewives not to give up 
any if their provisions if they are asked 
1 el to lei the nearest police author- 
ities know the full details of any facts they 

fo learn. If agents a] p 
1 house and sei 1; to confiscate th 

bed are urged to hold the 
and turn them over to the police 
authorities, x,, sucn action as i. threatened 
in the letters has been authorized or even 
li ral Food Administra- 
tion or by tin- i i Committee of the state 

1 louncil. 



received. 

" The Connecticut State Council of De- 
' took up. at its meeting on Wednes- 
the question which you raise in your 
letter concerning such publications, and' the 
members were very strongly of the opinion 
thai no aid of any kind should he given 
anj such proposition at this time. 

"Adjutant General G I Cole, who 

was ore. cut at Wednesday's meeting, ex- 
plained that it is impossible for his°offiee 
to give out at this time a roster which 
would be complete. He also explained that 

eiuplete roster could be obtained now 

from any source. 

"This Council takes the position that 
any such enterprise as this should be dis- 
couraged miles, it is officially sanctioned 
lie -late military authorities. To date 
tch sanction ha. been given any publi- 
eat ion. 

"The members of the Meriden Town 
Committee of the Connecticut state Coun- 
cil of Defen.e can readily sec that no such 
roster as is proposed could be complete 
and. therefore, could have no official sanc- 
tion. 

'I he feeling of the Council that no aid 
1 my kind should be given to any such 
n 1 as this applies no! alone to the pro- 
1 publication concerning which you 
wrote to this office, but also to any similar 
ition not officially sanctioned. 
" Very respei f fullj . 
tneeticut State < ounci] of Def 



WOOD FOR FUEL 



Thomas W. Russell. Federal Fuel Ad- 
mini trator for Connecticut and chairman 

of the 1 oal ( aittee of the Connecticut 

Council of Defense, has appointed the 
following state committee on the use of 
rt-ood tor fuel, to act under the dil 
of the Fuel Administration: — 

Walter 0. Filler, iter, chair- 

man; Charles R. Tre 1 Frank E. 

an. Oronoque; Donald J. Warner, 
Salisbury; F. IT. Stadtmueller, Stat 
itol. Hartford; William .7. W 
dover; Eyerett W. nterbrook; 

F. A. Rockwood, North Franklin: Oliver A. 
! 1 Woodstocl \ 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COUNCIL HOPES TO SEE 
NATIONAL ARMY RAISED 
TO THREE MILLION MEN 

(Continued from page 1 I 

prises time. 

The executive session adjourned at 11.50 
A. M. and immediately reconvened in regu 
l:i t- si --Mii; with the following chairmen 
and present: 

X. VV. B >rge G. W illiams, S. II. 

Holmes P. D. H. K. Smith, Rear- 

idmiral VV. S. Cowles, George B. Chandler, 
Dr. C. C. Godfrey, Colonel L. F. Burpee, 
W. It. Putnam, Miss Caroline Ruutz-R.ee 
and Dr. Valeria II. Parker. The following 
irmen and secretaries of county auxil 
iary committei iresent: A. L. Snip 

.man. G. E. Meech, B. F. 
n ; it. i . Smith. There 

of the Council, the mem 

ti ''ii tee of New - 

led by their chairman, Henrj C. 

■ iell. 

nted a report I 
, on Slate Protection, dealing 
with the disposition of the various reports 
of utterances and actions of a dish 
and seditious nature. Dr. Valeria Parker 
read a report on special police activities. 
Admiral William S. Cowles presented 

for the Military and Naval Commit tee. 
report dealt principally with a meet- 
ing which was held in Washington by the 
W,ii Camp Community Recreation Asso- 
cial ion. 

Reports of the Litchfield and Tolland 
County auxiliary committees were approved 
and it was voted that the appointment of 
and William H. Hall and Dr. W. S. 
Higgins, as members of the Tolland County 
Auxiliary Committee be approved. 
Mr. Putnam made an oral report for the 

i mittee on Transportation. It was an- 

non. Mr. Chandler, in his report as 

chairman of the Committe Publicity, 

that Harrison B. Freeman of Hartford had 
appointed to have charge of the divi- 
sion of war rallies and it was voted that 
the Council provide necessary stenographic 
help and office equipment for Mr. Freeman 
and a staff in conducting the campaign. 

MEETING OF NOVEMBER 7 
The following members of the Council 
were present at the executive session on 
November 7: Chairman Richard M. Bissell, 
Winchester Bennett, Dr. D. Chester Brown, 
Adjutant General George M. Cole, ( I 
A. Goodwin, Julius C. Stremlau, William R. 
Webster and Joseph W. A I -op. 

At the regular session which followed the 
following chairmen and members of sub- 
committees were present: F. A. Verplanck, 
Stanley II. Hi ink D. Cheney. Rear 

Admiral William S. Cowles, U. S. N 
tired, W. II. Putnam, George B. Williams. 
Thomas W. Russell, George B. Chai 
Dr. Charles C. Godfrey, Judge Lucien F. 
Burpee. 

The meeting was adjourned for about two 
hours while the members of the Council 
i i onference of the British Muni- 
tion When il reconvened there 
in addition to those mentioned 
Homer S. Cummings, George M. 
Lers, Robert Scoville, G. E. Meech, Wil- 
li. F. English and Emil G. 
ng the Atlantic Division 
of the American Red Cross, and James A. 
I;. Schei r, representing the Section on Co- 
operation of the Council of National De- 
fense. 



The Council voted to instruct the Com 
mittee on Foreign Born Population, in co- 
ion with the l ouiiiiilloe on Woman's 
Activities, to organize committees in various 
towns and cities' to take up the problem of 
ducat in': aliens. 

A number of c mittee reports were re- 
ceived and placed on file. 



CHILDREN IN WAR WORK 



Committee on Education Praises Their 
Efforts to Help Nation 



The Committee on Education of the Con- 
tieoticut State Council of Defense ha- is- 
sued a report which contains high praise 
of the patriotic work being done th 

out the State by school children and teach 
I he statement says in part: 

" Children are taking an im] 
in war activities. Th j helped with 

gardens. Girls have joined canning classes. 
Instructors in domestic science are train- 

. ds of girls to can and to c 
serve our fuod supply. Children arc con- 
tributing to erect rolls of honor, are deny- 
ing themselves candy and sugar, have 
saved their pennies 'for the cantonment 
libraries. These arc examples of the te'ach- 
patriotism through sacrifice. 

"The teachers of the State are alive to 
their responsibilities and duties, and much 
good work is being done.'' 



WOMEN WAR WORKERS 

PLAN ALL-DAY RALLY 



Will Hold Session at State Capitol 

on December 6 — Dr. Rosalie 

S. Morton to Speak. 



HORE TOWN CHAIRHEN APPOINTED 



WAR WORK CONFERENCE 

To be Held at Capitol Monday at Call 

of State Defense 

Council 



At the invitation of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, the heads of Red 
i K.-- unite throughout the Stale, presidents 
of various Chambers of Commerce and the 
chairmen of the town committees of the 
( ouncil will meet ne\t Monday afternoon 
at 2 o'clock in the Capitol to discuss meth- 
ods of making less complicated and more 
efficient the conduct of all war activities 
in Connecticut. A sub-committee of the 
Council has been investigating the necessity 
of reducing complications and duplications 
in war work now being done, especially in 
the cities and larger towns, and ways in 
which similar condition-, are being improved 
in 01 hel stal es. 



An all day rally of women war workers 
of the stale' will i>e held at the Slate Cap- 
itol on I'h hi -day. December 6, under the 
auspices of the Committee on Woman's 
Activities of the Connecticut state Coun- 
cil of Defense. All the local and county 
chairmen of th orga nization and 

; i.\ delegates as care to come have 
been invited. There will be a morning - 
sion at I I o'clock ai which reports will be 
present ed. 

At the afterno n < lion it is expected 
that either Governor Marcus II. Holcomb 
ird M. Bissell, chairman of the 
( ouncil, will be present. An address on the 
work of women in Europi will be given by 
Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton, head of the 
first women's medical unit to be organized 
in this country. Dr. Morton was decorated 
for medical work she did in Serbia. Miss 
line Ruutz-Rees, state chairman of the 
Woman's Committee, will tell the dele- 
how they can serve the State and 
the Nation through the committee. 

Between the two sessions luncheon will 
be served at the Capitol at 75 cents a 
plate 

A divisional meeting of the Connecticut 
Division, Woman's Committee. Council of 
National Defense, will be held on Wednes- 
day. December .3. at 2.30 P. M. in Room G6, 
State Capitol. 

At a meeting of the Committee on 
Woman's Activities held November 13 the 
following town chairmen were appointed: 

Bethel — Mrs. Robert Wickenden. 

Bridgewater — Mrs. Louis Northrop. 

Cornwall — Mrs. Charles L. Gold. 

Ha -I Lyme — Mrs. James Bond of Nian- 

lic. 

Franklin — Mrs. L. P. Ayer. 

Lebanon — Mrs. H. W. Sweet. 

Roxbury — Mrs. Wilber McTntyre. 

Sail m — -Mrs. Charles I. Beebe. 

Sherman — Miss Margaret Atchinson. 

Windham — Mrs. Robert H. Fenton of 
Willimanl ic. 

A report was submitted by Dr. Kate C. 
Mead, chairman of the Medical Service 
( 'ouiiiiittee. 



COAL SITUATION 



Shortage in Several Localities — Local 
Committees of Fuel Administra- 
tion Organizing 



Thomas W. Russell, Federal Fuel Ad- 
ministrator for Connecticut and chairman 
of the coal committee of the Conn 
State Council of Defense, reported rei mtlj 
to the Council that the task of organizing 
the Fuel Administration throughout the 
state has been nearly completed. Twenty- 
one local committees have been appointed, 
one for nearly every town and city in 
Connecticut having a population of 10,000 
or ove 



DENTISTS CO-OPERATING 



Much Work Done in Treating Defects 

of Army and Navy 

Recruits 



The Connecticut Preparedness League of 
American Dentists has reported to the com- 
mit ice on sanitation and medicine of the 
Connecticut Stale Council of Defense, with 
which il is co-operating in matters relating 
to the war, on work done by Connecticut 
in treating Army and Navy re- 
cruits for dental defects. Up to recently. 
when the statistics were compiled, these 
dentists had given free treatment to 300 
men. putting in 500 fillings, extracting a 
considerable number of teeth and doing 
so bridge and plate work. 




(tattprttntt lu Urtiti 

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Published Bi»Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, NOVEMBER 30, 1917 



No. 14 



STATEWIDE RALLIES 
ALREADY ARRANGED 
IN THREE COUNTIES 



Nearly complete program outlined for 
Tolland County to begin Monday, 
December 4 — New London County 
series almost finished with 20 
meetings scheduled 



LIBERTY CHORUSES HELP 

TO AROUSE ENTHUSIASM 



Nearly complete plane for the Tolland 
County seric- of state-wide war rallies dur- 
ing the week iif December 4 have been made 
by the speakers' bureau attached to the 

publicity committ f the < onnecticut 

SI ite Council of Defense. The program 
calls for fifteen rallies in thai county dur- 
ing the week. Plans for the -Middlesex 
Countj series have progressed to the point 
where four meetings bave been arranged. 
The program, as so far arranged, for Tol- 
land and Middlesex Counties follows: 

TOLLAND COUNTY 
Tuesday, December 4: 

Bolton — At the Bolton Center Hall; 
chairman, J. White Sumner; speakers, 
Harry M. Burke of Smith .Manchester and 
anou.er to be arranged, music by Liberty 
i horus. 

Somersville At Homer's Hall; chair- 
man, E. S. Fuller and Ralph J). Keener ; 
speakers, Hubert 1'. Butler of Hartford 
and another to lie arranged, music by Lib- 
erty Chorus. 

Storr At the Storrs College Armory; 

chairman, Frederick 0. Vinton and Presi- 
dent C. L. Beach of the Connecticut Agricul- 
tural College; speakers, Rev. Vernon W. 
Cooke of Willimantic and another to be 
arranged; music by Liberty Chorus. 
Wednesday, December 5: 

Andover — At the Andover Town Hall; 
chairman. Horace -I. Backus, speakers, At- 
torney General George E. Hinman and Rev. 
Robert S. Moore of Willimantic; music by 
Liberty Chorus. 

Columbia — At Yeoman's Hall; chairman, 
William C. Robinson; speakers, Rev. Ver- 
non W. Cooke of Willimantic and another 
to be arranged; music by Liberty Chorus 
and a band. 

North Coventry — At North Coventry 
Town Hall; chairman, Dr. W. L. Higgins; 
speakers, Piesident Flavel S. Luther of 
Trinity College and Charles D. Hine of 
Hartford; music by Libertv Chorus. 

Tolland — At Tolland Town Hall; chair- 
nan. Edward E. Fuller; speakers, Rev. 
Chuh's E. Hasselgrave of South Manches- 
ter mill Colonel Charles \V. Burpee of 
Hartford; music by Liberty Chorus. 

South Wellington — At the Memorial 

Church; chairman. Colonel William Henry 

Rail; sneakers, Rev. Percy E. Thomas of 

Rockvillc a'rd another to be arranged; music 

(Continued on page 4 > 



War Savings Plan 

To Be Inaugurated 

Soon in This State 



Thrift Stamps Will be Sold — Howell 
Cheney, Director, Names His Com- 
mittee 



The United States Government War Sav- 
ings plan «ill soon be put in operation in 
Connecticut. This new idea provides foi 
loans Lo the federal government of amounts 
.i- small as 25 cent! and includes the issue 
of $5 interest bearing stamps. The money 
invested by this plan is a war loan to the 
federal government just as much as is the 
mi nej used to buy Liberty Bonds, and it 
will be used by Uncle Sam to win the war 
againsl the Kaiser. 

Unwell Cheney of Manchester has been 
appointed state director for this work. He 
has announced the following committee 
which will help him "put the plan across" 
in t onnei t icut: 

Ett. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, -Mrs. 
Morgan G. Bulkeley, Mrs. Henry A. Rum 
stead, Rev. Dr. H. W. Ettelson, Charles 
D. Hine, E. Kent Hubbard, Edward P. 
rones, Rev. Dr. Flavel S. Luther, Rt. Rev. 
hihn .1. Nil. in. Rev. Dr. Rockwell H. Potter, 
Elijah Rogers, Julius Stremlau, C. T. Tread- 
way. 

Mr. I henry will be aided by the follow- 
ing' assistant directors: 

X. Searle Light 

Mrs. Bernard T. Williams 

Briefly, the plan is this: Thrift stamps 
ire i" be sold for 25 cents each. Any one 
vho wishes can get a government thrift 
card holding sixteen of these stamps. When 
ill the spaces arc tilled, that is, when $4 h is 
leen invested in thrift stamps, the card may 
be exchanged by the payment of a few 
cents for a $5 war savings certificate stamp, 
uul a new card will be issued with space 
i.ii twenty of these $.3 stamps. The holder 
may then start a second thrift card. 

During the month of January, 1918, the 
cum out required for a $5 stamp, in ad- 
dition to the Si invested, will be 12 cents 
i ml this will increase one cent each month 
during the year 191$. The plan is based 
on 4 per cent, interest, compounded quar 
roily, and the investment is for five years. 
On January 1, 1923, the government will 
nay $5 for each stamp which individuals 
hail bought at a cost of $4 plus a few cents. 
The war savings certificate may be turned 
into money at any time prior to the date 
of maturity, and the holder will receive 
back the money invested together with a 
slightly smaller interest payment. 

An active campaign for the sale of these 
stamps, which may he obtained at any post 
office or a number of other places which 
will he announced later, is to begin al 
once in this State, and it is hoped by Mr. 
( honey that in this, as in all other war 
ictivities to date, Connecticut will set the 
pace for the whole Nation. 



STATE COUNCIL ADDS 
TWO SUB-COMMITTEES 
TO ITS ORGANIZATION 



Fuel Conservation and War Savings 
Workers Become Part of Ollicial 
Body — Future General Meetings to 
Open Promptly at 11.30 a.m. each 
Wednesday 



REPORTS ON SEVERAL 

MATTERS PRESENTED 



the Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
at it- meeting on Wednesday, with that 
two ncu sub-c uittees he added to its or- 
ganization. One is the < b iit,ee on Fuel 

Conservation and the other is the War 
Savings Committee. They are composed oi 
the following members: 

Committee on Fuel Conservation — 

Charles G. Bill, Hartford, chairman. 

Professor L. P. Breckenridge, Yale Uni- 
versity, New Haven. 

\Y. it. C. Corson, secretary Hartford 
Steam Ruler Inspection & [nsuiance Com- 
pany, Hartford. 

John P. Elton, American Brass Company, 
Waterbury. 

J. A. Hamilton, W. F. Gilbert Coal Com- 
pany, New Haven. 

R. G. S. Pigott, consulting engineer, 
Bridgeport Brass Company and Remington 
Arm.- Company, Bridgeport. 

Lucius S. Storrs, president Connecticut 
Company, New Haven. 

War Savings Committee — 

Howell Cheney of Manchester. 

Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, bishop 
of Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Con- 
necticut. 

Mis. Morgan G. Bulkeley of Hartford. 

Rev. Dr. H. W. Ettelson, rabbi, Congre- 
gation Beth Israel, Hartford. 

Mrs. Henry A. Run. stead, Xew Haven. 

Charles D. Hine. secretary, State Board 
of Education, Hartford. 

E. Kent Hubbard of Middlctown. 

Edward P. .Jones, president of Connect- 
icut Chamber of Ciitiin erce. 

Rev. Dr. Flavel S. Luther, president of 
Trinity College. Hartford. 

Rt. Rev. John J. Xi! in. bishop of Roman 
Catholic Diocese of Hartford. 

Rev. Dr. Rockwell H. Potter, pastor, 
Center Church, Hartford. 

Senator Elijah Rogers, Southington. 

Julius Stren Ian. i r sident of State Fed- 
eration of Labor, Meriden. 

C. T. Treadway, Bristol. 

It was voted that future executive sea- 
sons of the council begin ai m a. m. each 
Wednesday, and that the general meetings 
open promptly at 11.30 a. m. If t'e hu-i- 
ness of the executive session is not com- 
pleted by the time for the opening of t''e 
regular meeting, the executive session will 
be adjourned until the close of the regular 
meeting. 

The resignation of Harris Whittemore of 
(Continued mi page 4) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 
e direction of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will lie mailed to members of the 

Connectii ul SI ite Coi il of Defense 

sub-committees, county auxiliary com 
ees and the chairman of its town com 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide 01 
ail "" " licial matters 



ONN., NOV. a 



No 1 



,.,/ n , icspapi r editors who 
wish to republish any of tlu articles 
,,. any issue <>/ I he Connecticut Bul- 
letin in,- ul liberty to do so with or 
without credit to the Bulletin. 



DEFENSE COUNCIL WARNS 
AGAINST WASTE OF LABOR 

Says no New Industrial Enterprises 
should be undertaken during present 
Emergency unless they Contribute 
Directly to the War Strength of the 
Allies 



YOUR BINOCULARS CAN 
HELP TO WIN THE WAR 



U. S. Navy needs optical instru- 

ments for use in hunting 

submarines 



The < onnecticut Stale < ouncil of De- 
i,. : , , has issued " a warning" against un- 
dertaking any "new enterprises which do 
not contribute directly to the war strength 
of this country 01 its Uli.es" until victory 
is tvi !.. .11 i he same time declaring that, " in 
-,. of time, ii" one need be sur 
p, : , , if, during the war, the use ol labor 
am j ma tei i.il- Ei r all non-essential pur- 
pose's is made impossible by regulatio ' 

i ... The " warning " follows: 
■■ \,.» enterprises which do no1 dired 1} 
ribute to the war strength of this 
i , or its allies, should not be under- 
i aken. 

■■ ])„, i„o the period 01 the waT an} ne\i 
,.„i :i |,i ises or undertaking : should be 1 1 ied 
and ju-i ified b} i h i tesl : 

•■ ■ Will the men, money, and m 
required b\ this enterprise best contribute 
in this way to the winning of tin-, war '.' ' 

■■ Ever} man and every resource "ill be 
needed by our eountrj during the war. All 
efforts should be centered to winning. 

Chen i- no uncertainty or amhiguit} 
about this statement of y ur dut} . 

■• Men who arc considering new entei 
prise-, public improvements, dwellings, fac 
lories, industrial work of any description 
should be guided b} i he above test. 

"The above should prepare the minds of 
business men for action affecting the full 
operation of those industries not 
to the National Defense and also affect ing 
the consumption by the public of luxuries 
ami [ion essent ials. 

•• In the course of ti > ne nei i bi 

surprised if during the war the use of 
laboi and materials for all non-essential 
purposes is made impossible by regulation 
or statute. 

neetieut State Council of Defense." 



i ictii Ht spyglasses, binoculars 

iill.l teleSCOpi S are needed 10 Spot Sub 

es in the war zone. It is ex- 

I e cted that before long many gl 

non privately owned in this stat e will 
he doing their part in ridding the 
oi German 1 boats and it may 
i ,. that befi re the war is ever a i lon- 
,, , i i, ei spyglass «ill be the mi an 
i transpoi t bearing I on 
neetieut troops from destruction by 

II submarine. 

The United Slates Navy is threat 
ene.l with a shortage of spygl tsses, 
,: inocul irs because it 
has in the past depended largely on 
European sources foi it - supply, and 
it is believed that many people who 
own such instruments « ill be gl id to 
give them to the govei nment so I lai 
they c in be used as " eyes for the 
Navy." It makes little difference how 
old the glassi - ma} be so I 
nr ,. in ' a se] \ iceable condit ion, for 
I, a n} i hi glasses have excellent lenses 
which can be used w il h . a little re 
pairing. As the government dues not 
accept gifts, it will pay the nominal 
sum of one dollar for each pair of 
•jl isses n hieh it finds acceptable. It 
will return the rest to the senders. 

I he gla ses shotild be sent to the 
[-Ion. Franklin 1). Roosevelt, assi tant 
secretary of the Navy, Naval Ob 
,.,'-,. Washington, D. C. Each 
one should be carefully tagged with 
the name and a, hire-- of the sender. 

All gifts «ill be acknowledged by the 
Navj Department. 



KEEP HEAT INDOORS 






URGES CO-OPERATION 

WITH STATE COUNCIL 



Governor Hoicomb Issues Appeal ask= 
ing People of Connecticut to concen= 
trate every possible ounce of Power 
in united efforts to Avoid all Waste 
of Effort 

SAYS CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES 

OUGHT TO BE CENTRALIZED 



Fuel Administrator Publishes Poster 

Warning against Carelessness in 

Use of Radiators 

Thomas W. Russell, Federal Fuel Admin - 
,,i i ator for ( onnecl icut and ( lhairman of 

the I nil i i dttee of the Connecticut State 

Council of Defense, has had printed and is 
distributing a poster card warning tenants 
of apartment houses, hotels, etc., to shut 
off their radiators and registers when they 
open their bedroom windows at night. Tne 
careless practice of trying to heat 
that is open to t he outside air 
I,, be the cause of an enormou 
coal. The poster says: 

DON'T THY TO HEAT ALL OUTDOORS! 

When you open your windows at night shut 

off the radiators ami registers. 

Help your government in it- efforts to wage 

ii successful war. 

SAVE (tr\L. 

The ArniN and Navy needs coal more than 

you. [ts n Is must come first. 

Do your bit and be satisfied with less 

heat and less light. 



a room 

thought 

waste of 



Governor Marcus II. Hoicomb has issued 
in appeal to the people of Connecticut to 
consult the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense I efore undertaking any war activity 
so that waste and duplication of effort may 
be avoided and " every ounce of power that 
there is in ear State" may be devoted 
ientl} to the last of winning the war. 
|i e appeal fellows: 
"(in April _ii. 1917, under power vested 
e by Chapter il of the Public Acts of 
1917, ["appointed the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense by proclamation, 'with 
me and under my direction to conduct the 
prosecution of the war so far as concerns 
this stale and u il h power to co operate 
with other states and with the Federal 
( ee ei nment.' 

" I'm- more than six months this (ouncil 
has been performing the tasks for which it 
was organized. It "as clearly the intention 
of the Federal Government when it asked 
me to appoint this Council, and il was my 
intention in carrying out that request, that 
ihe Connecticut State Council of Defense 
should have full supervision over Con- 
necticut's part in the civilian activities 
called for b} the prosecution of the war. 

"Multiplicity of organizations attempt- 
ing In do i In same I hing results in dupli- 
cation and waste. If our state is to per- 
form its part in its fullest efficiency, there 
must be no wa-le. and. therefore, no dupli- 
eat ion. 

■■ I urgently desire that the citizens of 
Connecticut co-operate fully with the Con- 
necticut State I ouncil of Defense and un- 
dertake no iiar activity without consult- 
ing the Council, which has its officers in 
the State Capitol, Hartford. Every ounce 
oi powei that there is in our state must be 
devoted to the task of winning the war; 
ever) bit of individual effort to help 
America's cause is welcomed and appre- 
ciated b} your Governor. It is to secure 
the greatest power from the effort ex- 
pended that 1 ask the people of our state 
to consult the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense before they inaugurate an} new 
effort, in order that the whole organiza- 

ti f the Council may be made available 

to every desirable undertaking and that 
there may be no duplication of effort and 
wasted energy. 

■• I make this appeal to the people of Con- 
necticut, feeling certain that they will see 
t he importance of t his call to their pat riot- 
ism, and will respond to a request which is 
intended to keep ('onnecticut a leader 
ana ne.: the -tales in the efficiency and value 
to the Government of her response to the 
Nat inn's call for sen ice, 

M. H. mil a 10MB. Governor." 



You feed your dog; you feed your cat; 
you feed your little canary bird. When 
dinner time comes are you going to forget 
the soldiers who fight for you in France? 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COUNCIL'S WAR BUREAU 
PLAN MEETS APPROVAL 



War Workers Endorse Movement to 

Make Efforts More Effective 

Through Co ordination 



WILL ELIMINATE DUPLICATIONS 

An important move in the direction o) 
efficiency was made recently a1 a meeting 
in i lie State Capitol when nearly LOO ol 
the most active war workers and citj and 
town officials of the State endorsed a rec 
ommendation of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense that war bureaus to 
have centralized control of nearly all local 
war activities be established in every town 
and ei1 j of Connecticut liaving a population 
of 8,000 or over. The proposed war bu- 
reaus when established will amplify the pres- 
ent town committees of the Council and it 
is expected t ha I i hej will bi ing together 
the work of practically all the civilian war 
organizations except a few of national scope 
as the American Red i Iross and t lie 
■ Men's ( hristian Association. 

I he bureaus w ould, under the plan e icli 
ha\ e a cha ii ma n, a secret try and a t reasui i i 
and one of these officers would give his 

ei time to supen ising t he ( orl oi t he 

bureau. Each would be closely associated 
witn the loc il go\ ernnn unitj 

and ii - e pi nses would iet in local ap 

propriations or subscriptions. The war 
bureau would acl P - lo al representative of 
the Council. 

I 'i addil ion in it- thr ihief o Beers t he 

bureau would have an executive co dttee 

made up of carefully selected representa- 
t ives of the local go\ ei iituent, i he presenl 

town committi t the Council, the Red 

< Iross, the I 'hamber of i ommerce and other 
organizations actively interested in war 

S i i commit b - of the war bureau would 

be i ppointe I ve detailed attention to 

various special problems and to keep in 

1 " ■■ ' ;i w ii Ii con esponding committees 

of the siate Council. 

A finance committee would supervise the 
raising oi war relief funds except during 
t lie lo eat nut iniri I camp ligns, w hen it would 
co operate. Legislation would probablj be 

advocated forbidding any one to raise n j 

for miscellaneous war relief purposes ex 
cepl u ith the consent of the war bun au 
« hicli would issue lii enses to solicitors, n 
is thought that this would keep away fake 
solicitors such as have cropped up from 

t to time in some of the European 

countries that are at war. 

An important woiv would be entrusted 
to the relief committee, which would in- 
clude members of the 1 relief coi if tee 

of the local branch of the Red Cross. This 

coi ittee would provide aid that would 

mil be considered charily for the families 
oi soldiers and sailors, and would send 
comfort kits and other gifts to the absent 
fighters. 

An information committee would keep 
a card index record of the soldiers who have 
gone to war and would aid their relatives 
and friends to keep in touch with them. 
Interpreters would be available for the 

convenience of the foreign born of the i 

munity who have relatives or friends in the 
army. 

\ committee on labor would provide part 
time or whole Ii work for soldier-' rela- 



tives who might need employment and do 
genera] work along the line of making more 
labor available for government needs. 

Through a committee on foreign born 
population, it is expected that increased 

interest in war work of all kind- d 

he stimulated in the so-called foreign quar- 
ters of i he larger cit ies. 

Those who attended the meeting repre- 
sented the State Council and its various 
local commif tees, the American Red I ross. 
local Chambers of Commerce and other 

ii i - and eii \ and low n e<>\ ernments. 

The gathering included a large number of 
mayors. 

Richard \l. Bissell, chairman of the State 
Council, presided at the meeting, which 
was held iii the hall of the House of Rep 
resentatives. He outlined the Council's 
war bureau plan, as summarized above, and 
pointed out the efforts being made jusf mm 
by the Allied governments to centralize 
their efforts to wage a successful .- 
the need of similar co-ordination in civilian 
war act i\ ii ies at home. 

Those prcseiu at the meeting unanimous- 
ly pas- r d the Following resolution: 

that ii is 1 he sense of this meet ing that 
we approve (he suggestion of the Connecti- 
cut State I Miii.il of I lefense as to i he crea 
i ion ni ■ 1 1 bure i us and w ill endeavor to 

idopl .i ii I .i.i.u. i lie same to i he Is ot 

our eomiiiiini tiei 

I i est was also appne ed b_\ formal 

> <■'<■ tli . called in the various 

L'o nmunil ies of i eprcsentaf ives ot 

Bat ions and .1 Kcia I- Id eh i. interest id 

nulate definite plan- for i he establish- 

: of w nr bureaus in their low n- and 

submit the plan- to the State < iouncil for 

■ipprox al. 



MORE FIRE INSPECTIONS 

Work of Conservation Association Ex- 
tended to Waterbury and Other 
Cities and Towns 

Inspectors of the Conservation Associa- 
tion of Connecticut, who recently -tailed a 
campaign to eliminate oi reduce tire hazards 

in this Slate a- a war a-uiv. have ex- 

tended their work during the past two 
■eel ■ iii the following cities and towns: 

Waterbury 

New Britain 

Bristol 

Plainville 

Berlin 

Terryville 

Tnion City 

Naugatuck 

\\ atertown 

Waterx ille 

Thomaston 

Mystic 

Noank 

Stonington 

Pawcatuck 

G-roton 
and all of Windham County. 

The inspectors recently made inspections 
in Xew Haven and Bridgeport. Their work 
has the endorsement of the Connecticut 
st.ne i ■ iii i ii- 1 1 of l lefense aim i he < ouneil 
of National Defense and (heir methods are 
fo make careful surveys o, the place- tlnw 
visit, to discover lire hazards ami make rec- 
ommendations that the conditions the\ find 
lie changed so as to reduce the fire risk as 
much as possible. 



ITALIANS ARE URGED 

TO STAND BY ALLIES 



Defense Council Sends Message to 

Foreign Born Citizens in 

Connecticut 

TELLS OF AMERICA'S WAR PLANS 

The i onneei icut State cil of Defense' 

' ecently senl a message to i lie Italia 
Connecticut urging them to stand by the 

land id their birth and 1 he land of their 

adoption at this time of crisis in Italy. 

I lie message has 1,,-, ,, read al g ithering oi 
Italians in various pails of tne Stale and 
ii ■ heen printed in i he Italian newspapers, 
i have been furnished with copies in 
Italian lo i he I ouncil's I ommittee on Pub-' 
lii-ity. \, translated iiib English 
sage lead- : 

* - ;e to i he 1 1 ih. in- ni i lonnecti- 

cut from the ( onnect icul State ( iouncil of 
use: 

" The land pi \ ■ bii i h and i he land of 

u adoption are fight ing in a common 
cause, ih.- cause of Freedom and Democracy. 

"The United stales of America is rapidly 

ma i -ImIIiuv a II her trenn i in 

I! eu, i w and iiuiii it ions to go to i lie aid 

of her sisters in Europe Italy, r-ra 
; oe.,1 p., itain and the rest of the \in. -. 

■ m< i ica will not think of pe ice until 
she can demand peace term- founded on 
vietorj and until the German war lords 
Inn '■ been made helpless in their effort 
crush I. die, i; a ml Justice. 

" i fiye your full, sincere suppoi i i- 
■ i - thai ,ii c -trh ing to bring \ icti 
lo (he Allies and Freedom to the world. 

" V'our relatives and friends in ltal\ need 

cue agement, not discouragement. When 

you w rite to them, tell I hem w hat America 
- do to help them. 

"The first soldiers of the United States 
have gone into batt le on I he firing line in 
Europe. They are but the vanguard oi 
man} hundreds of thousands who will fol- 
low. Sonv an in training here; others are 
already within sound of cannon fire. They 
will not return until th.y return victorious. 

"All America is united ill the task of send- 
in. •-• millions of tons of munitions, food and 
other supplies to the war zone, and Ameri 
can warsiiips are guarding the ships in. 
i he\ are being transported. A fleel 

of airph - greater than has ever before' 

been dreamed of is being built and will 
soon he doing vital w ork in Europe. 

" Stand l>.\ America and si 1 l>.\ Italy." 

"Connecticut State Council of Defense." . 
Hartford, Connecticut, November 17. 
1017." 



NON-PARTISAN WORKERS 



Suffrage and Anti-Suffrage Distinc. 

tions Forgotten by Woman's 

Committee 



Miss i aniline Kuuiz-Kce- ha- announced! 

thai the I ommitti a Woman's Activities 

of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
as an emergency war organization, is not 
concerned with anj of the controversies of 
the woman suffrage question and that 
neither suffrage nor anti-suffrage is per- 
miited to affect the activities of the com- 
mit tee. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN" 



STATE COUNCIL ADDS 
TWO SUB-COMMITTEES 
TO ITS ORGANIZATION 



1 1 lontinued Irom page 1 ) 

Naiigatuck as a member of the council was 
accepted. Judge W. 1). Makepeace, chair- 
man of the council's town committee in 
Waterbury, was present and reported on 
housing conditions in Waterbury. Several 
other reports were presented and accepted. 

Those present at the executive session 
were: Chairman R. M. Bissell, J. W. Al- 
sop, Winchester Bennett, Dr. D. Chester 
Biown, Howard A. Giddings, William JR. 
Webster and Julius C. Streuilau. 

The general meeting was attended by (he 
following chairmen of sub-committees : 
Thomas W. Russell, George G. Williams, 

Genigfi M. I.:" i- Stelej EL ttolmeSj 

Frar.k I). Cheney, II. K. Smith, George B. 
Chandler, Dr. C. C. Godfrey and Miss 
Ruutz-Rees, and the following chairmen and 
members of county auxiliary committees: 
Aithur L. Shipman, Dudley L. Vaill, G. E. 
Vleech, limn C. Smith, B. F. English and 
1 lumphrey. 

MEETING OF NOVEMBER 21 

At tin- executive session of the meeting 
of the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense held on November 21 there were pres- 
ent: Governoi Marcus II. Holcomb, Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell, Winchester Ben- 
nett, Dr. D. ('Hester Brown, Major Howard 
A. Giddings, William R. Webster, Harris 
Whittemore and Joseph Alsop. 

Howell Cheney oi South Manchester ap- 
peared before the executive committee of 
the Council and explained the federal wai 
savings plan about to be put into effect 
by the United States Treasury, and the 
Council voted to create a sub-committee on 
war savings. ,\ti. Cheney who had already 
been designated United States Director of 
War Savings for Connecticut by the fed- 
eral government, was appointed chairman 
of the sub-committee. 

A committee consisting of Howell Cheney 
and Joseph W. Alsop was appointed to make 
arrangements for the proposed visit of 

Frank II. Vanderlip to C< ecticut on De- 

ceinoer 5. 

At the general session of the Council 
t i i e I . . , i . • . . . b 

auxiliary chairmen and executives were 
present: Federal Fuel Administrator, 
Thomas W. Russell, George B. Williams. 
George M. Landers, Stanley H. Holmes, 
Lucius F. Robinson, Frank D. Cheney, Her- 
bert Knox Smith, Rear Admiral William S. 
Cowles, U. S. N., Retired, George B. Chand- 
ler, Dr. Charles C. Godfrey, William H. 
l'utnam, Mis, Caroline Ruutz-Rees, Miss 
Margaret T. Corwin, John T. Roberts, Fed 
eral Food Administrator Robert Seoville, 
Arthur L. Sliipman, W. Arthur Country- 
man, Jr., Dudley L. Vaiil, Wilson 11. Lcc. 
B. F. Englisn, f. R. Goodrich, E. S. Fullei 

President C. L. Beach of the Connecticut 
Agricultural College presented a reso- 
lution ol .ne tills ees of inr colle're r I 
they are of the opinion that no new build- 
in" eons i c ■ ..■ undertiken oy li.e coi 

lege excepl such as are obligatory and a 
ilution offering to the Council the scr 
vices of any or all members of the college 
i. The Council voted approval of the 
motives and principles involved in the build 
ing resolution and Chairman Bissell ex- 
pressed tnc thinks of the Council for the 
oiler of en operation. 



WOMEN'S RALLY PROGRAM 



Isaac F. Marcosson, Dr. Rosalie 
Morton and other noted people 
will speak 



S. 



The program of the all day rally of 
women workers to be held under the aus 
pices nf the Committee on Woman's Ac- 
tivities of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense ami the Woman's Committee, Con- 
tecticut Division. Council of National De- 
Fense, next Thursday, December 6, includes 
addresses by Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, 
Richard M. Bissell, chairman of the Coun- 
il; Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, state chair- 
man of the woman's committee; Isaac F. 
Marcosson, (he noted war correspondent, 
who has been with live of the Allied armies 
mil will bring back a message from Gen- 
eral Pershing: aid Dr. Rosalie Slau ghter 
Morton, heel 61 the ln'M woman's hospital 
:nit organized in this country, who has 
visited the base and field hospitals of five 
armies and lias ben decorated by the Ser- 
bian government with the order of Saint 
Sava. The program for the day's activities 

El Mew s : 

11-12 A. M. — Reports of work done 
throughout the State. 

12-12:30 P. M. — Discussion and ques- 
tions. 

12:30-1 P. M. — Plans for future work. 

1 P. M. — Luncheon, Capitol restaurant; 
price 75 cents. 

2 P. M. — Address of welcome. His Ex- 
cellency Marcus H. Holcomb, Governor of 
< lonnecticut. 

2:lo P. M. — "The War Situation and 
What Women Can Do," Isaac F. Marcosson. 

2:45 I'. M. — "The Situation in Con- 
necticut," Richard M. Bissell, Chairman, 
i innecticut' State Council of Defense. 

3 P. 'M. — " What Women Have Done in 
Eurone and America," Dr. Rosalie Slaugh- 
ter Morton. 

3:30 P. M. — How the Women of Con- 
necticut Can llelu." Miss ('aniline Ruutz- 
Rees, Chairman Committee on Woman's Ac- 
tivities, Connecticut State Council of De 
fense. 

The rally will be held in the Hall of 
the House, 'State Capitol, Hartford. 



BUREAUS ESTABLISHED 
FOR AUTO TRUCK WORK 



Transportation Committee making 

progress in arranging to meet 

emergency 



The plan evolved by the Committee on 
Transportation of the Connecticut State 
Oouncil of Defense to relieve freight con 
•e<tion in this Stale through more efficient 
•se of privately owned automobile trucks 
'lis progressed to the point where two 
bureaus have been established to bring ship 
aers and truck owners together and sev 
>ral more are in process of organization 
I'he ones already established are at Hart 
ford and Milford. Several of the bureau- 
re to be maintained with the aid of the 
'oca! chambers of commerce as at Hart 
Ford, where I be local bureau has its oflic 
ii the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Other- 
•re to he run by newly created war bureaus 
and still others by independent volunteei 
committee,. 



STATEWIDE RALLIES 
ALREADY ARRANGED 
IN THREE COUNTIES 



(Continued from page 1) 

by Liberty Chorus. 
Thursday, December 6: 

Ellington — At Ellington Town Hall; 
chairman, A. L. Hamilton; speakers, 
Charles Phelps of Rockville and another 
to lie arranged; music by Liberty Chorus. 

Hebron — At Hebron Town Hall; speak- 
ers, ( harles Warner of Rockville, Frank H. 
Anderson of Manchester and E. L. G. Ho- 
benthal of South Manchester; music by 
Liberty Chorus. 

Somcrs Street — At Piedmont Hall; chair- 
man, E. S. Fuller; speakers. Harrison B. 
Freeman of Hartford andanother to be ar- 
ranged; music by Liberty Chorus. 

I'i Ua.\ . I >e en, he, 7 : 

South Coventry — At South Coventry 
Town Hall; chairman, Dr. W. L. Higgins; 
speakiis. Rev. William C. Norris of W'illi- 
iii ml e and Robert P. Butler of Hartford; 
music by Liberty Chorus. 

Stafford Hollow — At Memorial Hall; 
chairman, M. D. O'Connell; speakers, Clin- 
ton T. King of Hartford and another to be 
arranged ; music by Liberty Chorus. 
Saturday. December 8: 

L T nion — At Town Hall; chairman. H. R. 
Howard; speakers, Judge William H. Heald 
of Stafford Springs and Executive Secre- 
tary John Buckley of Union; music by 
Liberty Chorus. 
-inula \ . I >i cen ber !• i 

Stafford Springs — At Theatre Comique; 
chairman,. M. D. O'Connell; speakers, 
Charles Phelps of Rockville and another 
to be arranged. 

MIDDLESEX COUNTY 
Monday, December .:: 

Last Hampton — Chairman, X. B. A. Car- 
rier; speakers, Benedict M. Holden of Hirt- 
ford ami T. M. Russell and Dr. Kate C. 
Head nf Middletown. 
Thursday, December 6: 

Michllefield — Chairman, William L. Mor- 
gan; speakers. Ex-Governor Frank B. Weeks 
i f Middletown and another to be arranged. 
Friday, December 7: 

Saddam — Chairman, Louis W. Mosher; 
speakers. Rev. Janes H. Roberts of Hart- 
tlwr to he arrange 1. 

sit unlay. DeCI 1. her S : 

Westbrook — Chairman, Elmer A. Lynne; 
speakers, Colonel Norris G. t> inure of 
\"o\v Haven an I Prpfe sor (harles M. Hake- 
well of Yale University. 

During the present week rallies have 
been held or are to be held in the follow- 
ing towns of New London county: Col- 
shester, East Lyme, Stonington, '.'<r ton, 
'laiiiburg, Jewett City, Palmerstown, Bil- 
i' . Bozrah, Hallville. Lisbon O'd 1 vine, 
Hadlyn e. Lebanon, Ledyard, North Ston- 
■li'ylnii. Salem. I ncasvil I \ V lint •», 
Wate-ford. 

Rallies are being arranged for other 
•ou'Hies in the State The sen -s wi'l c n- 
inue through December and January with 
i recess during the holiday serson 



Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, in a state- 
"ont issued November Hi. urged the people 
f fmi'irr'-Vi'i "Ot to nvev'oo'- " c M-i^'lv 
in Armenia, Syria anil Palestine in their 
vnr relief Q'ivin"'. ami BUSTgestin" <'< t s ' 
irday and Sunday. November 24 an 1 '5. 
«> observed in t' is State as " Armeni n and 
'yrian Relief Days." 




Vol. I 



Qhmtttttintt Utttottt. 

Published Bi= Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, DECEMBER 14, 1917 




No. 15 



WOMAN'S COMMITTEE 
PREPARED TO WIDEN 
ITS FIELD OF WORK 



Passes First Milestone when Officers 
and Sub-Committee Chairmen Re- 
port that Organization Has Been 
Practically Completed — Important 
War Tasks Ahead 

OVER 18,000 VOLUNTEERS 

REGISTER IN NEW HAVEN 



The Committee on Woman's Activities of 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
with which is affiliated the Woman's Com- 
mittee, Connecticut Division. Council of 
National Defense, passed its first mile- 
stone la«t week when officers and sub-com- 
mittee chairmen reported at the statewide 
rally of women wajr workers held in the 
Capitol that the task of organization had 
been practically completed and the com- 
mittee was able to go ahead with an ambi- 
tious program of war activities. Although 
the committee has a number of important 
accomplishments to its credit, notably in 
connection with the pledge card. Liberty 
ixja n ;■ (ni lied Cress ca°nrpa tgws; mest of 
its work thus far has b n devoted to per- 
fecting the machinery of its organization. 
The committee became a part of the Coun- 
cil's organization last September. 

The chief tasks ahead of the committee 
include bringing volunteer women war work- 
ers together in every i ity, town and com- 
munity in the State, co-operating in the 
curtailment of store deliveries, reporting 
food stores where the prices fail to con- 
form to the regulations of the Federal Food 
Administration, providing translators for 
-work to be done in co-operation with fhe 
Committee on Foreign Born Population and 
the Committee on Publicity, urging women 
to report to the council seditious talk or 
suspicious acts, and discouraging the con- 
tinuance of non-essential industry. 

At the executive m, si.ing of the Woman's 
Committee held this week a report was 
made in regard to the successful voluntary 
registration of women for war work in New 
Eaven. Over 1S.000 New Haven women 
registered during the canvass and some of 
them, including both paid and volunteer 
workers, have already been placed in war 
industries. In addition to its more con- 
crete results, the registration is considered 
to have been highly successful because it 
lias brought home to many women the need 
of co-operation in many lines of war ac- 
tivity. 

In addition to those which have already 
been announced, the following town chair- 
men have been appointed by the Committee 
on Woman's Activities: 

Ansonia. Mrs. Albert Hotchkiss : Ashford, Mrs. 
B. C. Bugbee; Bloomfield. Mrs. H. W. Bene- 
dict ; Brooklyn. Mrs. Sidney W. Bard : Canaan. 
Mrs. J. Lee Ensign of Falls Village; Canton, 
Mrs. C. I. Coley of Collinsville ; Chaplin. Mrs. 
Frank Lummis ; East Granby. Mrs. F. H. Dibble ; 
"Eastford. Mrs. G. M. Frost ; Easton, Mrs. 
Charles Silliman ; Enfield. Mrs. David Gordon of 
Hazardville ; Goshen, Mrs. W. F. Griswold ; 

(Continued on page 4) 



COUNCIL ORGANIZES 

DIVISION OF FILMS 



Will Supervise Exhibition of Official 
Government War Pictures Through- 
out Connecticut 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has organized a Division of Moving Pic- 
tures, which will have charge of the pub- 
lic exhibition of official United States Gov- 
ernment War Films throughout Connect- 
icut. The defense council has taken over 
the task of the exclusive distribution in 
Connecticut of the government films, made 
under the direction of the Committee on 
Public Information at Washington, D. C. 
The council will pay Connecticut's share 
of the cost of making these films and the 
money required will be secured by benefit 
entertainments, at which the war films will 
be shown. 

The new Division of Films of the defense 
council becomes a part of the council's 
tee on Publicity with a relation- 
ijnilar to that held by the Division 
of War Rallies and the Division of Lib- 
erty Choruses. A sub-committee of the 
council consisting of Chairman Richard 
M. Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop and Howai i 
A. Giddings, will co-operate with the Pub- 
licity Committee in the direction of this 
division. 

At a recent meeting the new division 
of films organized as follows: 

Director — William D. Ascough, Mana- 
ger of the Palace Theatre, Hartford, and 
President of the Theatrical Managers' As- 
sociation of Connecticut. 

Assistant Director — Charles B. Beach, 
.Etna Accident & Indemnity Co., Hartford. 

Treasurer — H. Trowbridge Allen of 
Richter & Co., Hartford. 

The Council of Defense has five reel, of 
official Government pictures and will have 
others from time to time as fast as they 
ere made. The official United States War 
films "ill hi' distributed in Connecticut ex- 
clusively through the Council of Defense. 
Under tin regulations governing the show- 
ing of these films, they can not be exhibited 
for commercial profit. The Council of De- 
fense expects to show these films through- 
"iii the state. 



MORE FIRE INSPECTIONS 

Inspectors of the Conservation Associa- 
tion of Connecticut, who have been engaged 
for about a month past under the auspices 
of the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense in making a survey of the State for 
the purpose of eliminating or reducing 
fire hazards as a war measure, have ex- 
tended their work of inspection into the 
following cities and towns: 

Baltic. Greenwich, Jewett City, Manches- 
ter. New Canaan, New London. Niantie, 
North Manchester, Norwalk. Norwich, Rock- 
ville, South Manchester, South Norwalk, 
Southington and Stamford. 



COUNCIL TO COMBAT 
NON-ESSENTIAL USE 
OF MEN AND MONEY 



Passes Resolution at Weekly Meeting 
Setting Forth Definite Stand in 
Regard to Diversion of State's Re- 
sources from Industries that are 
Vital to Success of War 



PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION 

AGAINST WASTE OF EFFORT 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
in a resolution passed Wednesday at its' 
weekly meeting in the State Capitol, set 
forth clearly its stand in the use of men, 
money and materials in Connecticut during 
(lie war as definitely discouraging non-es- 
sential industry or use of ca-pital and skill 
in such times. The Council is ready, in 
case of any conflict of interest between 

:l and non-essential industry, to give 
preference to those enterprises which are 
essential to the Nation's war needs. The 
Council will "view with disfavor" and if 

iv " will oppose with all the powers" 
it can command, fur: 1 ton qf capi- 

tal or labor to purposes net essential to the 

lion of the war. the resolution says. 

Tile resolution adopted is a statement of 

principle by the council. Its text follows: 

RESOLVED, that the State Council of De- 
fense considers it wise to set forth plainly, its 
position in relation to enterprises and under- 
takings within the state, not essential in the 
prosecution of the war or the furnishing of the 
necessaries of life :ir the maintenance of public 
interests. That position is as follows: 

1. That Connecticut is mainly a munitions 
producing state, and carries an exceptionally 
heavy responsibility for that work. 

2. That the power of Connecticut in men, 
militia, material and farms must be turned 
mainly toward such production, which of course 
includes food supplies. 

3. That in case of conflict of interest be- 
tween essential and non-essential businesses, the 
Council will give preference to the essential 
businesses, and therefore recommends that those 
now engaged in non-essential work give care- 
ful consideration to the possibilities of divert- 
ing their capital, plant, or skill to the produc- 
tion of essentials. 

4. That the Council will view with disfavor, 
and if need be, will oppose with all the powers 
available, the further diversion in this state of 
capital, labor, or resources needed for war work, 
into lines which are non-essential, whether they 
be manufacturing, commercial or agricultural, 
and whether such further diversion be in the 
nature of new undertakings or the extension of 
existing enterprises. 

The position above set forth is substan- 
tially also the position of the Federal Gov- 
ernment as expressly stated by the Council 
of National Defense. 

There were present at the executive ses- 
sion: Chairman Richard M. Bissell. Dr. 
D. Chester Brown, Howard A. Giddings, 
Charles A. Goodwin, Julius C. Stremlau 
and Joseph W. Alsop. 

In addition to these there were. present 
at the regular session of the Council meet- 
ing the following: Federal Food Adminis- 
trator. Robert Scoville. Federal Fuel Ad- 
ministrator, Thomas W. Russell, George 
M. Landers, Stanley H. Holmes, F. D. 
(■Continued on pago 4 ) 



1«V. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN" will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary eom- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees, it is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1 HARTFORD, CONN., DEC. 14. 1917. No. If 



r,.. ae iticut ne spapi r editors u ho 
wish to republish any of the articles 
in any issue of the Connecticut liul- 

,., n ,.,, at I bei l/i to <l" so with or 
i . , i i to the Bulletin. 



RALLIES UNDER WAY 

IN THREE COUNTIES 



Series of Meetings Going on in Lltch = 

field, New haven and Windham — 

Others Completed 



SPEAKERS AND CHAIRMEN 



War rallies conducted under the auspices 
of the Connecticut Slate Council of De- 
fense are in progress this week and next 
in three counties, Windham, Litchfield and 
New Haven. The rally programs for Tol- 
land, Middlesex and New London Counties 
have been completed. The programs for 
Windham and Litchfield Counties follow: 
WINDHAM COUNTY 
Monday, December 10 
Ashford — Baker's Hall, Warrenville; 
chairman, H. C. Bai ikers, Leonard 

H. Healey of Woodstock, secretary of the 
( onued eul board of agriculture, and Lev. 
Leon ird Smith of Mansfield. 

Canterbury — Grange 11. ill; chairman 
Hubert I eakers, Rev. John Mc- 

Cabe of Jewett City and Arthur M. Brown 
of Norwich. 

Tuesday, December 11 
(ha; itional Church; chair- 

Chester; speaker-, Rev. 
William C. Norris of Willimantie and 
Thomas C. McKone of Hartford. 

Eastford — Eastford Chapel; chairman, 
C. P. Latham ; spi Robert S. 

Moore of Willimantie and Col. William H. 
Hall of South Willington. 

frel — Pomfret Hall; chairman. John 
Ash; speakers, Sabin S. Russell of Diniel- 
and Dr. Valeria II. Parker of Hart- 
ford. 

Wednesday, December 12 
Brooklyn — Town Hall; chairman, Chas. 
S. Hyde, speakers. Rev. Vernon W. Cooke 
and Frank P. Fenton of Willimantie. 

Hampton — Grange Hall; chairman, 
Charles E. Burnham; speakers, Attorney- 
General George E. llinman and Henry T. 
Run- of Willimantie. 

Sterling — Wright Club Hall; chairman, 
Harold B. Mowry: speakers, Rev. Leonard 
Smith of Mansfield and Rev. W. A. Keefe 



of Plainfiehl. 

Thursday, December 13 
Danielson — Town Hall; chairman, Al- 
otl D, Sayles"; speakers, Rev. W. A. Keefe 
of Plainfleld and Charles E. Searls of 
Thompson. 

Friday, December 14 
Abington — Chairman, Frank H. Haines; 
ii our mi to he arranged. 

Putnam — Bradley Theiter; chairman. 
H. C. Mcinken: speakers, Rev. W. A. Keefe 
f Plainfleld and Henry T. Brown of Willi- 
H antic. 

Scotland — Town Hall; chairman, Chas. 
s. Brenn; speakers, Rev. Vernon W. Cooke 
of Willimantie and another to be arranged. 
Thompson — Union Hall; chairman, C. 
\. Haastrom; speakers, W. E. Keach of 
Danielson and Charles A. Downs of Killing 

iy. 

Wi odstock — Woodstock Academy; cliair- 
'I'an, B. R. Ritch ; speakers. Charles E. 
Searls of Thompson and Frank A. Torrey 
of Putnam. 

LITCHFIELD COUNTY 

Monday, December 10 

Colebrook — Center Church; chairman 

W W. Cooper: sneakers, G. C. Woodruff 

and Mrs. J. L. Buel of Litchfield. 

Falls Village — Citizens' Hall: chairman, 
r. S. Tracy; speakers, L. T. Nickerson of 
Wesi Cornwall. 

New Hartford — Town Hall; chairman, 
Frank B. Munn; speakers, Maior V M 
Waitt of Sharon and Quincy Blakeley of 
Farmington. 

Tuesday, December 11 
Bantam — Ladies' Improvement Society 
Hall; chairman, C. C. Fairgrieve; speaker. 

': i of Watertown. 

Barkhamsted — Town Hall: chairman, F. 
H. King; speaker, II. R. Jones of New 
Hartford. 

Bridgewater — Town Hall; chairman, VI 
hert B. Millctt: speakers, Rev. A. C. Co- 
burn of Dui'nrx - Caroline Ruutz- 
of Greenwich. 
West Cornwall — Masonic Hall; chair- 
man. R. K. Sonthwick; speaker. Rev. A. 
J. Plunkett of Sharon. 

Wasbinstoi Denot — Town Hall; chair- 
man, Frank J. Kilborn; speaker, Seth Lom 
Pierrepont of Ridgefield. 

North Canaan — Town Hall; chairman, 
T. Clin "ikers, George B 

Chandler of Hartford and Rev. John C. 
lard of Salisbury. 

Wednesday, December 12 
Milton — Milton Hall; speakers Capt. 
W. W. Bierce of Torrington and Mrs. J. 
L. Buel of Litchfield. 

ria — Granse Hull; chairman Ra; 
mond Pack; speakers. Rev. George D. Owen 
ton and Miss Caroline Ruutz- 
of Greenwich. 

Thursday, Dreember 13 
Northfield — Conprrncrational Church 

in. F. M. Blakeslee; speaker Horace 
D. Taft of Watertown. 

New Preston — Pavilion Hall: chairman 
' al Heman O. Averill; spe-kers, Ed- 
ward S. Boyd and George R. Sturges of 
Woodbury. 

PIvmouth — Town Hall; chairman. A. H. 

lister: sneakers. Herbert Knox Smith and 

E. W. W. Havward of Hartford. 

Sharon — Sharon Casino: chairman, Rev. 

A. J. Plir'kett; speaker. Malcolm II. Rudd 

if Lakeville. 

Eridav. December 14 
Bethlehem — MemoHnl Hall: chairman, 
lames W. Flvnn : speaker, Charles A. Dins- 
mere of Waterhury. 

Cornwall — Town Hall; chairman, Rev. 
(Continued on page 3) 



MAGAZINES FOR FRANCE 



Soldiers in Trenches and Training 

Camps Want More Reading Matter 

for Leisure flours 



An appeal for magazines and other read- 
ing matter came to this country by cable 
recently from the American soldiers 
fighting in France. There are many thou- 
sands of Americans "over there" and it 
will take many thousands of magazines to 
keep them supplied with the kind of read- 
in- they were accustomed to at home, so 
many in fact that isolated gifts of maga- 
zines will not go around. The federal 
government provided a way of getting 
plenty of magazines to the soldiers when 
ii passed the law allowing them to be 
mailed for one cent apiece, but the public 
has not yet taken full advantage of the 
plan. 

The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has issued a bulletin urging the people 
of this State to do all in their power to 
n eel this need of the soldiers promptly. 
Every one who has a magazine that he 
has finished reading is asked to put a one 
cent stamp on it, take it to the nearest 
post office and let Uncle Sam send it to 
the trenches. To prod along those people 
intent ions i I, but who lack 

the ability to put their impulses into quick 
execution, it is proposed by the Council 
that war workers collect magazines and 
- from their friends and see thai the 
periodicals reach the post office 

. imped end ready for shipment. 



NEW ENGLAND WOODSMEN 

Governor Holcomb Receives Report on 

Successful Work Done by 

Sawmill Units 



A report from the manager of the New 
England Saw Mills Units for England now 
operating in Scotland, which has been re- 
ceived by Governor Marcus 11. Iloleomb, 
- hovi s t hat i he units are ; ; all rec- 

ords in ' timbi r for n ir purposes 

in Great Britain. Connecticut's board of 

e i on- 
il of Defense, appro- 
priated $12,000 hist May to pay the cost 
of one of the ' 1 he 

at about that time, 
i. en in the units are said to be 
working at high speed and to 
able and satisfied with the conditions they 
have found, except that a number of them 
are gro a de- 

ne ti i ilitary serVice in France. 

They are to have a Christmas vacation 
from December 23 to 30 inclusive. 



TOBACCO ACREAGE PLANS 



Council Asks Growers About Their 
Intentions for 1 91 S Season 



The necessity of considering seriously 
"the possibility of any further demands 
on the labor supply" lias Id the Con- 
i State < ii'ieil of Defense, through 
its committee on man power and labor, to 
address letters to the tobacco growers of 
Connecticut asking them cone ruin- their 
plans for 1018 aeerige. The letters assure 
the growers that it is for their own ad- 
vantage that the facts concerning plans 
for 1918 crops be understood as soon as 
possible. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN" 



URGES U. S. OFFICIALS 

TO USE STATE COUNCIL 



Governor Requests Federal Authorities 

to Let Defense Board Know 

of l\e\v Movements 



CITES CONNECTICUT'S RECORD 



OFFER FIELDQLASSES TO NAVY 



Members of New London's Jibboom 
Club Answer Nation's Appeal 



Officials of the federal government have 
been requested by Governor Marcus II. 
Bolcomb to make use of the organization 
of the Connecticut State Council of De- 

i. n- t ' to the fullest extent in carrying on 
civilian war activities in this state. " The 
writer desires," the Governor's letter says, 
•• in case any new activity or attempt 
to organize public eentimenl is thought to 
be desirable in Connecticut by your de- 
partment thai you will, before commenc- 
ing i le same, i immunicate with him r 
i the State Council of Defense here." 

( ,n\ ei nor Hoh ib .1 ' r seed copies of 

his letter to the following: Secretary of 
the Treasury \V. G. McAdoo, Secretary of 
War Newton 1). Baker, Secretary of the 
Navy Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the 
"interior Franklin K. Lane. Secretary of 
Commerce William C. Redfield, Secret .try of 
Labor William B. Wilson and W. S. Gif- 
1 1 id. director of the Council of National 
Defense. -Mr. Gifford was asked by the 
Governor to forward a copy of the letter 
to the held of every su of the 

advisory committee of the Council of 
Natii nal Defense. 

ner Hole ml)'-, letter to the--' offi- 
- follows: 
"Con igut i- a small State 'out has 
been and i- extremely active in all matters 
pertaining to the conduct of the war. It 
is ; 1 tun suing a very large frac 

tion of all the munitions and arms which 
iee Government is purchasing but has dis- 
tinguished it-elf by hit - describing 
: i lertj Lean Cross and 
V. M. ('. A. funds, and in all the other 
tasks which it has been called upon to per- 
form. 

•• The rea on « ( ■. I he State has thus 
in ill is that it is thorough- 

ly organized for war purposes and this 
mization under the direction 11' our 
incil 
ay. Any new activity which is 
tlee 1 iy depart- 

l of the Government or of the Council 
of Nal i ■ ••■ can best succ e 1 in 

mecticut if it he carried on through ths 
instrumentalities new existing. On the 
other hand where are inau- 

rated from Washington in this State with- 
I ion with the ehif executive 
or the Si ite Council of D 
must ensue, and the 01 mi I conduct of 
war work in this State seriously inter- 
fered with. 

" 1/11 ler the circumstances the writer 
desires in ease any new activity or attemnt 
to organize public sentiment is thought 
tn be desirable in Connecticut by your de- 
partment that you will befo iicine; 
the =ane communicate with him or with 
the State Council of Defense here. 

" Assuring you of the continued co- 
pperaticn of this State in furtherance of 
which this letter is written, the writer begs 
to remain, 

" Yours verv trulv, 

"MARCUS id. ITiiLt OMB, 

Governor." 



1 ine of the Bret aiis'.' ers to the 
of the United Stiles Navy Department for 
spyglasses, binoculars and tele es, which 

el through this Mete h 
neeticut Stat.- Council of Defense, wa an 
offer from Jibboom Club No. 1 of v o» 
adi a to he Navy for use dur- 

e war a quantity of spyglasses that 
have he ai presented to the cue during the 
pasi several years by whalers, membsrs of 
the club who have made their last \ 

II Iter was made unanimously by the 

lich has a membership of about 400, 
md the glasses will h a e Navy, 

it is expected, in submarine hunts on the 
high sea 



RALLIES UNDER WAY 

IN THREE COUNTIES 



GOVERNOR INAUGURATES 
WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN 



Buys Set of Stamps at Hartford Post- 
Office — Sends Telegram to 
Secretary McAdoo 



(Continued from page '2) 



E. t '.. Starr; speaker, Howard F. Landon 
Salisbury. 

Harwinton — Town Hall; chairman, L. 
H. Reynolds; speakers. Rev. George 1). 
Owen of Thomaston and Mrs. Edward 
Porritt of Hartford. 

Kent — Bull's Hill; speaker. Rev. 
\. .1. Plunkett of Sharon. 

Litchfield — Colonial Hall: chairman. 
Hun. George C. Woodruff; sneakers, Presi- 
■ I ivel S. Luther of Trinity College 
and Dr. Valeria II. Parker of Hartford. 

Thomaston — Town Hall; chairman, New- 
ton Ho] ■ ' ' lakers, I '. Guil- 
foile of Waterbury and W. W". Bierce of 
Torrin 2 

Saturday. December 15 

Goshen — Town Hall; chairman, E. O. 
Wrie-ht; speakers, Rev. Samuel T. Clifton 
of Winsted and Miss M. D. Mpffatt of 
PI asant Valley. 

Ni 1 folk — Village Hall; chairman, A. P. 



i ;,e i ne 1 Marcus 1 1. I toleomb put 1 lie 

. in 
e t ieiit at noon in Deci r 3, by 
1 of thiift stamps and 
1 he fi cerl nie He s dd in 

Hartford, Hartford posi office. While 

in interested crowd looked on, the 1. 
- 1 mght sixteen stamps at 25 cents 
ne p isle, 1 1 1 em in a thrift card pro- 
vided for the purpose and, after surrender- 
ing this thrift card, which represented an 
leeni of $ :. .md p t) ing 1 ii c tits addi- 
tional, icei h ; d a stamp re i on 
.January 1. 1923, for $5. This $5 stamp 
the I . 

tifieate which lets spaces for nineteen more 
stamps, all of which he will he able to 
redeem i r $100. This sum will 

be in return for an investment of $82.40 
or a little over. 

Governor Holcomb was followed in line 
by Mayor Frank A. Hagartt of liar; fori, 
Postn as er David I. Wilson, Howell Cheney 
of Manchester, state director of the 

iel war savings plan, and several other 
prominent men, eacn of whom followed the 
i imple and invested in thrift 
stamps. 

After he had made bis purchase, the Gov- 
r sent the following telegram to Sec- 
retary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo: 

10, 
'Secretary of the Treasury, 
" Wa shington, D. ( '. : 

"( annectieut began to lay her response 
to the Nation's call for thiift and money 
prosecution of the war through the 
sale of thrift and war savings stimps. You 
may depend upon the loyal response of 
this state during' the months to come. All 
of cur people, old and young, rich and 
poor, will do their purr in an\ 



Curtis: sneakers, Prof. Henry W. Farnam tined ti American victory. I bought 



f Yale University ami Miss M. G. Blau 
veil of Hartford. 

■ iry — Town Hall; chairman, N. F. 
Reardsley; speakers. Horace D. Taft of 
Watertown and Mrs. W. H. Phip 
bury. 
Warren — Grange Hall; chairman, David 
ikers, Hon. George C. 
ruff and Mrs. .1. L. I'.n I of Litchfield. 
Woodbury — T> chairman, Geo. 

Robert V. Me' 
Watertown and Miss Grace Murray of 
Guilford. 

Sundav. December lf> 
Washington Green — Washington Club 
Hall : chairman, S. For I Seeb v : - 
lion Geor: ■ lruff of Litchfield. 

Watertown — Tall Hall; chairman. S. 
"McLean Buckingham; sneakers:. Prof. TT. 
W. Farnam of Yale University and Miss 
Murray of Guilford. 

Mondnv. December 17 
Watertown — Chairman, S. McLean 
Buckingham; speakers. Prentice W Chas» 
of New Haven and Thomas J. Wall of 
Torrington. 

Tue=dav. December IS 
Cornwall Bridge — Town Hall: chairman, 
Mvron TT^llock: speaker, Charles A. Shap- 
iro of Bridgeport. 

Riverton — Chairman. W. H. Wrhjrht: 
speakers, F. A. Jewell nf New Ha-tforH 
and Miss M. D. Moffatt of Pleasant Valley. 



y first war savings stamp to lay; I shall 
■ 
their savings in democracy's cause as long 
:n continues. 

" Marcus TT. Holcomb, 
" i rovernor." 
The war sa tnpaign is now in full 

swing and thrift stamps are on sale at 
all the post offi icut. The 

plan is, in people of 

invest their small 
savings in berty Bond 

the money invested in straps is to be used 
by the government to defray war expenses. 



LIBERTY CHORUSES 

Musical America "Commends Con- 
necticut's Novel Project 



been 
Con- 
Pub- 



The Liberty Choruses which have 
state of 
neeticut u ' '< p 

licity Committee of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense are the subject of a 
commendatory editorial in a recent number 
f ■• Mi] erica," which is nuhlished 

in New York City and lias a national cir- 
culation. These choruses have i 
:, total of about seventy-five throughout 
the state of Connecticut. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COUNCIL TO COMBAT 
NON-ESSENTIAL USE 
OF MJN_AND MONEY 

(Continued from page 1) 

die ey, C. G. Bill, W. Arthur Countryman, 
Herbeit Knox Smith, Rear Admiral W. S. 
Cowles, U. S. N., Retired, George B. Chand- 
1, r Howell ( In uey, Dudley L. Vaill, B. J'. 
KnMi.ii. II. C. Smith, Paul P. Wil 
B. ' D. Bugbee, Vli •- Carolii e Ruutz Re 
M, e i T. Corwin and Dr. Valei ia 

Parker. . 

A number of reports were received and 
accepted. 



RENT COMMISSION NAMED 

Governor Authorizes Investigation of 

Alleged Extortion by Waterbury 

Landlords 



MEETING OF DECEMBER 5 

ie e>:eeuti i ' 

Council of De- 
fense 

pri - .n : Governor in ■■ "ub; 

hard M. Bissell, SS inc ie 
Bennett, Dr. D. C 

Cole, Homer S. Cu a- 

mings, Major I 

A. Goodwin, William R. Webster, Julius 
rem] au and Joseph W. Alsop. 

,. eneral session there were present 
in additii ■ Federal Fuel Adminis- 

trator Thomas \Y. Russell, George B. Wil- 
liams, Georgi Lan I rs, Stanley H. 
Holmes, !•'. D. ( lieney, Herbert Knox Smith, 
Rear Admiral William S. Cowles, U. S. N., 
Retired, George B. Chandler, Dr. Charles C. 

i : jor-General Lucien F. Burpee, 

William li. Putnam, F. A. Verplanck, Ar- 
thur L. Shipman, G. E. Meech, Wilson H. 
! R ( m tlcNeely, Miss Caroline Ruutz- 
Rees. Mi tfai aret T. Corwin and Fed- 
eral Food Administrator Robert Scoville. 

Mr. Bissell was authorized to appoint an 

advisory c mittee to care for the work 

of the" new Federal Explosive Board in 
Connecticut. 

A number of committee reports were re- 
ceived and accepted. 



Under the authority of Chapter 44 of 
the Public ets of 1917, Governor .Mucus 
H. Hole. hi, l> lias answered the appeal of 
citizens and officials of Waterbury to the 
Connecticut State < ouncil of Defense for re- 
lief from alleged exorbitant tenement rent- 
als in that city by appointing a commission 
.ii investigate the rental problem with power 
; hearings and order the appearance 
.if witnesses. The commission consists of 
Herbert Knox Smith of Hartford, chairman 
of the Council's Committee on -Man Power 
and Labor; Julius C. Stremlau of Meri- 
den, a membei of the Council: and Mar- 
shall 0. Wells of Hartford, a real 
state ' cpei t. It is alleged that exor- 
bitant rent ;!. .■:■■'■ 
1 1,,. product'io) of nvt.iitions in \\ a 

L'hi con ie: has already begun to hold 

hearings and when they are finished it 
will report its findings to the Governoi 



WOODCUTTERS CAN HELP 
MAKE WAR SUCCESSFUL 



Committee for Wood for Fuel lnaugur= 

ates Campaign to Increase its use 

as Substitute for Coai 



REGISTRANTS WARNED 



Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has re- 
ceived frum Provost Mi sbal C ' >•' Cr.Oi\ 
der at Washington a til. grain asking him 
to warn all Connecticut men 'vho have 
registered under the selective drat, act and 
have since changed their addresses to com- 
municate immediately with their local 
boards and notify them of their present 
addresses. Beginning December 15, the 
hoards will send out to all their regis- 
trants questionnaires which must be filled 
out and returned within a definite time 
limit. If the questionnaires fail to reach 
any of the registrants because of changes 
of address the men concerned are liable to 
lose any exemption or discharge rights that 
they might otherwise have had, for each 
registrant is required by law to keep him- 
self informed of draft developments ami 
failure to answer the questionnaires lists 
the delinquent registrant automatically in 
the first group of the new classification. 
the class Which is liable to immediate 
summons for military service. Relatives 
and friends of registrants who have changed 
their addresses will be doing them a favor 
if they notify them of this warning or 
send information as to their present ad- 
dresses to their local boards. 



The humble ax is to take its place as 
an instrument of warfare if plans being 
by Thomas W. Russell, Federal Fuel 
Administrator for Connecticut, and his ( om 
• itti Wood for Fuel go through success- 
fully. Under the supervision of Jane- S. 
! Fuel Administrator for 
New England, the committee ha> launched 
a plan to stimulate the cutting of wood 
for fuel this winter as a nieans of reliev- 
ing the coal shortage while the war con- 
tinues and thus provide more coal for the 
needs of the Army and Navy and the in- 
dustries upon which they must depend. 

The committee, which is composed of 
si i/te Forester W. 0. Filley and a repre 
sr itative of every county in the State, is 
ii deavoring to increase the cutting of cord- 
wood as much as possible and to enlist 
the aid of every man who is able to wield 
an ax and can devote part or all his time 
to woodchopping. There is a large quan- 
tity of wood in the State suitable for fuel, 
some of which is within easy hauling 
distance of the large cities where the need 
of coal is perhaps greatest. The chief 
difficulty this winter in the wood situation 
is lack of labor, but this can be met, the 
committee thinks, if the farmers devote 
more of their attention than they have 
in the past to the possibilities of develop- 
ing this industry. 

The wood for fuel committee is prepared 
to assist in bringing buyers and sellers of 
wood together ami will advise any wood- 
tut owner regarding his particular prob- 
lems. Communications should be addressed 
to individual members of the committee in- 
to its chairman. State Forrester W. 0. 
Filley, Drawer 1, New Haven. 



WOMAN'S COMMITTEE 
PREPARED TO WIDEN 
ITS HELD OF WORK 

(Continued lrom page 1) 

Granbv. Mrs. O. C. Goddard of North Granby ; 
Griswold, Miss Caroline B. Freeman; Guilford, 
Mrs. Henry S. Davis ; Hampton. Miss Helen 
Cartwright ; Lisbon, Mrs. William J. Reynolds 
of Jewett City; Madison, Mrs. William S. Hull; 
Mill aid Mrs. G. R. Secor ; New Hartford. Mrs. 
R. G. Foster ; Oxford, Miss R. I. Sanford ; Ply- 
mouth, Mis. A. J. Hill; Ridgefield, M.ss Mary 
Linda Bradley; Salisbury, Mrs. W. W. Norton; 
, in. Mis Fran es E. Robinson; Thompson, 
Mrs Lillie Babbitt; Voluntown, Mrs. Edward 
E. Clarke; Waterford, Mrs. Walter E. Conklin 
of Quaker Hill; Watertown, Mrs. George Har- 
per ; Westbrook, Mrs. Leon Gregg ; Woodbridge, 
Mrs. H. H. Tomlinson ; Woodbury, Miss L. E. 
Hitchcock ; Woodstock, Mrs. W. C. Child ; An- 
il i a. ! White; Barkhnm ted, Mrs. 
ss Hart ; B-i'Un. ' i. C. M. Jarvis ; Bethle- 
hem. Mrs. B. S. John" . Ea- Berlin, Mrs. R. O. 
Claik; Kensington - Kirjorie Moore; Beek- 

lev, Mrs. Frank . Bolton, Mrs. H. J. 

Thompspn Boj ' 'i W. D. Hcther'.ngtnn : 

Mrs i •■ Curtis, Bui lington, 

Mrs. James Webster; Clinton. Mrs. Effio S. 
Cramer; Colchester, Miss Anna Avery; Cole- 
brook. Mrs. W. W. Cooper; Columbia, Mrs. Fan- 
nie Dix n Welch; Danbury, Mis. F. E. Hart- 
well; Durham, Mrs. P. P. Wilcox; East Hr.ddom, 
Mrs. Arthur Chaffee; East Hartford, Mis. Edith 

E. Fitch; Glastonbury, Mrs. S. H. Williams; 
Greenwich. Dr. Harriet B. Hyde; Groton, Mrs. 
George Bilderbeck ; Haddam, Mrs. John 
Knowles ; Hadlyme, Mis. Gerhardt Wilson; 
Hfindm, Mrs. B. It. Br adbent ; Hampton, Miss 
Helen Cartwright ; Hartford. Mrs. T. Belknap 
Beach; Ii iwim n Mrs. Clifford Wilson; He- 
bron, Mrs. Sherwocd Roosevelt; Huntington, 
Mrs. F. W. Shelton : Kent. Mis. Kate Hopson ; 
Killingly, Mrs. Rienzi Robinson; Ledyard, Miss 
Caroline B. Freeman; Lyme, Mis. William Mar- 
vin; Marlboro, Mrs. C. S. Boll s ; Mansfield, 
Mis. Willard B. Farrin ton; Middlebury, Mrs. 
William I. Shepardscn ; Middletown, M's. Clar- 
ence S. Waclsworth : Montville, Mrs. Hubert G. 
Dart; Morris, Mrs. Henry C. (Uvqrd ; New Fair- 
field, Mrs. John Gammie ; New Haven, Mrs. 
Winchester Bennett; Newtown, Mrs. Wallace 
Mitchell ; Norfolk, Mrs. Rohbins Stoeckel ; North 
Branford, Mrs. J. J. Linsley ; North Canaan, 
Mrs. N. L. Jackson ; North Haven. Mrs. John 

F. Reynolds ; North Stoningtcn, Mrs. Harriet 
Becket ; Old Saybrook, Mrs. F. S. Chapman; 
Prospect, Mrs. W. E. Clark ; Putnam. Miss 
Rosamond Danielson ; Redding, Mrs. Emory P. 
Sanford; Seym:u:, .Mrs. John B. Wallace, Jr.: 
Somers. Mrs. Anna Kibbe ; Southbury, Mrs. R. 
C. Mitchell; Southington, Mrs. William H. Cum- 
mings ; Sprague. Mrs. James Eurr ; Sterling, 
Mrs. Harold B. Mowry : Stratford. Mrs. C. C. 
Kennedy ; Suffield. Miss Charlotte A. Tomlinson ; 
Trumbull, Mrs. Harry D. Miller; Wallingford, 
Mrs. R. Hers h. 1 Taber ; West Hartford Mrs. 
F. E. Duffv ; Weston. Mrs. T. W. Tre 
Wethersneld, Mrs. John N. Welles; Will 
Mrs. Robert T. Jones; Wilton, Mrs. H. W. 
Hardon. 



PRAISES CONN. COUNCIL 



Chairman of U. S. Committee on Public 

Information Hopes Other States 

Will Follow Connecticut 



The cause of food conservation offers to 
every American citizen a chance to render 
a patriotic service that does not entail a 
sacrifice. 



Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has re- 
ceived from George Creel, chairman of the 
Committee on Public Information, Wash- 
ington, D. C, the following letter commend- 
ing the work of the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense: 

" My dear Governor Holcomb : 

" Please permit me to express my admiration 
of the splendid work that you are doing through 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense. Each 
day 1 gain some new idea for national and inter- 
national news from wotehing its activities, and 
it is my great hope that the other States will 
catch some of the enthusiasm and energy. 

" Let me congratulate you particularly upon 
the ' Made in Connecticut ' interviews on the 
world war and upon the map entitled " Why 
Germany Wants Peace Now.' 

" Sincerely, 

" George Creel." 




Vol.. I 



dotm grttrat HuUrtm. 

Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, DECEMBER L's, 1917 




No. 16 



MANY WAR BUREAUS 
BEING ESTABLISHED 
THROUGHOUT STATE 

About a Dozen Completely Organized 
in as Many Cities and Towns— 
Another Dozen or More Have Been 
Started and are in Process of For= 
mation for Active Work 



OFFICIALLY REPRESENT 

STATE OF CONNECTICUT 



The work of organizing war bureaus in 
all cities and towns of the state with a 
population of 8,000 or over, one of the 
n osl important steps yet authorized by 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
has progressed to the point where at least 
eleven such bureaus are already organized 
and eleven others are in process of cry. mi 
zation. Those so far organized, as reported 
at the headquarters of the Council in the 
State Capitol, are in the following cities 
and towns: 

Bristol 

East Hartford 
Killingly 
Manchester 
Meridcn 
New Britain 
Portland 
Stratford 
West Hartford 
Wethersfield 
Windsor 
War bureaus that are partly formed but 
have yet to complete their formal organi 
zation are located in the following places: 
Bridgeport 
Darien 
Hartford 
MiiMletou n 
New Haven 
Xew London 
Pul nam 
Rockville 
Simsbury 
Stamford 
Torrington 

\s n as tiny are definitely organized 

tin war bureaus receive notices that they 
are thereafter considered the official, author- 
ized representatives in their districts oi 
the Siale of Connecticut for all war work 
The bureaus are designed and empowered 
to supervise and direct all war activities in 
thpir towns or cities, except of such organi 
zations as the Red Cross, which are national 
in scope and with which the bureaus will 
make every effort to co-operate. The bu- 
reaus "ill also be closely allied to the lo- 
cal governments of the places in which thej 
are located. 

The general plan of organization calls 
for war bureaus composed of a chairman 
and an active executive committee consist 
ing of carefully selected representatives 
of the local government, the Red Cross, the 
Chamber of Commerce, the War Savings di 
(Continued on page 6 1 



Connecticut Bulletin 
Outlines Progress of 
War Savings Campaign' 



The current issue of the Connecti 
cut Bulletin contains six pages in- 
stead of four because of the inclusion 
of a special section describing the 
United States Government War Sav- 
ings plan in this state. It is the 
present intention to devote two pa 
each issue to this thrift campaign. 
The movement, under the direction 
of Howell Cheney, is now well under 
way. and a drive is to be undertaken 
during the last two weeks in January 
for the placing of a thrift stamp, with 
the accompanying thrift card, in 
every household in Connecticut. Al- 
ready gratifying progress has been 
made. .More than 50,000 factory 
workers have been given stamps, and 
the valuable lesson of saving is be- 
ing well learned. Thrift stumps and 
Avar savings certificates are on sale 
at all postoftices, at the various banks, 
and at other authorized agencies. 
The Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense is cooperating in this move- 
ment. 



LABOR EXCHANGES 

Special Committee appointed by Council to 
Draw Up Resolutions 

In anticipation of the heavy farm labor 
demands that are expected next Spring, 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has appointed a special committee con- 
sisting of Joseph W. Aleop, F. D. Cheney, 
Georg M. Landers and Herbert Knox Smith 

ii draw up a resolution providing for the 
formation of labor exchanges throughout 
'he state under the auspices of the Council. 

The resolution will be presented at the 
next meeting of the Council. The labor ex- 
changes will act a- clearing houses Eoi 
the transfei of workingmen from non-es- 
sential to essential industries, including 
farms, where tin 1 labor shortage will soon 

ie ■ a serious problem. 

E. K. Eyerly, supervisor of farm manage 
ment, Northeastern Regional District. 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
and Dr. ill Elder, a farm labor specialist 
of Rhode Island, were at the meeting i" 
■ . i .-.-mi the labor needs of the farmers of 
Connecticut ami tin- necessity fur providing 
labor to plant and raise a record food crop 
during the season of 1 1 s. 



COUNCIL TO CREATE 
A SPECIAL DIVISION 
OF LABOR EXCHANGES 

Function will be to Divert Working- 
men from Mini essential to Essential 
Industries for Duration of the War — 
Details of Plan to be Presented at 
Next Meeting 



MOBILIZING MEDICAL 

RESOURCES OF STATE 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
at it- general session on December 2G, voted 
hi establish a Division of War Production 
Labor Exchanges, the function of which will 
be, in general, to divert labor from non-es- 
sential tn essential industries while the 
war continues. Details of the plan have yet 
to he formulated. They will probably be 
presented at the next meeting of the Coun- 
cil. 

There were present at the meeting: Gov- 
ernor Marcus H. Holcomb, Winchester Ben- 
in it. Vdjutant General George M. Cole, Ho- 
mer S. Cummings, Howard A. Giddings, 
Charles A. Goodwin, William R. Webster, 
Julius C. Stremlau and Joseph W. Alsop. 
who presided; also the following committee 
members and executives: Fuel ■ Administra- 
tor Thomas W. Russell, George B. Williams, 
George M. Landers. F. D. Cheney, L. F. 
Robinson, Herbert Knox Smith, Rear Ad- 
miral W. S. Cowles, U. S. N., Retired. 
George B. Chandler, Dr. C. C. Godfrey, W. 
II. Putnam, Arthur L. Shipman, B. D. Bug- 
bee, B. F. English, Miss Caroline Ruutz 
Rees and Miss Margaret T. Corwin. 

Dr. Charles C. Godfrey, chairman of the 
Committee on Sanitation and Medicine, re- 
ported progress on plans to mobilize the 
medical resources of the state to inert -ml 
den emergencies such as the recent Halifax 
disaster. 

At the request of George M Landers, 
chairman of the Committee on Food Supply 
ami ( onservation, the Council voted to re- 
quest tin- committee on Man Power and 
Labor to co-operate witn the Food l om 
mittee in considering the question of util 
izing jail labor. 

W. S. Fuller of Suffield was elected a 
member of the Council's Committee on Co- 
ordinal ion of Societ ies. 



MEETING OF DECEMBER 19th 

At the executive session of the meeting 
oJ the i onnecticut state Council of Defense 
held on December It' there were present the 
following: Governor Marcus II. Holcomb, 
Dr. I>. Chester Brown, Howard A. Giddings, 
Charles A. Goodwin, Julius Stremlau and 
Joseph W. Alsop, who presided. 

The Council voted to go on record as op 

(Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

Mate Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning ollicial matters. 



WOOD-CHOPPING BEES 

SOLVE WAR PROBLEM 

Residents of Old Lyme Get Out and 

Hustle when Coal Bins Begin 

to Get Empty 






WOMEN TO CONDUCT ^ 
FOOD EXHIBITIONS 



Vol. 1 HARTFORD I ONN 1)1^28, 1917^ No. 16 



"LIGHTLESS NIGHTS" 

TO HELP SAVE COAL 

Federal Fuel Administrator Receives 
Order from Washington 



UNION SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE 



Thomas W. Russell, Federal Fuel Admin 
istrator for Connecticut and chairman of 

He Coal Commit! :,f the Connecticut 

ite Council of Defense, his received in 
structions from Washington concerning the 
"Iightless nights" which are to be ob 
served throughout the country weekh 
.Air. Russell has requested the co-operation 
ot all who are directly affected by the new 
order and has called up..,, individuals 
throughout Connecticut to reduce to the 
ow-est possible minimum the amount of 
light used on the nights design ted which 
are Thursday and Sunday nights 

On the " Iightless nights,"" there is to 
be no more outdoor lighting than is . 
lutely necessary for tne safety of sti 
passages and dangerous spots, and house 
holders are urged to have as few lights as 
possible in their homes these nights Mr 
Russell is instructed from Washington to 
use the full authority granted to him by 
the Fuel Administrator in the enforcement 
ot this new regulation. 

_ The telegram from Washington inform- 
ing Mr. Russell of the new order follows- 

'Order of fuel administrator taking ef- 
fect December 15 cancels present order rel- 
ating the time advertising signs shall be 
I'lbted. In its place all signs of even 
kind, including merchants' smns theater 
signs display lighting on buildings and 
elsewhere, hotel signs and advertising signs 
are ordered discontinued complete^ 
Thursday and Sunday nights of each week 
On these same nights stores not open for 
business must not show inside lights more 
ban are necessary for safety. Municrmli 
"-with cluster lights or extra bright 
lighting for 'White Way' effect musl "re 
duce on Thursday am! Sunday nights to 
only so much lighting as i s necess,ry ,,„■ 
ty. These nights will be called 'light- 
less nights' an d we wish newspap 
ur-e householders to observe the-,, ni 
with as few li-bts in homes as possible 
I lease understand spirit of order is that 
on Thursday and Sunday nights there shall 
be no more outdoor lighting than is a bso 
lutely necessary for safety of streets pas 
sages and da,,., emus snots and that you 
are charged by the United States Fuel Ad 
ministration with giving f„n effect (o t] . 
order using the f„M authority granted vou 
bj the Fuel Administrator to enforc, 
If there are individual violators, detailed 
orders will be sent vou by mail " 



Hie to,,,, f QUI Lyme has set an ex- 
ample to (he rest of the State by putting 

1 ' '" '' ■'* of (I:,. week as' the first 

community wood chopping day in Connecti- 
cut. Instead of complaining about the lack 
oi coal l„v, use of war conditions, the citi 
zens of this community have decided to 
hustle for themselves, and a special com 
nnttee has invited all the able-bodied men 
ot the town to adjourn on the day set to 
a well stocked wood lot and chop i,s muc h 
wood as they can. The wood will be sold 
to Old Lyme residents who need it -,t cost 
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, Richard 

M. Bissell, chairman of (lie Col 

state Council of Defense, and Thomas W 
Russell, United States Fuel Administrator 
lor Connecticut, lone been invited to at- 
tend the wood chopping bee. 

The State Council recently received a 
unique letter from (he town of' Union which 
■ s getting along without a pound of coal 

and is usmg deadw I gathered in the 

nearby woods. The letter was sent bv. H 
R. Howard, chairman of the Union Town 
Committee of the Council, in reply to a re- 
quest for information as to whether there 
was need of establishing a local coal com- 
mute,- in Union. The letter was in part 
is follows: 

There is no cause for worry in this 
town in regard to the fuel situation, for 
not one pound of real is used here. When 
we want fuel we go out into the woods and 
oick up the dead-wood. That saves cutting 
down trees. a nd the fuel is already dried 
I would suggest for future reference in 
""•>' coal cannot be secured in the hro-er 
centers, thai Union oin furnish 5.000 cords 
of wood for Putnam and 25,000 cords for 
Stafford Springs." 



Special Committee appointed to 
range for Fairs in Each 
County 



Ar. 



WHAT AMERICA IS DOING 

Series of Articles on War Preparations 
Issued through Council 



TO VISUALIZE HOOVER LESSONS 

With the object of visualizing and dem- 
ons! rating the food conservation doctrines 
taught by the Food Administration, a series 
01 food tans is to be held ,n Connecticut 
luring January under the auspices of the 

"""'"" » Woman's Activities of the 

Connecticut State Council of Defense The 
tans, which have been authorized bv the 
Council, will be conducted by a sub-com- 
mittee on patriotic food exhibits consisting 
ot the following women: 

Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop, chairman. 
Hiss Caroline Ruutz Roes, chairman of 
I he Woman s Committee. 

Miss Estella Sprague, member of the (',,,„- 
nnttee on Food Supply. 

Mrs. William C. Cheney, chairman of the 
south Manchester Woman's Committee 
ALss Dorothy WeiT of Ridgefield 
Mrs. Karl Winter of Waterbury 
Miss Margaret T. Corwin, executive sec- 
retary of the Woman's Committee 

Present plans call for a series of eMit 
exhibits one in each county of the state 
Each exhibit, in addition to its primary 
purpose, will serve as a sectional meetim'- 
at which the woman's organizations of the 
county will be able to get ideas for similar 
exhibits to be held iii other towns and 
Cities of the county, and it is expected that 
letore the campaign is over food shows will 
have been held i„ seor e s of cities and towns 
_ ihe exhibits will contain samples of var- 
ious food substitutes, directions for prepar- 
ln " nomical war meals and demonstra- 
tions of the best methods of saving food 
and providing wholesome substitutes for 
meats, wheat, sugar, etc. Their greatest 
value will He in the fact that every food 
esson will be tausht with the aid 'of ac- 
tual exhibits of food which will enable 
housewives to visualize the lessons taught 
_ Two food exhibits have already been held 
in Connecticut, one at Manchester under 
the direction of Mrs. Chenev. and another 
at Ridgefield under the direction of Miss 
Weir. Both were considered highly suc . 
cessful, and the methods used at' these 
-hows will be followed in the succeeding 
fairs. " 



The Committee on Publicity of the Con- 
necticut Stale Council of Defense is Fur 
mshing to tl,,. newspapers of Connecticut 
a series of news articles summarizing the 
preparations thus far made by the United 
States Government for its share in the 
war. The articles have been prepared by 
[he Committee on Public Information, Wash- 
l "" 1 ""- D - <'■• and are based on complete 
ni' rmation on file in Government archives 
I hey are consequently valuable for the ac- 
curate, up-to-date information they contain 
ird to the war activities in the United 
The articles so far published take 
un the following subjects: The United 
irmy, the training camps of the 
\rmy. Navy and Marine Corps, th, go-i 
ernmenl shipbuilding program, the part 
played by the railroads of this country in 
relation to the war. the aviation program 
and the work of the United States Food 
Administration. 

O. of D. 



MAINE COPIES CONNECTICUT 

Establishes Liberty Choruses with State- 
wide Organization 



The State of Maine has followed the ex- 
ample set by the State of Connecticut in 
organizing Liberty Choruses. The choruses 
in Maine are to be directed through a state- 
wide organization which has just been in- 
corporated. The Connecticut 'choruses are 
directed by a division of the Publicity 
Committee of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense. The Liberty Chorus idea had 
its origin in the defense council of this 
-' ' , '' The plan has since been endorsed by 
the Council of National Defense, and other 
states have been urged to take up Liberty 
Chorus singing as a means of arousing 
patriotism and the "will to win" the war. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 




THRIFT STAMPS FOR 
EMPLOYEES OF ALL 
STATE CORPORATIONS 



Director Howell Cheney issues appeal 
for co-operation — Many concerns 
already approve plan as proposed — 
Three methods are outlined to 
business heads 



EMPLOYERS ASKED TO HELP 

MAKE MOVEMENT A SUCCESS 



The gift of a 25 cent thrift stamp to 

ei ei 3 employe! iach eorporal ion, m inu- 

facturing establishment or business house 
is the practical start on the pathway of 
thrift which Howell Cheney, Connecticut 
Director of the War Savings Committee, 
has proposed to employers throughout tins 
state. 

It is a certainty this will be done b\ some 
of the largest and best known concerns in 
the state, as their names are already on 
Mr. Cheney's lists as supporters of the plan 
outlined. If the lead of these is Eol 
lowed there will result a general distribu- 
tion of thrift stamps and thrift cards which 
will help greatly in the spreading of 
the war savings idea in Connecticut. 

Three plans have been suggested bj Mr. 
Cheney, any one of which will be acceptable. 
The (i rst will be for the employer to 
give to each employee a thrift card hen 
ing one 25-eent stamp. The second is for the 
employer to agree to provide the sixteenth 
stamp which is necessary before the thrift 
card with the addition of a few cents, may- 
he exchanged for a $5 thrift stamp. The 
third is for the employer to pay the final 
amount when the thrift stamp is filled with 
the required sixteen stamps. Of these plans 
Mr. Cheney believes that the first is the 
most desirable, as thus the employe 
be already started in his thrift campaign, 
and will he given every incentive to eon- 
Mr. Cheney, after conferenc?s with many 
leading manufacturers and others, 
that 25 cuts per employee is a moderate 
price to pay for the good will to all parties 
which will result. The financial cost is 
comparatively -mall, and the benefits to the 
government, employer and employee will 
he tremendous. 



8 WE and INVEST 

in 1 h r 

SAFEST 

SIMPLEST 

SECT R I T Y 

r,T y 
WAP, SAVINGS ST IMPS 

ISSUED BY THE 

UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT 



THRIFT DRIVE STARTS 

IN SCHOOLS ON JAN. 7 



Howell Cheney announces plan for 

campaign soon to be started 

among children 



CLERGYMEN UNITE IN 
URGING FULL SUPPORT 
OF THRIFT CAMPAIGN 



A drive will be started in the public 
schools of the state on Monday, Januarj 
7. for the purpose of having a minimum 
of 50 per cent, of the school children of 
Connecticut provided with a 25-cent thrift 
stamp and a thrift card. Plans for this 
movement are in the hands of Howell 

1 v, slate director o*' the National War 

- 1 1 iiiv - t ommil tec. who is now in com 
munication with the superintendents and 
supervisors of the schools in the state foi 
the purpose of securing their co-operation. 

Mr. Cheney says that the permanence i t 
the educational value in teaching thrift 
lepends almost wholly upon the savings 

■ tet es which provide all the stimuli of 

organize 1 effort. These societies meeting 

regularly with definite purposes anil definite 

tves will mike the ultimate object 

easj of accomplishment. 

Mr. Cheney has sent instructions to the 
different schools explaining in detail the 
different plans which have been suggested 
for the formation of savings societies. II 
-ays that while the minimum of enrollment 
is -ei at 511 per cent, of the number of 
pupils in Hie schools, he expects this num- 
ber will easily 1 xceeded, and that prac- 
tically every child in the state will within 
the next two weeks he provided with a 
thrift stamp and a thrift card. 



Bishop Nilan, Bishop Brewster, Dr. 
Potter and Dr. Luther sign appeal 
for patriotic observance of holiday 
season — Mr. Cheney makes appeal 
for saving 



ADVOCATE NEW SPIRIT 

IN GIVING OF GIFTS 



BOYS WANT STAMPS 



Choristers at Hartford Church Sug- 
gest Arrangement Whereby Their 
Salaries will Help Win the War 

Boys "i the male choir at St. John's 
t Inn ch. Hartford, have petitioned the 
church choirmaster asking that they he 
given their monthly salaries in thrift 
-l;i nips, instead of the usual cash. This 
unusual request was presented to the musi- 
cal director of St. John's parish by th. 
boys themselves after a short conference 
in which several of the older chorister- 
made patriotic appeals, which were waindv 
seconded by the younger members. \ vote 
wa- then taken and the action was iiicini 
mous. 

The chinch authorities are willing to 
pay the choristers in this fashion, and 

much favorabl nment has been heard 

in praise of the patriotic stand the little 
fellows have taken. There are 21 hoys in 
St. John's choir, all from 10 to 15 reus of 
age. The amount of money which will 
thus he tnrnpd over to the government for 
war purposes will reach respectable figures 
each month. 



In every church of Connect had on the 
Sundaj before Christmas, was read ,i pa 
triotic thrift app tied by i 

Chauncey B. Brewster, Bishop John J. 
Mian, Rev. Dr. R. II. Potter and Rev. 
!)i. I-'. S. Luther, members of the eccle- 
siastical section of the War Savings Com- 
mittee, urging a proper observance of the 
holiday season in these days of war and 
ireparation for war. The appeal was as 

Hows: 

"As we approach the Christmas annivei 
-ary the real meaning of the season should 
grip us more rather than less intima 
because of the grave times we an- passing 
■ ioi ugh. 

"Christ gave the world the ideal of a 
saving of life by an absolute giving of one's 
-elf. 

" As a nation we are now serving as n • i 

for the accomplishment of tint ideal. 

We bave pledged ourselves, our state and 
Dur country, to give of our best lives that 
the world may be free, free as Chris! 
would have it free, for every individual to 
make the most of himself. 

■' Universally we have come to observe 
Christmas with a joyous and a 
giving. May it now be a giving of 
selves, and may we especially observe it 
in this spirit this ye ir 

" Mav wo make our gifts a personal of- 
fering, M;iv we give especially of the 
fruits of our own labor, and may we make 
as little demand as possible upon the labor 
if oi hers. 

"May we avoid every kind of giving that 
is formal and conventional, that is eold 
or impersonal, that has behind it any other 
thought than that of joyous and voliin! 

-ci v ice 

"May we in our srifts remember first, 
our soldiers and sailors wherever thej 
nci.v lie and so bring them into the home 
■i 1 1 les. 

" May we rejoice the hearts especially of 
little children, and of all those who arc 
sick or in want, or in whom the fires of hi 
may lie burning low. 

"May we decorate our homes and our 
feasts with good cheer and Christmas spirit. 
and not waste our re-onn i the 

tawdry, the useless and the perishable. 

" Cod grant tint w.- all. fri nds an I foes 
'like, come into a re-birth of the spirit 
of service, from which a vision of a ji 
and -in everlasting peace may spring." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 




VTABL SAVINGS STAMPS 

ISSUED BY THE 

UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT 



40,000 FACTORY MEN 
GIVEN THRIFT STAMPS 
AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS 



Industrial establishments get busy on 
war savings proposition — 20,000 
industrial workers in Bridgeport 
are helping government — Stamps 
for Cheney Brothers' Men 



EMPLOYEES OF TRAVELERS 

ARE ALSO REMEMBERED 



TO INTEREST FARMERS 

IN THRIFT MOVEMENT 



MANY THRIFT STAMPS 

GIVEN IN UNI0NVILLE 



State Director Cheney makes plans to Factory employees and school children 
interest rural communities in start campaign to help Uncle 

sale of stamps Sam win the war 



TOWNS OFFER ASSISTANCE 



A plan whereby the farmers of the state 
are to be interested in t lie national thrift 
movement is being perfected by Howell 
Cheney, state director of the War Savings 
Committee, who will, within a few days, 
make a definite announcement of arrange- 
ments fur the sale of thrift stamps and war 
savings certificates to residents of the ru- 
ral districts of Connecticut. 

Several details of the plan have already 
been worked out under Mr. Cheney's di- 
rection. It is proposed first to interest 
the fanners h\ means of the several 
Granges. It is also proposed to spread 
thrift campaign information by means of 
various public meetings, which will be held 
in many parts of the state within the next 
two weeks. Rural mail carriers will also 
In' given charge of the sale of thrift stamps 
and war savings certificates in sufficient 
numbers to meet all demands. 

In regions where there are at first no de- 
mands for the thrift stamps and the accom- 
panying thrift cards, Mr. Cheney proposes 
to stimulate interest by placing thrift lit- 
erature in every household. It is also ex- 
pected thai there will be many house-to- 
house canvasses started within the next few 
weeks which will result not only in greatly 
increased sales of the stamps but also in 
stimulated interest on the part of the citi 
zens. Mr. Cheney also expects to interest 
the farmers through their children, who 
will receive thrift instruction in the schools. 
The town committees of the Connecticut 
State Council "f Defense are co-operating 
fully in this thrift campaign. 



The village of Unionville has been thor- 
oughly organized for the sale of thrift 
stamps and war savings certificates, ac- 
cording to a report made recently at the 
Capitol to Howell Cheney, state director of 
the National War Savings Committee. 

C. E. Graham, chairman of the War Sav- 
ings Committee in Unionville has informed 
Mr. Cheney that every one of the 7<m fac- 
tory employees of the different manufactur- 
ing establishments of the town would re- 
ceive a thrift stamp and a thrift card 
from the manufacturers. Every possible 
encouragement would also be given toward 
stimulating future accumulations. Mr. Gra- 
ham slid. 

It was also reported (hat tin- scl Is 

were allso thoroughly organized for the 
sale of thrift stamps.' The 600 children in 
the different grades have been given every 
possible assistance by their teachers and 
it is predicted the young folks will pur- 
chase stamps to the value of many thou- 
sands of dollars. 



More tl 40.000 employees of the vari- 
ous manufacturing establishments of this 
state received thrift stamps and thrift cards 
from their employers before Christmas 
This action on the put of manufacturers 
was taken in response to an appeal sent 
by Howell Cheney, state director of the 
National War Savings Committee. Keernt- 
i\ Mr. Cheney sent out a request asking 
those in charge of the various industrial 
concerns in Connecticut to take suitable 
recognition of the new thrift movement by 
•riving thrift stamps to their employees. 
The response to date has been highlj urate 
fving to Mr. Cheney, who expect- that uitli 
in the next few weeks .May one of the 250, 
000 factory employees in the stite will be 
the possessor of a thrift card. 

In Bridgeport alone, more than 20,000 
industrial workers in the factories have 
been given thrift slamps. and already a 
campaign of service and saving lias started 
which promises 1" have a beneficial effect 
on the rest of the state. 

In South Manchester, the 4.000 employees 
of Cheney Brother- have been presented 
with thrift stamps, and in New Haven the 
2.700 workmen of Sargeant & Co.. have 
ilso be'n given thrift stamps and thrift 
lards. In Unionville the workers of the 
Upson Nu1 Company and other concerns 
have received similar gifts. 

The 5,120 employees ofthe Travelers In- 
surance Company of Hartford, including 
both those in the home office and in the Held, 
have also been given thrift stamps. 



PROGRESS AT WINDSOR 



Plan for sale of thrift stamps announced 
Many purchasers 



A PATRIOTIC MAENNERCHOR 

Bridgeport Singing Society Offers to 
Become a Liberty Chorus 

The Sehwaebischer Maennerchor, Inc., of 
Bridgeport has ottered its organization t" 
Mi,- State Hi' Connecticut as one of the Lib- 
erty Choruses tha.t are being organized 
throughout Connecticut. The offer reached 
tin- Bridgeport chairman of the Liberty 
Chorus committee recently without solicit i 
tion ami the letter accompanying the offer 
expressed strong " hope for the certain sue- 
cess of (he efforts of those who will as- 
1,1 i ite in this duty.'' Thus far over 
seventy-five Liberty Choruses have been or- 
ganized under the supervision of the < "ii 
necticul State Council of Defense. 



The town of Windsor is the first c 

munity in the -tale to report to state I ead 
quarters at the Capitol. Hartford, that a 
comprehensive plan has been evolved for 
the distribution id' the new- thrift and war 
savings stamps. The Windsor 1'. ink & 
I'ru-t Company has taken an agency for 
the sale of the stamps and announcement 
has been made by the institution thai as 
,n an sub-agents as apply will be appointed 
'inn, diately. These will be given a- many 
itamps a- Hay desire, and arrangements 
n,- being made for a house to house can- 
vass throughout i he town. 

Howell < heney of South M inchester, 

state director of the War Thrift Coi ittee, 

during a recenl visit to Windsor, found the 
citizens of the town eager and anxious 
to learn details of the new campaign. Al- 
ready the total sale of stamps there has 
reached a considerable figure. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



ARE YOU HELPING THE KAISER? 

His agents are sowing a crop of 

LIES 

throughout the country in deliberate efforts to hamper our Army and 
Navy, alarm the relatives of our soldiers and sailors, nullify the work 
of the Food Administration and embarrass the Government in other 
ways. 



YOU ARE HELPING THE KAISER 

IF YOU HELP TO SPREAD THESE LIES 

BY REPEATING ALARMIST RUMORS 

Reputable newspapers are kept informed of the events of the war 
and the plans of the Government except as to details of strategy, etc. 
They have told the full story of every American loss or death so far 
caused by the war. They will continue to receive and publish all 
authentic news of this kind weeks earlier than any such news could 
possibly reach you by word of mouth. 



WHEN YOU HEAR UNFOUNDED RUMORS 

demand that the teller reveal the source of his alleged information, 
then write to the 

COMMITTEE ON STATE PROTECTION, 

CONNECTICUT STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE, 

STATE CAPITOL, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 

outlining the story and giving the name of the person who told it, 
but — 

DON'T REPEAT WAR LIES. 



COUNCIL TAKES UP 

TOBACCO PROBLEM 



Sends Letters to Growers Opposing 

any Increase in Acreage for 

Next Season 



In pursuance of its policy of preventing 
the further diversion of men, monej and 
materials to enterprises or industries' "not 
essential to the prosecution of the war or 
the furnishing of the necessaries of life 
or the maintenance of public interests," as 
set forth in a resolution adopted on Decem- 
ber 12, the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense lias sent out letters to all the to- 
bacco growers of Connecticut or of other 
states which have plantations in Connecti- 
cut directing any growers who contemplate 
increasing their tobacco acreage in 1918 
that they may apply to the Council at once 
for hearing in regard to the enforcement 
of the Council's policy. With the letters 
are being sent copies of the resolution of 
the Council. 

The Council recently sent out letters to 
the tobacco growers inquiring as to their 
acreage plans for the 1918 season, and the 
replies received indicate an increase in 
acreage which it is estimated would require 
the labor of a large number of additional 
men during the harvest season. 

The letter to the growers follows: 

" There is enclosed herewith a copy of 
the resolution adopted December 12, 1917, 
by the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense setting forth the position of the 
Council as to 'non-essential' production. 

" It is the purpose of the Council to en- 
force the policy set forth in the resolution. 
The Council, however, will not oppose the 
prosecution of any particular busines- ae 
tivity without giving to those immediately 
affected a reasonable opportunity to be 
heard. 

" Any persons or corporations contem- 
plating a direct or indirect increase in 
1918 in the production of cigar leaf tobacco, 
whether of primed Havana Seed, Broad 
Leaf, Havana Seed, or of Shade Grown to- 
bacco, who desire to be heard on the ques- 
tion of such increase, will communicate at 
once with the State Council of Defense at 
the State Capitol, Hartford, Conn." 



HOOVERISMS 



It is impossible that anything but benefit 
can come to the American family which 
signs the Food Administration Pledge. 



The skyscraper goes up stone by stone, 
brick by brick, foot by foot, day by day, 
slowly. There is no other way to build it. 
Europe's war food shortage must be made 
up by individual Americans through sav- 
ing bit by bit, ounce by ounce, day by day, 
persistently. There is no other way to 
do it. 



Your plans for dinner, Mrs. Housewife, 
are just as important in their way as Gen- 
eral Haig's plans for a night attack. Haig 
Tims to get the maximum of results with 
the minimum of material. He uses plenty, 
but he doesn't waste any. So should you. 
That's the way you and Haig will win 
this war. 



COiSWECTICUT BULLETIN 



COUNCIL TO CREATE 
A SPECIAL DIVISION 
OF LABOR EXCHANGES 



(Continued from page 1) 

posed to a proposition of the state council 
Iklahoma that the federal franking priv- 
be extended so as to include mail 
matter sent out by the various state coun- 
cils 

U the general session there were pres- 
ent, in addition to members of the Coun- 
cil, the following: Fuel Administrator T. 
\Y. Russell, George B. Williams, George 

M. I lers, F. D. Cheney, L. F. Robinson, 

W. Smith, George B. Chandler, State 

of War Savings Howell Cheney, 

C. G. Bill, A. J.. Shipman, Dudley J,. Vaill. 

G. E. Meech, L. S. Smith, B. F. English 

and M M i ' ■ aret T. Corwin. 

The Council authorized the printing and 
ribution of 1,000 additional "Prussian 
Blot " posters to meet demands from differ- 
ent parts of the country. 

At the recommendation of B. D. Bugbee, 
Windham County chairman. Windham 
inty was divided into four divisions or 
districts with the following chairmen: Wil- 
limantic district, E. P. Chesbro : Moosup 
district, Charles Bragg; Danielson district, 
I. E. < uneen; Putnam district, Dexter El- 
liott. The following were elected members 
of the county committee: G. H. Gilpatrick, 
Putnam; II.' 11. Davenport, Pomfret; F. E. 
Cuneen, Danielson; S. S. Russell, Daniel 
son; Charles Bragg, Central Village; J. W. 
Atwood, Wauregan; Dexter Elliott, Thomp- 
son; E. P. Chesbro, Willimantic; F. P. 
i enton, Willimantic; Rev. Vernon W. Cook, 
Willimantic. 



SHOULD CONTRIBUTE ONLY 
TO SANCTIONED BENEFITS 



RED CROSS CAMPAIGN 



At the start of the Red Cross Christmas 
campaign Governor Marcus II. Holcomb is- 

- 1 the following signed statement in 

the support of the people of Connecticut: 

" The American Red Cross now has 5,000. 
bers, some of them in every State 
in the Union. Demands have so increased 
that it 1ms become necessary to increase 
this membership to 15,000,000. Whether 
war shall close in the near future or 
not the demands for Bed Cross will con- 
tinue for years to come. It is therefore 
imperative that the local auxiliaries, 
branches and chapters in every town and 
city in the State of Connecticut shall be 

i Cei|. 

" With our Army of a million men at the 

front, doubtless to oe increased to two or 

three million, we shall need these local 

: ions to do relief work for these 

i i imectieiit is asked to enroll 300,000. 

is not a large number for our state 

I confidently believe the total will 

greatly exceed this number. 

'■ Fifteen million Red Cross members by 
Christmas Eve will mean 15,000,000 men, 
i :i and children back of President Wil- 
son and the Army and Navy. The cam- 
paign is to last one week, beginning De- 
cember 17 and closing Christmas Eve. 
dues ate $1 a year. Let the 
: Red Cross be your national Santa 
Clans for the boys at the front. 

" Marcus H. Holcomb, 

" Governor." 



People of Connecticut are Warned by 

Council against Giving to 

Unapproved Funds 



MANY WAR BUREAUS 
BEING ESTABLISHED 
THROUGHOUT STATE 



REGULATION BY WAR BUREAUS 



t itizens of Connecticut are warned by 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
that they should discontinue at once the 
practice of giving contributions to all sorts 
of war funds which are not recognized na- 
tionally or approved by the Defense Coun- 
cil in this state. Certain funds which are 
national in their scope will have the ap- 
proval of the authorities at Washington, 
and other funds which are merely state- 
wide movements will he approved by the 
-late council of defense. Chairmen of 'he 
council's committees in the various towns 
and cities and the war bureaus which have 
been organized will have knowledge at all 
limes of the funds which have official sanc- 
tion. 

This warning against contributions for 
unauthorized purposes has been given by 
the state council because of a resolution 
which has been adopted by the Council of 
National Defense at Washington in order 
to check contributions for purposes that are 
not worthy. Regulation and centralization 
of appeals of this kind is advocated by the 
federal government, and a plan looking to 
that end is being put into effect in Connect- 
i. ut . 

The resolutions adopted by the Council of 
National Defense, and endorsed by the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense follows: 

" Whereas, appeals are constantly being 
made throughout the country in behalf of 
innumerable war relief agencies; and 

" Whereas, the benevolent energies of the 
country are being dissipated by such solici- 
tations, and the flotation of government 
loans, as well as subscriptions for other 
worthy and legitimate purposes, may there- 
l.v he seriously affected; and 

■■ Whereas, the Council of National De- 
fense believes that the regulation ami cen- 
tralization of such appeals would encour- 
age the patriotic and philanthropic spirit 
of the country to a generous response by 
the assurance of the proper responsibility! 
of those soliciting subscriptions, thus min- 
imizing opportunities to exploit the benevo- 
lent impulses of the country ; therefore be it 
" Resolved, That the Council of National 
Defense requests each of the state councils 
of defense so to organize that it may as- 
sure itself of the worthiness of the objects 
in support of which appeals for assistance 
are made and of the integrity and financial 
responsibility of those making such appeals; 
and be it further 

" Resolved, That the Council of National 
Defense requests that all campaigns for 
private aid be conducted in entire co-opera- 
tion with the state councils of defense; and 
In' it further 

" Resolved, That the Council of National 
Defense urges the people of the country to 
contribute assistance, financial and other- 
wise only to those persons and objects that 
are accredited and approved by the Council 
of Defense in each state; and be it further 
"Resolved, That the Council of National 
Defense suggests that the state councils of 
defense approve appeals for financial aid 
only where it shall be understood that an 
accounting of the moneys received and spent 
shall be made public." 



(Continued from page 1) 

rector, the chairman of the Committee on 
Woman's Activities of the Council and rep- 
resentatives of other organizations engaged 
in war or public service work. The bureaus 
will also have a number of committees to 
take charge of various special duties, such 
as relief for the dependent families of 
soldiers and raising money for various war 
funds. 

The chief advantage of the war bureau 
plan is that it centralizes in one place and 
undei the supervision of one committee 
and the direction of one chairman all the 
war work of a community instead of al- 
lowing the war work energies of the com- 
munity to be dissipated in decentralized 
and over-lapping efforts. With the co- 
operation of the state council war bureaus 
are rapidly being organized in every part 
of the state and it is expected that in a 
~hort time they will be established in 
every community of considerable size be- 
tween the Massachusetts border and the 
Sound. 



BUREAU IS TRAINING 

WOMEN AS SPEAKERS 



Classes Conducted in New Haven — 

Others to be Started in Hart= 

ford Next Week 



The Speakers' Bureau of the Publicity 
Committee of the Committee on Woman's 
Activities, Connecticut State Council of 
Defense, has started a movement to train 
woman speakers for rallies in classes held 
in the larger cities. Classes have been 
conducted in New Haven by George H. Gal- 
pin, instructor in the New Haven High 
School, which resulted in the training of 
twenty speakers. A second series of classes 
will be started next week in Hartford under 
George B. Chandler, to be held at the 
Center Church House on December 31, Janu- 
iry 3, 8 and 10 from 4 to G p. m. 

.Mrs. Henry R. Watson has been appointed 
chairman ot the information and Research 
Department of the Publicity Committee. 

Dr. Kate C. Head, chairman of the Medi- 
cal Service Committee of the woman's or- 
ganization, has been appointed chairman 
for Connecticut of the Woman's War Ser- 
vice Committee of the National Medical 
Women's War Service Committee. At a 
meeting of the Medical Service Committee 
Held recently in the Capitol the following 
questions were discussed: Preparations for 
a hospital for convalescent soldiers; ac- 
commodations for war orphans; the care 
of maternity cases anions? wives of soldiers; 
the need of a survey in the State to provide 
for more public health nurses in rural dis- 
tricts :the need of nurses aides for work 
anions the poor; and the need of a survey to 
provide for quick medical response in case 
of a catastrophe in this state. 




Vol. I 



(Homtgrtirut gulktm. 

Published Bi=Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. .JANUARY 11. 1918 




No. 17 



WAR BUREAUS READY 
AND ACTIVE IN 30 
CITIES AND TOWNS 



EXPERTS MAKE PLANS 

FOR FIRE EMERGENCY 



Fully Organized and Prepared to Handle 
All Sorts of Local Problems— Fair= 
field County Leads with Thirteen 
Bureaus — Others in Nearly Every 
County 



ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT 

EVERY PART OF THE STATE 



Win Bureaus, fully organized and ready 
to take up scores of local problems created 
by the war, are rapidly springing up in 
every part of Connecticut. So far thirty 
Bureaus have completed their organiza- 
tion and have been appointed by the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense the official 
agencies of the State of Connecticut for all 
war work in their towns and cities. Nine 
ov ten othcr> are in process of organization 
and will lie ready for action soon. Fairfield 
l oiinty towns and cities have been the 
quickest to adopt the War Bureau idea, foi 
thirteen of the thirty Bureaus already 
formed are in that county, but nearly every 
oilier county in the state has it- snari oi 
the new war hoards. 

Completely organized War Bureaus now 
pxisl in the following cities ami towns of 
( onnecticut : 
llarl foul ( lounty — 

Bristol' 

East Hartford 

Hartford 

Manchester 

New Britain 

Simsbury 
i Continued on page 6 > 



Committee on Industrial Survey takes 
up Standardization problem 

Enquiries have been sent to every fire de- 
partment in Connecticut by the Committee 
on Industrial Survey of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense for the purpose of 
gathering information in regard to the pres- 
ent possibility of connecting their tire ap- 
paratus to the hydrants of neighboring 
towns, and nearly all departments have 
replied. The Defense Council has taken up 
thi matter of the interchange of fire appa- 
ratus in order to mike available to all 
in lie- State additional apparatus 
with which to protect important pi 
in case of emergency. The importance of 
hundreds of Connecticut establishments to 
'in- war program of the Nation has made 
this a vital work for the Council to take up. 

Fire ( hief -John C. Moran of Hartford, 
who was appointed a committee of one by 
the State Fire Chiefs' Association for tin 
purpose ' f co-operating with tlie Council 
in this matter, and Horace B. Clark, presi- 
dent of the Hartford rSoard of Fire Com 
irissioner-. have met with the Council's 
committee. A- a result of this confer- ace 
(In- committee has decided to attempt to 
standardize the hose and hydrant couplings 
of every tire department in tlie state by 
adopting a national standard thread coup- 
ling which will make it possible for any 
!i -i- in the State t'i In- connected with any 
In ill ant in the St tte. 

'an tie- fire departments are equipped 
with these couplings through the committee 
of the defense council, it will he possible 
for fire apparatus of any town to he used 
in anv other town in the state. 



COUNCIL ADVISES 

SCHOOL CHILDREN 
TO SAVE FOR WAR 



Reduction of Unnecessary Expenses for 
Social Purposes Urged Upon Pupils 
in Resolution Adopted Because of 
Need for Thrift — Excursions Dis = 
approved 

MEMBERS READY TO SUPPORT 

COAL CONSERVATION PLANS 



The Connecticul State Council of Defense, 
at it- weekly meeting on Wednesday, Janu- 

ny 9, adopted a resolution suggesting that 
for the period of the war the expenses of 

ill social activities in the schools of this 
State he reduced to a minimum ami that 
the practice of raising considerable sums 
of money in secondary schools for excur 
-ions to Washington be discontinued for 
i In- present. The resolution was pn 

iy the Committee on Education. It was as 
follows : 

•' In view of the fact that in this era 
of high prices many parents are making un- 
usual sacrifices to maintain their children 
in school, and in view of tlie fact that 
the teachers of our schools have been urged 
io interest the children actively in the pres- 
ent war savings stamp campaign, the Con 
necticut Mali- i ouncil of Defense strongly 
suggests that for the period of the war the 

expense of all social activities in our scl ' - 

be reduced to a minimum, and particularly 
that the raising of considerable -urn- of 
money by graduating classes in our second 
ary schools for excursions to Washington be 
(Continued on page 6) 



War Bureaus Derive Their Authority 

From An Act of The General Assembly 

Persons interested in the organization of war bureaus in Connecticut towns frequently ask what authority i- held by a 
war bureau so organized. The Connecticut State Council of Defense has issued the following explanation in this connection: 

" By statute of the last Legislature, the Governor was directed to render to the Government of the United States, in 
tlie present crisis, any assistance within the power of this State, and was authorized to that end to organize and employ all 
resource- within the State and to exercise all power convenient it necessary in his judgment. In accordance with the 
power vested in him by this law, he appointed the Connecticut Council of Defense by a proclamation, reading as follows: 

"'Tin- body to be known as the ( onnecticut Council of Defense, with ami under my direction, to conduct the prose- 
cution of tin- war -o far as concerns this State- — the Council is directed to organize and to choose such others to act 
with it in the prosecution of its duties as it may deem advisable and to do all such other acts necessary to carry into effect 
the purposes for which it is created.' 

'■When a War Bureau has been appointed the official war agency for the State of (onnecticut for war work in its 
Town by this Council, its authority to take measures to conserve and concentrate its local resources for war work i- es 
tililishcd. and as the war goes on, the necessity for close supervision and control of such matters i- hound to become more 

apparent." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 

Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 

Vol. 1 HARTFORD. CONN., JAN. 11, IMS. No. 17 



SIMSBUR Y WAR BUREAU 

Systematic and efficient method 

followed in organization 

of new board 



.e« 



Plans for Convention 

of State War Workers 



$* 



The procedure followed in the organiza- 
tion of the war bureau recently formed in 
the town of Simsbury is given out by the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense as a 
systematic and efficient method, and one 
which carries good suggestions to other 
towns in the State interested in forming 
war bureaus. 

The war bureau movement in Simsbury 
was initiated by the former town committee 
of the Council in connection with others 
which have been prominent in civilian war 
work. An executive committee, by-laws 
and a statement of the purposes of the pro- 
posed war bureau were tentatively selected 
and prepared. The first selectman was 
then induced to call a town meeting for 
the consideration of these tentative plans. 
The town meeting was held and at it the 
following resolutions were adopted: 

" Whereas, The Governor of the State of 
Connecticut has issued a message to the 
citizens requesting co-operation with the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense in all 
matters pertaining to civilian war work and 

" Whereas, The Town Council of Defense 
for Simsbury has called together the rep- 
resentatives of the principal organizations 
already engaged in war activities and they 
have together submitted a plan of organi- 
zation which has the approval of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense, said 
plans being hereto attached as a part of 
this resolution, now, therefore be it 

" Resolved, That the establishment of a 
war bureau for Simsbury in accordance 
with said plans be hereby approved and the 
plans accepted, and be it further 

" Resolved, That the selectmen be and 
are hereby authorized to draw upon the 
town treasurer for any required sum of 
money not exceeding $100 per month, said 
sum to be paid to the_ treasurer of the war 
bureau for all worth}' "objects. The control 
committee, which has conducted the Liber 
ty Loan Campaigns and the Y. M. C. A. and 
Red Cross drives, has proved conclusively 
that the success of a campaign depends in 
a great measure on the organization of the 
efforts of those interested. 

" Resolved, That the voters of the town 
of Simsbury hereby pledge their hearty sup- 
port and co-operation to the Government 
of the United States, the State of Connecti- 
cut, and the War Bureau of Simsbury in 
every activity leading to a speedy victory 
in this great struggle for humanity, liberty 
and democracy." 

The following by-laws and purposes of 



Delegates Expected From Every Town 

in Connecticut— Will Last 

Two Days 



GOVERNOR ISSUES SUMMONS 



In order that a meeting might take place 
at. which plans might be mapped out for 
the conduct of the civilian war activities of 
Connecticut during the coming year, Gov- 
ii nor Marcus H. Holcomb has requested 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
(o call together representatives of its state- 
wide organization for a war convention in 
Hartford. The State Council of Defense 
immediately took steps to carry out the 
Governor's recommendation and has already 
sent out notices that such a meeting of war 
workers, a war convention, will be held 
in the Hall of the House of Representatives 
at the Slate Capitol on January 17 and 18. 

Complete details for the war convention 
are being arranged rapidly. Every town and 
city in the state will be asked to send dele- 
gates to this convention, the representation 
to be one, two, three, or four delegates, ac- 
cording to the size of the community. The 
Council is authorizing its town chairmen 
r ghoul the state to appoint these dele- 
gate-. They will have formal credentials 
and seats in the Hall of the House will be 
ed to them. 

This convention will not be open to the 
public as the entire capacity of the House 
will be taxed to accommodate the delegates 
and chairmen of committees of the Council. 

The preliminary plans for the convention 
call for a roll call at the opening session on 
the morning of January 17. an afternoon 
session the same d ly, and a Avar supper 
that evening, together with morning and 
afternoon sessions the following day. Dele- 



. gates are being instructed to plan to spend 

,the night in Hartford. 

Part of the program will consist of five- 
minute reports from committee chairmen. 
The time for each report will be strictly 

■ limited to five minutes, it is the Council's 
plan to place before the delegates a brief 
summary of what has been done, as well as 
a plan for future activities. A special com- 
mittee of the Council is now at work ar- 
ranging the complete program for this im- 
portant war meeting. 

Governor Holcomb has sent the following 
letter to local chairmen of the Connecticut 
state Council of Defense: 
"On April 20th, in accordance with power 

1 vested in me by Chapter 44 of the Public 
Acts of 1917, I appointed the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense for the purpose of 
directing the prosecution of the war so far 
as concerns this state. 

" This Council, in accordance with my 
directions, has formed an organization to 
cover a wide field of activity, and has been 
diligently and efficiently addressing itself 
to tin 1 great task assigned to it. 

" Nearly a year has elapsed since the 
LTnited States entered the war, and appar- 
ently we are but launched upon the great 
undertaking which it has become the duty 

t of Connecticut to perform, in furnishing 
its part of the men, materials, and money 
for the war's successful prosecution. 

" In my opinion it will be wise for us, 
a i this time, to confer as to ways and 
means, and I am therefore directing the 
Council to call together in convention rep- 
resentatives from the various towns in order 
that they may meet, hear reports of the 
work already done, and take counsel to- 
gether as to our future procedure. 

" Marcus H. Holcomb, 



: Governor." 



the organization were presented and 
adopted: 

"The objects of the War Bureau shall 
be: To act as the agent of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense for all war work 
for Simsbury. 

■• To co-ordinate all the existing activi- 
ty s with a view of eliminating duplications 
and waste effort. 

" To keep in touch as far as possible, 
with the men at the front and their fami- 
lies at home and render all possible assist- 
ance to both. 

" To arouse and maintain a spirit of sac- 
rifice and service in every activity which 
may encourage and comfort the men at the 
Hunt and assist our government in bring- 
ing a speedy victory to the cause of Lib- 
erty and Democracy. 

" The War Bureau shall consist of the 
Town Council of Defense and representa- 
tives of the Red Cross Welfare Committee 
and War Charities. Such additions may 
lie made as the War Bureau from time to 
time may deem necessary. New members 
shall be chosen by vote of the War Bureau. 

"The officers of the War Bureau shall 
consist of a president, vice-president, sec- 
retary and treasurer. They shall be elected 
annually by majority vote of the Bureau. 

" The War Bureau shall be divided into 

D. Of D. 

JAN !8 1918 



four committees known as Finance, Red 
Cross, Conservation, Woman's Activities. 
These committees may subdivide their work 
in any manner subject to the approval of 
the bureau. 

"' There shall be an executive board which 
-hall consist of the officers and the chair- 
man of each of the committees. 

" The chairman of these committees shall 
constitute a nominating committee to act 
with the president in dividing the work and 
-electing the sub-committee. 

" Meetings of the Bureau may be called 
at any time by the president or by the sec- 
retary at the request of any three members 
of the Bureau. One day's notice shall be 
given. 

" A quorum shall consist of five members 
of the Bureau except for the election of 
officers." 



The organization of the committees rep- 
resenting foreign born groups in towns 
throughout the State as a part of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense organi- 
zation is going forward rapidly under the 
direction of Rev. John G. Murray of the 
Council's Committee on Foreign Born Popu- 
lation, according to a report recently made 
to the council by Stanley H. Holmes, chair- 
ii cm of the Committee. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Connecticut Will Have Proportionate Share 

Of One Million Thrift Stamp Sales Stations 

Federal directors of the National War Savings Committee have decided to inaugurate immediately a campaign for 
the establishment of 1,000,000 sales stations throughout the country for thrift stamps and war Bavings certificates, accord- 
ing to a telegram sent by Frank A. Vanderlip, head of the movement, to State- Director Howell Cheney. 

If this proportion is followed in Connecticut it will result in the placing of a sales station for every 100 inhabitants. 
This will mean that practically every store, large and small, in this state, will be asked to become an agency for the stamps 
and certificates. Mr. Cheney has also been asked to see that every store and ollice frequented by the public has war sav- 
ings signs placed in conspicuous places. 

Mr. Vanderlip has ruled that as these stores will obtain their supplies of stamps from banks and postomces which 
are regular agencies, no applications for appointment as agents are necessary. 



BOY SCOUTS TO HELP 

SELL THRIFT STAMPS 



Are Expected to be of Great Assistance 

in Connecticut War Savings 

Campaign 



ECONOMY APPEAL 



Thrift Stamp Campaign will do Much 

to Teach Conservation 

Lessons 



HOUSE TO HOUSE CANVASSES 



It is expected that the Boy Scouts will 
play an exceedingly active part in the 
thrift movement which is now under way 
in Connecticut under the direction of How- 
ell Cheney, state director for the National 
War Savings Committee. Heads of the 
Boy Scouts in this state have offered their 
services to Mr. Cheney, and it is expected 
that the boys will be able to render exceed- 
ingly valuable service. 

It is planned to use the Scouts extensive 
ly in the house to house canvasses which 
will soon be undertaken in every city and 
town in the state. Mass meetings for 
boys will be held everywhere. It is in- 
tended not only to train the boys to sell 
stamps, but also to have them buy as 
many thrift stamps and war savings cer- 
tificates as their means will allow. It is 
expected that an appeal will be sent out 
to all the Scouts in the state to the effect 
that the boys of 1918 should show the 
same patriotism as their ancestors in the 
war of 177G. 

Mr. Cheney also expects to extend this 
campaign to the Campfire Girls and other 
similar organizations of young women. 
These will be asked to bear every bit as 
heavy a responsibility in the movement as 
the boys, and it is expected that with the 
loyal co-operation of the boys and girls of 
Connecticut, great results can be accom 
plished in the near future. 



A number of leading men in Roanoke, 
Ya., have presented children in all the 
schools in their city with a thrift card and 
a stamp attached. There are 8,500 stu- 
dents who have been started out in the 
proper way with this Thrift idea. It is ex- 
pected that before long patriotic men of 
means in other states will follow this ex- 
ample. 



An appeal to the people of Connecticut 
to conserve both labor and materials in 
order to assist in the support of the nation's 
armies in the field and to provide them 
with equipment has been issued by How- 
ell Cheney, state director of the National 
War Savings Committee. The appeal is 
as follows: 

" The War Savings campaign is the most 
effective means of impressing the citizens 
of this country with the fact that we can- 
not support a vast army in the field and 
a great navy at sea and at the same time 
spend the same amount of money we used 
to before the war lor things which may be 
perfectly proper to buy in times of peace 
but which are not necessary to the carrying 
on of the great war which we are now 
lighting. 

" It is desired to impress upon the Amer- 
ican people that every citizen must get be- 
hind the government, which is devoting its 
entire energies to waging a great warfare 
I'oi freedom. This warfare requires the 
putting of men in the field and keeping 
them fed and clothed. It requires the pro- 
duction of ships and shells, guns and rilles, 
motor trucks, saddlery, aeroplanes, hospital 
supplies, food and a great variety of goods, 
the output of which calls for vast indus- 
trial plants from one end of the country 
to the other, manned by millions of men 
and women who serve their country as 
effectively as are our soldiers and sailors. 

" If the American people continue to re- 
quire all the pleasant and comfortable 
luxuries which they consumed before the 
war, they are making it necessary for other 
factories and shops, also employing millions 
of men and women, to produce articles 
which do not help to bring peace a day 
nearer, when they might be devoting them 
selves to the production of the neces arj 
things which will help to win the war." 



CAMPAIGN TO START 

AT ONCE IN SCHOOLS 



If you can't lick a German you can at 
least lick a thrift stamp. 



Children of All Ages will be Asked to 

Co-operate in Selling 

Thrift Stamps 

Beginning immediately a campaign will 
be started in all the schools of Connecticut 
for the distribution of thrift stamps and 
war savings certificates among the children. 
Ii; is estimated there are more than 200,000 
school children in this State, and it is ex- 
pected that within a month each one will 
be the owner of at least one thrift stamp. 

Howell Cheney, state director of the Na 
tional War Savings Committee, has held 
several conferences with supervisors and 
principals in different parts of Connecticut, 
and everywhere he has received assurances 
of cordial support. It is proposed to or- 
ganize war savings societies in every grade, 
and every effort will lie made to impress 
upon the pupils the doctrine of thrift. The 
suggestion has been made that each child 
lie urged to save at least one penny a week. 
The performance of additional tasks at 
home and for neighbors is suggested as a 
means foi increasing the number of stamps 
which are to be placed on the thrift cards. 



WOMAN'S IMPORTANT SHARE 



Sub-Committee of Council Expects to 

Direct Share of Thrift Campaign 

Activity 

Women of Connecticut are to be assigned 
an important part in the war thrift earn 
paign which is now under way throughout 
tin- nation. Plans have been perfected 
whereby the Committee on Woman's Ac 
tivities of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense will be assigned a considerable 

share of the task of selling $26,1 U 

worth of thrift stamps and war savings cei 
tificates in Connecticut before Januarj I. 
1919. 

It is proposed to interest the various 
women's organizations in every city, town, 
and village in the state. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 




WS.S 



WAR SAVINGS STAMPS 

ISSUED BY THE 

UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT 



WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN j INSTRUCTIONS FOR BANKS 
NEEDS STRONG SUPPORT 



Appeal Sent Throughout Connecticut 

Points Out Importance 

of Co=operation 

" Why You Should Buy War (Savings 
Stamps " is the subject of the following 
appeal sent out for distribution by Howell 
( heney, state director of the National War 
Savings Committee, to the various war sav- 
ings chairmen in Connecticut: 

"The appeal finds expression in the heart 
of every loyal man, woman and child, 
'What 'can I do?' 'How can I light?' 
■ How can I play my part in this war?' If 
we can make this appeal universal, we need 
not be fearful for democracy. 

" We cannot all lie soldiers, hut we 
can all serve and support the men in 
tin' line. We are sending over there one 
million men, and these one million men 
need nineteen billion dollars' worth of war 
materials to supply them during the next 
year. We could have sent two million men 
almost as easily as one million, if it were 
not for the fact that we are only producing 
war supplies now at the rate of one-third 
of the quantity necessary in order to make 
ili" men effective fighters. 

" \\ e cannot make our soldiers conquerors 
unless we practically treble our support of 
them and that support can come in in- 
creased measure in just the proportion that 
you and 1 forego our consumption of things 
which are not necessary, anil make a loan 
to the Government for the production of the 
absolutely necessary war supplies. 

" Does it not then come home to us per- 
sonally and individually that the Govern- 
iiM nt's need of money, great as it is, is 
no! as great as its need of the labor and 
materials we are consuming. Loan that 
labor and material to the boys at the front 
and we are fighting effectively, even though 
wi are not digging trenches. 

"This appeal is coming to us more and 
nunc persistently. It is a war appeal and 
(he methods of war are not the methods 
of peace, at home any more than they are 
in the line. If the soldier in the trenches 
is thinking of the coward in the rear, who 
i> not. doing his duty, he will never go over 
the top." 



Advice Given on How to Obtain Thrift 

Stamps and Sell Them 

to Customers 



Unwell Cheney, director for Connecticut of 
the National War Savings Committee, has 
issued the following instructions to banks 
regarding the use and sale of thrift stamps 
and war savings certificates: 

" Secure your supplies of stamps from 
the Federal Reserve Bank of your District 
unless you can make arrangements with 
tlie post office to supply your wants. This 
they may he willing to do in a spirit of 
cooperation and to better their own show- 
ing. They are not, however, obliged to do 

so. 

" See that one official of the bank who 
comes in contact with the public is thor- 
oughly posted as to what instructions to 
give to either firms or individuals. Direct 
this agenl of your bank to co-operate to 
the fullest with your local War Savings 
Committee. 

" Banks may sell to firms and corpora- 
tions and to each other as well as to in- 
dividuals, and they assume no responsi- 
bility for the use to which these firms or 
corporations put their stamps. 

" Banks can obtain stamps in excess of 
$1,000 from the Federal Reserve Bank of 
their District by putting up cash instead 
of securities as collateral. They will then 
receive their stamps on consignment ae- 
ciunt and render monthly statements of 
sales to the Federal Reserve Bank. 

" Banks may keep their customers sup- 
plied with such amounts of stamps as they 
require in the case of all customers who 
are carrying balances with them, and this 
may he done without such customers being 
appointed agents. Such customers, how- 
ever, should he warned that, while the banks 
will supply them with stamps in any 
amounts covered by their balances, these 
stamps cannot be cashed in their own names 
or in the name of their firm at maturity 
to a value of more than $1,000. 

" Completed thrift cards of sixteen 25- 
ii nt stamps should not be exchanged for 
cash. The only method recognized by the 
government is to exchange them for War 
Saving Certificates." 



Franked Postcard Plan 
Expected to Increase 
Sale of Thrift Stamps 

A franked postcard plan devised 
by the Treasury Department is one 
of the most important means yet 
put into effect for the solicitation of 
orders for thrift stamps and war 
savings certificates. Within the next 
few days more than 300,000 of these 
cards will be printed and dis- 
tributed in this state. They will be 
placed in the hands of solicitors in 
the different cities and towns, and 
will be used in the house to house 
canvasses which will be started in a 
short time. 

These cards may be filled out and 
mailed without a stamp by the per- 
sons in whose hands they are left. 
Mail carriers will then deliver 
thrift stamps or war savings cer- 
tificates to the senders, and will 
collect the money for the stamps 
sold. 

Howell Cheney, state director, has 
prepared the following instructions 
for the use of this postcard: 

1. Read both sides of card care- 
fully. It gives you practically all 
the information you require. 

2. Collect no money. The letter- 
carrier delivers the stamps and se- 
cures payment. 

3. Take orders. Do not merely 
distribute cards. Mail cards your- 
self after taking orders. No post- 
age is required. 

4. See that purchaser signs his 
own name and address. Be sure 
that every blank space is properly 
filled in. 

5. Try to have purchaser order 
enough stamps to supply each mem- 
ber of his family as well as him- 
self. 

ii. See to it that purchaser 
orders on the bottom line a War 
Savings Certificate or Thrift Card 
for himself and for each member 
of his family for whom he may be 
ordering stamps, unless stamps are 
being ordered to fill partially-filled 
War-Savings Certificates or Thrift 
Cards. 

7. Be sure to fill in your own 
name and address and name of your 
organization (if any) on the left 
of card. Record is made of all sales 
and unless you fill in these blank 
spaces, no credit can be given you. 

8. Make personal record of your 
sales and follow up purchasers to 
see that they buy regularly. 

9. Carry leaflet of " Questions 
and Answers" (Publication No. W. 
S. 113). It answers practically all 
questions that could be put to you 
in relation to War-Savings Stamps 
and Thrift Stamps. Carry also, for 
demonstration purposes, an actual 
War-Savings Stamp and Thrift 
Stamp affixed respectively to a War- 
Savings Certificate and Thrift Card. 

10. Enlist the services of as 
many of your friends as possible to 
do similar solicitation. A War- 
Savings solicitor is in truth a " man 
behind a gun." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



TO TELL OF WOMAN'S 

SHARE IN WAR WORK 



Miss Helen Fraser of England Will 

Speak at Two Meetings in 

Hartford 



The Committee on Woman's Activities 
of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
is making plans for a series of meetings 
on Friday, January 25, at which Miss Helen 
Fraser, a noted British war worker, will 
speak. Miss Fraser is the author of 
" Women and War Work " and a member of 
the National War Savings Committee of 
London. She came to this country recently 
at the invitation of several women's colleges 
and the Women's Committee of the Council 
of National Defense. 

A meeting will be held in the afternoon 
in the hall of the House of Representatives, 
State Capitol, Hartford, under the auspices 
of the Committee on Health and Recreation, 
presided over by its chairman, Dr. Valeria 
H. Parker, who will present reports on the 
work of the committee's policewomen. All 
town chairmen of the woman's organization 
are invited to attend. A public meeting 
will be held in the evening at 8.30 o'clock 
in Unity Hall, Pratt street, Hartford, under 
the auspices of the women's college clubs of 
Hartford, which will be presided over by 
Mrs. Ralph 0. Wells, president of the Hart- 
ford College Club. Mrs. Louis R. Cheney 
is in charge of the arrangements for this 
meeting. 

The Committee on Woman's Activities <>i 
the State Council has added the following 
mi mbers to its Committee en Reduction of 
Deliveries: Mrs. T. Belknap Beach of Hart 
ford and Mrs. Cortland Arnold of Putnam. 

Miss Alice Smith, president of the Hart- 
ford Young Women's Christian Association, 
lias lien added to the Committee on Health 
end Recreation. 



ROADS CLEARED OF SNOW 



Highway Department Co-Operates to Aid 
Auto Truck Transportation 



With the co-operation of the Transporta- 
tion Committee of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense, the State Highway De- 
partment, following the recent severe snow- 
storm, opened up more than 1,000 miles of 
trunk line highways in this state in order 
that motor truck transportation might go 
on without interruption. The work was 
done under the direction of State Highway 
Commissioner Charles J. Bennett, who is 
a member of the Council's Transportation 
Committee. The Committee has reported to 
the Council that the State Highway Depart- 
ment's road-scrapers throughout the state 
have been mobilized in such manner that 
it will be possible to handle future snow- 
storms without delay and maintain the 
highways at all times in condition for' the 
mot' r truck transportation which they now 
handle. 



RIVER TRANSPORTATION FUEL CONSERVATION 



Council Committee arranges for 

extension of traffic 

during winter 

Steamboat freight service between New 
Vnik and Saybrook, with connecting rail 
service to points on the Valley Branch of 
the -'New Haven" road, will begin about 
January 21, it has been announced by the 
( 'ommittee on Transportation of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense. An- 
nouncement was m oh' several days ago that 
this committee, assisted by civic bodies and 
manufacturers in Hartford, New Britain, 
Meriden, Middletown and other places in- 
terested, had succeeded in inducing the 
Hartford & New York Transportation Com- 
pany to run boats during the winter be- 
tween Hartford and Saybrook. The "New 
Haven" road also agreed to give special 
freight service to Valley Branch points. 
connecting with the boat. 

This measure is expected to contribute 
to the relief of transportation congestion 
during the winter while the Connecticut 
River is not open to navigation. 



PROPOSALS ADOPTED 



TROLLEY LINES URGED 

TO ADOPT ECONOMIES 



Public Utilities Commission Asks 

Patriotic Action to Meet War 

Conditions 



Officials of all street railway companies 
in Connecticut are urged in a circular 
recently sent out by the Public Utilities 
Commission of the State to "put into 
effect such methods as will more effectively 
conserve fuel and economize in all labor and 
material consistent with reasonable ser- 
v ice." The letter points out the need of 
eliminating every possible source of waste 
" even at some personal sacrifice," points 
out the need of facilitating traffic in the 
larger cities so as not to hinder the trans- 
portation of employees to factories and sug- 
gests economy and the highest possible ef- 
ficiency consistent with wise economy. After 
referring to the possibility of revising the 
present street railway schedules, the letter 
closes with the following recommendations: 

" 1. That tie' attention of mercantile, 
manufacturing and industrial institutions 
he directed to the necessity of co-operation 
in an effort to bring about a more even 
distribution of traffic, and a general im- 
provement in transportation facilities. 

"2. that the attention of motormen and 
conductors be called to the patriotic duty 
of saving current and fuel and that their 
co-operation be enlisted by pledge cards or 
such other methods as may be deemed most 
advisable. 

" 3. That the officials of all street rail- 
way companies in the State make a care- 
tul study of the general situation under 
present war time conditions and put into 
iffeel such methods as will more effectively 
conserve fuel and economize in all labor and 
materia] consistent with reasonable service. 

"I. That each street railway company in 
I lie State report to this Commission on or 
before January 15, 1918, the results of its 
investigation in these matters, and the 
methods, if any. inaugurated or about to 
he inaugurated in the interests of fuel and 
other economic conservation." 



Radical changes in daily life suggested 

as a means of saving coal 

for war purposes 

PLANS MEETING WITH SUCCESS 

Radical i banges in methods of living, 
more sweeping probably than have previ- 
ously been officially suggested anywhere in 
the United States, were proposed in a let- 
ter sent out recently by the Committee on 
Fuel Conservation of the Connecticut State 
( loum il of D ifi n-e to all the local fuel com 
mittees in the State. The suggestions aim 
at a saving of coal by reducing the hours 
within which certain public and semi-public 
plao are to lie kept open each day. They 
included the following proposals': That 
saloons, theatres and other places of amuse- 
ment he open fewer hours each day; thai 
churches hold union services to allow some 
of them to close for the duration of the 
war; that country clubs close wholly or 
partly; that the holiday recesses of schools 
be extended; and that private greenhou 
losed entirely. 

The local committees were asked to ar- 
range for community meetings at which the 
seriousness of the coal situation should be 
outlined and the suggestions contained in 
the letters be given serious consideration. 
The letters asked that the following propos- 
als be taken up at these meetings: 

" 1. 'To curtail the boms of the opening 
of the saloons, certainly from S o'clock in 
the morning to not later than 9 o'clock at 
night. Cardinal Gibbons has already issued 
an appeal to this effect. 

"- To consider the curtailment of the 
theaters and other public places of amuse- 
ment, particularly the movies, to shorter 
hours. 

"3. To consider the closing of country 

clubs, or at least tl losing of a large 

portion of their rooms. Many clubs have 
already closed or are planning to close. 

" i. To extend the holiday recesses of 
the public schools and closing the larger 
auditoriums or assembly halls which some 
i i in large city schools have. 

"5. To consider the holding of union 
services in the churches or the temporary 
closing of such church buildings or room's 
where possible without handicapping the 
work which they are doing and will be 
called upon to ' do. The Federation of 
Churches in Hartford has the matter of 
such curtailment under consideration. 

i' The closing of private greenhouses 
it this time before the supply of coal for 
this purpose is necessarily discontinued." 

As a result of these suggestions several 
radical changes have been made by volun- 
tary action in various parts of the 
In some cities the schools holidays were 
extended, a number of the churches have 
agreed to hold union services, several thea- 
ters have shortened their hours, and country 
clubs have closed for the winter. In Hart 
ford, as related elsewhere in The Bulletin, 
all the retail liquor dealers hive shortened 
their hours of business five hours a day. 
1 le' movement is growing with great rapid- 
itv. 



And just as you say that you will not 
change your style of living a starving baby 
dies in France. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



WAR BUREAUS READY 
AND ACTIVE IN 30 
CITIES AND TOWNS 

(Continued from page It 

West Hartford 

Wethersfield 

Windsor 
Fairfield < lounty — 

Bethel 

Bridgeport 

Brookfield 

1 >;« 11 1 m i v 

Fairfield 

Monroe 

\n\ Canaan 

Newtown 

Ridgefield 

Sherman 

Stratford 

West port 

Wilton 
Middlesex- ( lounty — 

Middletown 

Portland 
New Haven County — 

Ansonia 

Meridcn 
New London County — 

New London 
Tolland County — 

Rockville 
Windham ( lounty — 

Killingly 

Putnam 
Other War Bureaus dial are partly organ- 
ized include the following: New Haven, 
Derby, Windham. Darien, Easton, New 
Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston. 

In accordance with recommendations 
made by the Slate Council of Defense, the 
local War Bureaus are being linked up as 
closely as possible with the local govern- 
ments of their communities. The Bridge 
port Bureau has already asked the <-it \ oi 
Bridgeport to appropriate $13,000 for its 
work and the Middletown Bureau has 
taken action along a similar line. 

due of the first acts of the Manchester 
War Bureau was to hold a public meeting 
at which the genera] aims of the Bureau 
were outlined and a rueful explanation 
was given of the methods of aiding and 
compensating dependent relatives of sol- 
diers and sailoi s. 

The Waterbury War Bureau has started 
active work and has established an office 
which is to lie open daily from 9 a. m. to 
5 p. m. 

The Windsor War Bureau, one of the 
pioneers of the state, has already taken up 
work detailed to it by the Food and Fuel 
Administrations and the War Savings Com- 
mittee as well as matter brought to its 
attention through other channels from the 
state Council. 

The War Bureau of South Manchester 
has called a meeting of the grocers of its 
town and has talked over with them the 
sugar situation and means by which the 
situation can be impi n ed, 

The Hartford War Bureau has held 
cral meetings recently and has been taking 
up plans for a war rally and such activities 
as distributing service Sags and compiling 
lists of Hartford's soldiers and sailors. 



LIQUOR DEALERS HELP 

Adopt suggestion of Fuel Conservation 

Committee and shorten 

their hours 



Anxious to do their share in helping 
I rule Sam wage war upon the Kaiser, prac- 
tically all the retail licensed liquor dealers 
of Hartford recently agreed to reduce their 
hours of business five hours a day, opening 
at 8 a. in. instead of 5 and closing at 10 
p. in. instead of midnight, except Saturday. 
The curtailment is entirely voluntary and 
is intended to reduce the consumption of 
coal and electric power for lighting. 

I he agreement was reai hed last week and 
put into effect last Wednesday as the re- 
sult of conferences among the dealers in 
response to an appeal sent out last Satur- 
day h\ the Committee on Fuel Conserva- 
tion of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense urging that such action be taken 
by liquor dealers and that similar action 
v taken bj churches, theatres, schools 
country clubs and greenhouses. The liquor 
dealer- are among the first to respond to 
the appeal. The agreement affects all 
licensed dealers. Among those who prom- 
ised to observe the new hours are the owners 
of all the hotels in the city. Druggists 
will also observe the new hours in regard 
to t heir sales of liquor. 

Iii addition to closing their places of 
business during the early and late hours of 
the day, the licensed dealers have agreed to 
curtail their lighting as much as possible. 
They will eliminate all display lights and 
burn only those that are considered nec- 
essary. The hotels will not only close their 
bars at 10 o'clock in the evening but they 
will refuse to serve liquor in their dining 
rooms during the hours the liars are closed. 

The curtailment agreement holds good 
until April I. when it is hoped that the 
fuel situation will have improved. 

The first action in regard to the proposed 
curtailment was taken at a meeting last 
Friday of eighteen Hartford liquor dealers, 
■vho expressed unanimous approval of the 
proposal as a coal conservation measure 
founded on patriotic motives. These deal 
ere drew up a resolution embodying the pro- 
posal ami interviewed the other dealers to 
get their opinions. Nearly every dealer ap- 
proached signed the agreement. There are 
about Hid licensed liquor dealers in the city. 

A movement hi- been started by the ( om 

in i f tic on Fuel Conservation to have liquor 

dealers throughout the State follow the ex- 

iii I set in Hartford and it is expected 

that the movement will crow rapidly. 



MERCHANTS ADOPT PLAN 



Commercial Economy Recommendations 
Approved in Several Cities 

Recommendations of the Commercial 
Economy Board of the Council of National 
Defense have been adopted by the merchants 
in Hartford, New Haven, New London. Nor- 
wieh, West Hartford and Windsor Locks. 
ii i expected tint tiny will he adopted be- 
fore the end of the present month in Bris- 
tol, Danbury, Danielson, Putnam and W'il- 
1 imantic. 

These recommendations call for the re- 
duction of delivery service by retail mer- 
• bants and a decided curtailment in the 
return privilege. The matter is being 
handled in Connecticut by a subcommittee 
of the Industrial Survey Committee of the 
Connecticut state Council of Defense. 



COUNCIL ADVISES 

SCHOOL CHILDREN 
TO SAVE FOR WAR 

(Continued from page 1 I 

abandoned." 

There were present at the meeting. His 
Excellency Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell, who presided. 
Winchester Bennett, Dr. I). Chester Brown, 
Howard A. Giddings, Charles A. Goodwin, 
Julius C. Stremlau ami Joseph W. Alsop; 
also the following sub-committee members 
and executives of the Council organization: 
I nited States Fuel Administrator for Con 
neit iciit Thomas W. Russell, George B. Wil- 
liams, v. ]). Cheney, I.. F. Robinson, IT. K. 
Smith. Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles, U. S. N\. 
Retired. George I'.. Chandler, Dr. Charles 
c. Godfrey, Kiel Ii. Griffin, F. A. Verplanck, 
Director of War Savings Howell Cheney, 
Charles G. Bill, Arthur L. Shipinan, George 

K. Meech. II. c. Smith. B. D. Bug] , Ernest 

P. Chesbro, Mayor Joseph F. Dtitton, E. L. 
Selden, Dr. John T. Black, Mis- Caroline 
Ruutz-Rees, Miss Margaret T. Corwin and 
Dr. Valeria 11. Parker. 

Dr. Black and Dr. Godfrey were added, 
li\ vote of the Council, to the special com- 
mittee appointed recently to investigate the 
feasibility of establishing a temporary de- 
tention home for women. 

The Council tendered a vote of thanks to 
Austin Dunham for "bis valuable work for 
the Council.'' Mr. Dunham his until re- 
cently been i i ted with the speakers' 

bureau. 



MEETING OF JANUARY 2 

At the meeting it the Connecticut state 
Council of Defense held on January '2 at 
the Capitol, the following members of the 
Council were present: His Excellency, Gov- 
ernor Manns II. Holcomb, Chairman Rich- 
ard M. Bissell, who presided. Winchester 
Bennett, Howard A. Giddings, Charles A. 
Goodwin, Julius C. Stremlau and Joseph 
U . Alsop. In addition there were present at 
the general session the following members 
of the council organization: United States 
fuel Administrator far Connecticut Thomas 
W. Russell, George I!. Williams. Stanlev 
II. Holmes. F. I). Cheney. II. K. Smith, 

Q '.'-•e li. Chandler. I)r Charles C. Cm, I 

trey. Fred It. Griffin, Director of War Sav- 
ings Howell Cheney, Charles C. Hill. Arthur 
L. Shipinan. Dudley I.. Vaill. 1.. S. Smith. 
Wilson II. Lee, II. C. Smith, 1!. 1). Biigbee, 
Fred E. Cuneeii. Ernest 1'. Chesbro, Miss 
('aniline Ruutz-Rees, Miss Margaret T. Cor- 
win and Mrs. II. A. Bnnistead. 

Mr. Russell made a verbal report on the 
fuel situation and asked the opinion of 
the Council as to methods he should follow 
in directing coal deliveries to plants en- 
gaged in essentia] and less essential indus 
tries. Be was told to use bis best judg- 
nieni ami assured of the Council's full sup- 
port in bis decisions. 

The Council voted that in the future its 
"cneial meetings would begin at 10.30 a. m. 
Wednesdays with the executive sessions to 

follow. 

A number of reports were received in 
regard to progress of various committees 
and war bureaus. 



There are now collectors of two kinds of 
stamps — postage and thrift. Which kind 
are you collecting '.' 




Vol. I 



(tottgrtimt Uttllgfitu 

Published Bi=WeekIy Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, JANUARY 25, 1918 




No. 18 



Delegates from Every Town in Connecticut 

Attend Highly Successful War Convention 



TWELVE NEW WAR 
BUREAUS FORMED 

IN SIX COUNTIES 



Committee Reports and Addresses by = 

Governor Molcomb and Other Lead- COUNCIL ENDORSES 
ing Men Inspire War Workers — 

Detailed Plans and Methods Out- PLAN FOR SURVEY 

lined for War Savings Drive 



Total in State Increased to Forty-two 
— Every Section of Connecticut now 
Represented in List — Hartford and 
Fairfield Counties are Well in the 
Forefront 



MANCHESTER DISPLAYS 

FLAGS OF THE ALLIES 



U. S. SENATOR KENYON 

SPEAKS AT WAR SUPPER 



OF COUNTY FARMS 



During the past two weeks twelve new 
War Bureaus have been organized and 
authorized to act as the official representa- 
tives for war work in their communities 
of the Connecticut Council of Defense. In 
all these the organization is complete, 
'there are now a total of forty-two War 
Bureaus in Connecticut, the twelve recent 
additions to the list are in the following 
cities and towns: 

Georgetown 

Lyme 

New Haven 

New Milford 

Nor walk 

Norwich 

Plainville 

Redding 

Torrington 

Willimantic 

(Continued on page 8) 



Delegates from every town in Connecticut 
were present at the War Convention of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense held 
ii id" Capitol January 17 and 18, a gather- 
ing which brought together for the first 
time the organization of the Council in any 
considerable number. The convention in- 
cluded an inspiring address by Governor 
Marcus II. Holcomb, reports by each of the 
i iiim.il committees, a special session de- 
voted to the War Savings Campaign and 
a war supper at which noted speakers from 
outside tlic Slate were heard. 

Governor's Addeess 

The convention was opened Thursday 
morning in the Hall of the House of Rep- 
resentatives by Richard M. Bissell, chair- 
man of the Council, who presided. The first 
speaker was Governor Holcomb, who spoke 
in part as follows: 

" We are here for an important purpose. 
We are met to learn what Connecticut can 
do as its part in the war. Our forefathers 
in the Revolutions) and Civil Wars were 
equal to the demands made upon them. We 
must show that we arc able to meet our 
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Votes to Assist Litchfield Bureau in 
Taking First Agricultural Census 
Attempted in Connecticut Since 
1845 — May Extend Project to ln = 
elude Entire State 



HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS 

SHOW MUCH IMPROVEMENT 



The Connecticut Council of Defense, at 
its weekly meeting on January 23, voted to 
assist the Litchfield County Farm Bureau 
in making its proposed farm survey of that 
county. The vote was taken on recom- 
mendation of the Committee on Food Supply 
which said that the aid of the Council and 
its War Bureaus was sought to help make 
the survey a success. This will be the first 
agricultural census attempted in Connect- 
icut since 1S45. The resolution adopted by 
the Council said that should the "expecta- 
tions with reference to the Litchfield County 
farm survey lie realized, the same plan will 
lie put into effect in all other counties oi 
tic state." 

There were present at the meeting the 
following members of the Council : Chair- 
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A Word to War Bureaus 

The Connecticut Council of Defense has issued the following open letter to persons throughout the state who are 
active in the work of organizing War Bureaus: 

" Make your War Bureaus big and roomy. 

"Make them so big that every person in your town willing to do civilian war work will find a place in one of its 
committees ami will feel himself or herself a part of the War Bureau. 

"And don't forget the men wdio punch the time clocks — who count their earnings a- wages. These men and their 
families form a large and important part of your community and should form a large and important part of your War 
Bureau. 

"Too large a part of the work lias been done by a generous self-forgetful few. recruited from the ranks of the pro- 
fessions, the business men, the capitalists, the high salaried and the low salaried. They have shouldered the burden until 
it has become a hal.it. and the community has too much formed the habit of settine, aside tin- work for them to do. 

"Too often has 'labor' been 'represented' in these organizations; too seldom Inn.- the wage earners and their 
families been urged to form a part, a large active part, of them. Laboring men and their leaders and organizations are 
showing a good brand of patriotism these days. .Make sure that opportunity i- given t.. the individual working man and 
his family to show their spirit and their patriotism in the deliberations and work of your War Bureau." 



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Delegates from Every Town 
Attend War Convention 



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I resent duties. Connecticut, nas been in the 
fore, so far, among the states of the Union 
which have co-operated loyally with the 
Federal Government. Let us see to it that 
our State does not lag. 

" Thus far, we have furnished 28,000 men 
for the war, but we have just begun to do 
our part in perpetuating the liberty of the 
Nation. 

" The organization of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense has progressed to 
the point where there are war bureaus or 
other representatives of the Council in every 
town in Connecticut. 

" You have seen the order in the news- 
papers Ibis morning about the closing of 

II e factories for five days. I suppose all of 
Mm think you have the right to criticize 
the order. 1 got a request from the ' New 
York American ' this morning asking me to 
send 100 words of comment on the federal 
fuel order. I informed the paper that I had 
not yet assumed the function of criticizing 
the federal government." 

" I have to be careful of what I say in 
public. A little while ago I told the sol- 
diers at Camp Devens to take ' damn -few 
prisoners.' I did it after I had read in the 
newspapers about the war practices of the 
Germans — how they would fall wounded, 
be spared from death and then would turn 
and shoot their enemies in the back. 1 
admit what I said wasn't very dignified for 
the governor of a state, but I said it be- 
cause I felt it. 

" Don't criticize the government. The 
only way to fight this war is to back up 
the government. I want every one of you 
to go back to your home towns and mould 
the right kind of public sentiment. The 
trenches now are 3,000 miles away, but 
there's plenty of Prussianized German ele- 
ii i nt right here in this state. If we are to 
be loyal to our boys over there, we musn't 
let that element show ils head here. 

" Don't let any disloyal person show his 
bead in your community. There have been 
occasions where lamp posts have been used 
tin other purposes than as supports for in- 
ebriated persons. I hope they will not be 
so used in Connecticut, but they may be. 
Don't let disloyal doctrines be spread in 
your towns. We don't want a peace that 
would amount to a Germany vacation, 
which would give the Teutons time to pre- 
pare for another war. 

" This war is going to cost us a lot of 
money to win — but remember this, it would 
tost us more to lose." 



man Richard M. Bissell made a 
short address in which he said that 1 lie 
pre i hi time was one of a great crisis in 

( cticut and that the council lias in 

mind taking drastic steps along a number 
of lines. He invited suggestions as to 
future plans from the delegates. 

Committee ox Publicity 

George B. Chandler, chairman of the 
Committee on Publicity, made a report for 
his committee which was in part as fol- 
lows : 

" There is just one thing that can lose 
this war for us — a failure of the spirit, 
the grit, the staying power of the American 
people. It is the function of the committee 
I represent to keep up mis morale, which it 
does through five agencies: the press, the 
Division of Motion Pictures, which displays 
official films issued by the United States and 
British governments at performances ad- 
dressed by veterans of the great war: the 
official State Council bulletin boards on 
which posters and notices issued by the 
Council and other agencies are displayed: 
a system of poster distribution which will 
carry these publicity media into barber 
-hops, pool rooms, factories and many other 
places; the war rallies which have been held 
already in so many rural communities and 
which are to be held soon in all the indus- 
trial communities of the state." 

Afternoon Session 

Most of the atternoon session was devoted 
in committee reports. 

F. D. Cheney, chairman of the Committee 
on Industrial Survey, told what his com- 
mittee had done m making an industrial 
survey of the state, in preventing conflagra- 
tions and arranging for co-operative work 
at serious fires by standardizing the fire de- 
partment apparatus of all cities and towns 
of the State, and conducting the commercial 
economy campaign, which has already 
brought about a considerable curtailment of 
-lore deliveries as part of its work. The 
last named campaign was discussed in more 
detail by Alton T. Miner of New London. 

G. F. Shepard of Bethel suggested that 
further economies could be brought about 
it the railroads would adopt the plan cf 
delivering goods just as the express com- 
panies do. 

Fuel. Administration 

Thomas W. Russell, LTnited States Fuel 
Administrator for Connecticut, and chair 
man of the Coal Committee, described the 
'work of his administration. He explained 
that his duties were mostly those relating to 
the distribution of coal and that the im- 
portant tasks of conserving coal ami en- 
couraging the use of coal substitutes have 
been entrusted to special committees. P 
described the various ways in which the 
general public could help improve the coal 
situation. Mr. Russell said he could not 
nredicf the fuel situation of the immediate 
future, saying it depended on two important 
factors — the weather and the railroads. 

W. TT. Burr of Westport made an apnea' 
for si rong efforts in the direction of utiliz- 
ing the existing wood supply of the stair 
He proposed that people wdio lack coal go 
out into the country and chop wood. 

The work of the Fuel Conservation Com- 
iiillie was described by its chairman. 
Charles G. Bill, who said that saving alone 
would add to the available supply in this 
country. He told how manufacturers, mer- 
chants and householders have done then- 



share in preventing waste and outlined ways 
in which still greater fuel saving could be 
effected. Mr. Bill explained the need for the 
recent measures curtailing hours of work 
and reducing tne use of electric light and 
fuel ami declared that the savings brought 
about by these methods were very large in 
the aggregate. In conclusion he recom- 
mended that the Daylight Savings Plan, 
already tried out in various European 
countries, be put into effect in this country, 
and that the water power facilities of Con- 
necticut be developed as rapidly and fully 
as may be found practicable. 

Transportation Activities 

State Highway Commissioner Charles J. 
Bennett reported for the Transportation 
Committee of which he is a member. He 
said that no matter how efficient the rail- 
loads may become under the new govern- 
ment control plan they will not be able to 
handle their full traffic for another year 
at least and that the trolley lines and 
steamship companies would not alone be 
able to bring about any great improvement 
in the existing transportation conditions. 
The Transportation Committee, Mr. Bennett 
-aid. has three chief duties: Investigating 
demurrage rases, developing the "return 
load " auto truck plan and increasing the 
use of trolley freight facilities. 

Mr. Bissell added to the report and ex- 
plained the Committee's plan whereby auto- 
mobile truck drivers can keep in touch with 
the representatives of the Committee 
through telephones listed in various local 
exchanges under the name " Return Load." 

Sanitation and Medicine 

Dr. D. Chester Brown, Chairman of the 
Committee on Sanitation and Medicine and 
a member of the council, read a report on 
the prevention of epidemic and other dis- 
eases among the civil and military popula- 
tion of the state, lie suggested that the 
War Bureaus could do valuable work in 
helping to enforce existing sanitation laws 
and recommended, among other things, that 
the State Board of Health be authorized to 
establish four health districts in the State 
with headquarters in Hartford, New Haven, 
Bridgeport and New London. 

On motion of James G. Hammond of New 
London it was voted that the convention 
before adjourning for the day pass a vote 
of confidence in the various council com- 
mitters for the work they have done. 

Hoover War Supper 

The war supper held in the Hartford Club 
Thursday evening and attended by nearly 
ill the 400 or more delegates, was a real 
Hoover meal. It consisted of tomato soup, 
baked beans and stewed apricots. 

Richard M. Bissell, chairman of the Coun- 
.il piesided. Among others at the guest 
table were Governor Marcus H. Holcomb 
and two British army officers. During the 
supper a number of patriotic songs were 
sung by members of the Hartford Choral 
Club, directed by James S. Stevens, State 
Musical Director. 

Senator Kenyon's Speech 

The chief speaker of the evening was 
United States Senator William Squires Ken 
yon of Iowa, who said in part: 

" I remember hearing my mother, who 
was born in Hartford, tell of the way Con- 
necticut's sons marched away to war in '61. 
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Connecticut's part was a noble part then and 
it is a aoble part she is playing today; but 
the patriotism your state represents is only 
a phase in a spirit of patriotism which 
spreads from coast to coast. 

■• With all the cost and horror the war 
represents, this is no time for pessimism, 
but rather for courage and hope. We did 
not bring about this war. It was thrust 
upon us and we waited long before we en- 
tered into it. And I believe it was well tha 
we waited. Thank God, this Nation en- 
tered the conflict with clean hands and with 
no motive but the welfare of humanity. 

" Ymi have to go beyond the trenches to 
get at the philosophy of this war — you 
must consider the teachings of German mas- 
ters that no nations may exist without Ger- 
many's eimseiit, that God is a German God. 

" Germany has got to be taught that no 
display of the mailed tist can frighten us 
into making a German peace — and that is 
what a peace at this time would be. Cer- 
tainly, neither Great Britain nor the United 
States can be bluffed. We have bluffed each 
other too often not to know what a blutl 
is. 

'•Rather than have these distinguished 
German murderers come to this country and 
treat our women as they have treated the 
women of Belgium and France, it would be 
belter that every one of us lay down our 
li\ es and die. 

" Don't believe these stories that Ger- 
many is exhausted. That is part of the 
German propaganda. In man power she has 
more than Great Britain, France and Italy 
combined. Let's not deceive ourselves; it 
is up to us to supply the rest of the men 
that are needed for victory. 

"What is our immediate task? To fur- 
nish ships and supplies in the necessary 
numbers we must get rid of the red tape 
and wrangles at Washington. Then, then 
i- the need of airplanes. I used to thinl 
that their effectiveness was exaggerated, '■ i 
I don't believe it now that 1 have seen 
them at the front. Ten thousand airplanes 
starting on a trip to Berlin would come 
mighty near to nailing the Stars and 
Stripes to the Kaiser's flagpole. 

"What about our duties here? They are 
tremendous, as we all know. YVe must 
learn the meaning of sacrifice. Democracy 
is meeting its supreme test. It i- being 
asked to show that it can put restrictions 
upon itself. k 

"I have no criticisms: we have done 
splendidly. But we have not yet gotten 
on a war basis. We have got to search our 
souls and our consciences. It is not suffi- 
cient patriotism to stand up when the ' Star 
Spangled Banner' is played and then kick 
to your Congressmen about war taxes. It 
is not true patriotism to hold seven course 
dinners to discuss food conservation. And, 
right here, I want to commend you for tin 

dii r you have served here tonight. It 

was the best, war dinner I have tasted sjnci 
tin- war started. 

■' Ami now I want to say a practical word 

about the use of German-made g Is. We 

might to let Germany know thai if this 
brutality of hers keeps up we will not, 
after the war is over, use goods made in 
tin land of brutality — goods made by 



hands that have bayonetted little children, 
that have sent women and children to the 
bottom of the sea without a chance for 
their lives. Who wants these German 
goods? If 1 didn't see bo many clergymen 
here I would say, 'Let them take their 
goods and go to Hell.' If the Germans 
could get this realization as to our atti- 
tude toward their products into even bone 
of their bone-heads, it would do mine than 
anything else to bring them to their senses 
and make them stop the war. 

" We're hearing a good deal of talk jusl 
now about peace. Everybody wants peace 
of course, if it is possible, but who wants 
peace that would merely result in another 
war. And we can't make peace with mur- 
derous rulers whose words can't be trusted. 
Do you want to make peace with outlaws. 
The punishment for murder is death. The 
aiser is a murderer and a multi-murderer. 
A million deal lis would not atone for the 
murders he has caused, though unfor- 
tunately only one life could be taken from 
him. If we could uave the kaiser and his 
six bomb-proof sons tried by a civilized 
jiiin and sentenced for innumerable murders 
and rapes, then we could sit down and 
talk peace with the German people." 

Tribute to Governor 
Homer S. Cummings, a member of the 
Council, made an address in which he paii. 
a high compliment to Governor Holcomb. 

lie said ill pari : 

" 1 am glad and proud to be a citizen of 
Connecticut. I think our state has a right 
to be proud of the part it has played in the 
war. And one of the great things of which 
we can be proud is that we have for our 
chief executive Governor Marcus 11. Hoi 
comb. This is not a mere perfunctory com- 
pliment. 1 think he has in some way of his 
own breathed a peculiar spirit of loyalty 
and patriotism into the state of which we 
are a part, a sincere, pure note of undefiled 
American patriotism. And I am proud to 
serve as a member of the council presided 
over by Chairman Bissell. I don't think a 
better chairman could be found anywhere. 

" We are going to win this war but we 
have got to put all our efforts back of our 
country to do it. When we think of what 
Britain and France and Italy and our other 
allies have done to bring peace out of chaos 
and of our chance to help them now, we 
can do nothing but resolve to go on and 
keep on until democracy is so firmly planted 
in the soils of all the world that it can 
in ver be uprooted." 

Lieut. Col. F. C. Jamieson of the Cans 
dian Army, a veteran of the great wai 
and a member of the British-Canadian 
dian Recruiting Mission in the United 
States, told of experiences at the Yser, the 
Somme and other battles in France. In the 
course of his address, he said: " There is 
only one way that this war can be lost to 
the Entente Allies and that is through 
failure on the part of the United States to 
realize the magnitude of the task before it. 
There is a serious time coming about the 
first of March when the Flanders mud 
begins to dry. and I feel that we will be 
tried next Spring harder than ever before. 
We will be called upon to hold the lines 
against great odds until the United State- 
is prepared to take its full place in helpinj 
to drive back the Kaiser's hordes." 
The Food Situation 

The Friday morning session opened with 
two reports on the food situation. Tin 
first was given by George M. Landers, 
< hairtnan of the Food Committee, who out- 



lined the organization ami methods of his 
committee. After describing tin- scores oi 
movements already started by his com- 
mittee Mr. Landers outlined his plans for 
the coming season, which he said would be 
far busier than the last. The plans call for 
a farm survey of the state, which will be 
the first agricultural census attempted since 
1845, and the encouragement of public mar- 
ket s in as many cities as are willing to 
establish them. Mr. Landers told of the 
valuable aid given the committee by the 
i onnecticut Agricultural ( allege, and stated 
that attempts would be made to produce 
greater food quantities than ever this sum- 
mer. He urged the War Bureaus to be very 
careful in selecting their food members. 

Robert Scoville, I uited States Food Ad- 
ministrator fur Connecticut, described the 

I situation in this country and in Europe 

and said that Connecticut had an important 
part to play in helping feed the world by 
producing more and consuming less. lie 
said that the conditions this year would lie 
In iter than last, inasmuch as the labor 
situation on the farms was likely to im- 
prove. Mr. Scoville said it had proven 
literally true that the supply of food in any 
country could he increased more rapidly by 
conservation than by increased production, 
in touching mi the sugar situation he said 
he hoped to be able soon to get a better 
control of the situation through the acquisi- 
tion of power to control distribution. 

In answer to a question the Food Ad- 
ministrator stated he would be glad to 
prosecute any ease of sugar hoarding 
brought to his attention by an actual wit- 
ness, who would be willing to appear in 
court. 

I. C. Atchison of Sherman presented a 
resolution proposing that, inasmuch as ag- 
riculture is an essential industry and other 
essential industries are encouraged by the 
government through bonuses for speeding 
up production, etc., those persons wdio are 
engaged in agriculture be assured a reason- 
able profit by the establishment of mini- 
mum prices. Chairman Bissell referred the 
resolution to the Food Committee for in- 
vestigation and report to the Council. 

War Savings Campaign 
The latter part of the morning session 
on Friday ami all the afternoon session was 
devoted to the War Savings Campaign. Mr. 
Bissell yielded the chair as chairman of 
the convention to Unwell Cheney, United 
States Director for War Savings of Connect- 
icut. 

Mr. Cheney, in outlining future plans for 
I he campaign, said in pari : 

"The War Savings Committee aims to 
give you. in your cities and towns, material 
with which to work and advice and direc- 
tions as to the proper methods of work. 
Because of the enormous amount of waste 
hitherto in the sending out of literature of 
all kinds from Washington, we have de- 
nied to send out no publicity except by re- 
quest. We will keep a large stock of post- 
ers, pamphlets, etc., on hand at the Capitol, 
and will send samples to each local com- 
mittee from time to time, but will ship full 
supplies only when we arc requested to do 
so. 

"inn have tin., ways of getting at 
people; you can get at them while they are 
at work, while they are at play or while 
they are in their homes. All our efforts 
are directed at one or another of these 
line- of approach. 

"But. whatever methods you adopt you 
cannot hope to be successful without a 

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3\ eminent will have the money with which I Red Cross work or undertaking any other 



highly effective organization and a great 
deal of hard work. The government hopes 
to be able to raise $2,000,000,000 for war 
revenue through the sale of 25-cent thrif. 
stamps. You can see that this is a task 
enormous in detail. It demands the en 
listment of something like 60,000,000 o 
our people in the campaign. To make this 
campaign effective, also, we must teach I 
people of the country to save their money, 
conserve their energies and differentiate be- 
tween essential and non-essential produc- 
tion. 

" This question of essential and non- 
essential industries is one which is worry- 
ing many manufacturers. There are some 
who claim that labor cannot be transferred 
from one industry to another. Yet we are 
continually doing it when we employ 2,000 
to 2,500 people to maintain a force of 1,00 
for a year. Others say that the financial 
hardships and discriminations that wouh 
result will cause inestimable harm. Their 
are other objections of all kinds, general 
and specific. But, whatever our arguments, 
there is no doubt but what we are going to 
be loyal enough to make any sacrifice thai 
may be demanded." 

William T. Hincks, Chairman oi the Wai 
Savings Committee of Bridgeport, describe, 
the work of his committee as a typical city 
organization. He felt sure that Bridgep' 
would raise more than its quota in the war 
savings campaign. 

Henry C. Chappell, Chairman of the New 
London Committee, told of the methods i 
his committee and its results. 

Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, Chairman of 
the Committee on Woman's Activities, told 
of effective ways in which women could 
i,i! ,. |,,i rt in I he campaign. 

The afternoon session was opened with 
an address by N. Searle Light, assistant 
director of War Savings, on the War Sav- 
ings Campaign in the schools. He told how 
the teachers could best aid in campaigns 
and described the organization of thrift 
clubs in various grades. 

Thrift and Patriotism 



In an address on the campaign in Toll- 
and County Charles E. Phelps of Rockville 
said in part: 

" I think this campaign is the finest 
scheme that has ever been devised in this 
country, not only for war but for times of 
peace. There is no process that appeals 
better to the individual and calls more for 
co-operation of the individual than this. 
From this source comes the strength of a 
Nation founded on mass opinion and the 
unity of its people. 

"Thrift, patriotism, unselfishness; you 
can't surpass that combination. There is no 
question but what we are the most extrava- 
gant people in the world. The thrift cam 
paign has already shown, however, thai we 
an- capable of improvement. 

" I saw a statement the other day in con- 
nection with this thrift movement (hat 
Unel'e Sam does not really need the money 
we are trying to raise. The whole truth is 
that we must produce and conserve so that 
the Nation may have the goods it needs, 
and we must save and invest so that the 



to buy the goods once they are produced. 

" To make this campaign a success we 
must direct it at the individual and we 
must get at the individual. There is no 
In pe Eor success in the mass without efforts 
aimed at each man, woman, and child who 
helps make up that mass. 

"Prance and the rest of the Allies are 
looking to us for their salvation. When 
Paris " saw the American Hag paraded 
through its streets last July its citizens 
cheered that flag with the full belief that 
America would take hold and clear up the 
problems of the war. They believe it still; 
let us not fail them." 

WOBKINGMEN LOYAL 

Julius C. Stremlau, a member of the 
( . iincil and president of the Connecticut 
Federation of Labor, spoke on the organiza- 
tion of War Savings Clubs among organ- 
ized working men, and added: 

•As a member of the State Council and 
a representative of organized labor, I can 
assure you without a particle of hesitation 
that labor is enlisted in this war in a 
spirit of full loyalty, ready to do every bit 
of its share toward bringing victory to 
America. The men in the factories realize 
the need of keeping up production, of con- 
serving food and other supplies and of sav- 
ing money to help on the war. 1 am sure 
that they will realize the need of co- 
operating in tin' war savings movement. In 
behalf of the workingmen of Connecticut 1 
want to say that they have not been found 
wanting in the past and 1 know they won't 
he in the future." 

The organizing of agencies for the selling 
of thrift stamps was described in detail by 
F. R. Gilpatrick, chairman of the New 
Britain War Savings Committee. A report 
on the methods of organizing campaigns 
in smaller towns was given by F. H. King 
of I'.a rkhamsted. He made a stirring speech 
in which he said " The farmers of Con- 
necticut must feed the boys in the trenches 
and the people of the United States must 
finance the war and fight the whole Prussian 
Empire." 

Mr. Cheney then outlined the franked 
pest card plan which aids people wdio live 
on rural free delivery routes in investing 
in thrift stamps, and outlined the house to 
house canvass plan formulated by the state 
committee. 

After an address by S. Fred Strong, chair- 
man of the New Haven Committee, describ- 
ing ways in which banks are co-operating. 
All. ( lieuov announced that a campaign will 
be started soon to sell large blocks of thrift 
stamps in quantities worth $1,000 or there- 
abouts, and said that former President. Win. 
Howard Taft had consented to lead the 
movement in this state. 



tasks which local conditions may indicate 
to he useful under the circumstances." 

After a vote of thanks to Mr. Cheney for 
his war savings work and an address in 
which Mr. Bissell thanked the delegates for 
their attendance, attention and spirit, the 
convention was adjourned. 



SEVEN FOOD EXHIBITS 

BEING HELD IN STATE 



Committee on Woman's Activities 

Arranging Series of Practical 

Lessons 



Emergency Resolution 
When the War Sayings session had been 
concluded Mr. Bissell again look the Chair 
and put before the convention the following 
resolution, which was unanimously adopted. 
"RESOLVED: That it is the sense of 
this meeting that in view of the temporary 
unemployment which will follow the en- 
forcement of the order of the United States 
Fuel Administration of January IT. 1918, 
the War Bureaus and Town Committees be 
instructed to take such steps a- ntn be 
feasible in co-operation with town and city 
authorities, corporations, individuals ami 
societies to provide emergency work either 
in removing snow and ice, cutting wood, 
carrying fuel and merchandise, helping in 



Seven simultaneous food exhibits are 
being held this week in as many counties 
oi I onnecticut under the auspices of the 
i i inmittee on Woman's Activities of the 
Connecticut Council of Defense. The ex- 
hibits, which are in general charge of a 
special committee of which Mrs. Joseph W. 
A I sop of Avon is chairman, are intended to 
visualize and teach in a thoroughly practi- 
cal way the lessons that Herbert W. Hoover 
and his subordinates of the United States 
Food Administration have been trying to 
impress upon the people of the country. The 
exhibits are being held as follows: 

Hartford — No. 69 Pratt street; Jan- 
nary 23, 24 and 25; in charge of Mrs. 
Samuel O. Prentice and Mrs. J. Dean. 

Rockville — Town hall; January 24 and 
25; in charge of Mrs. H. C. Smith. 

New Haven — Second Regiment Armory ; 
January 24, 25 and 26; in charge of Mrs. 
Winchester Bennett and Mrs. S. J. Messen- 
ger. 

Willimantic — Town Hall; January 24 
and 25; in charge of Mrs. Robert Fenton 
and Miss Rosamond Danielson. 

Winsted — Town Hall; January 23, 24 
and 25; in charge of Mrs. Curtis Hakes 
and Mrs. A. E. S. Taylor. 

Middletown — Town Hall; January 24, 
25 and 26; in charge of Mrs. Clarence 
\\ ad-worth and Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr. 

Norwich — January 24, 25 and 26; in 
charge of Miss Louis Howe. 

At noon of the first day of each exhibit 
a luncheon was given to which all tin- 
town chairmen and Home Econrmies Com- 
mittee chairmen of the woman's organiza- 
tion in each county were invited. Following 
the luncheons there were discussions of 
plans for similar exhibits to be held later 
in other towns and cities. 

The Hartford luncheon was held at the 
Hotel Bond and addresses were made by 
Robert W. Scoville, United States Food Ad- 
ministrator for Connecticut, and Miss Es- 
tella Sprague of the Committee on Food 
Supply. The Rockville meeting was ad- 
dressed by Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop. The 
New Haven meeting was addressed by Miss 
Caroline Ruutz-Rees, chairman of the 
woman's organization, and the Willimantic 
and Winsted meetings by Professor Maud 
E. Hayes of the Connecticut Agricultural 
College. Mrs. A. E. W. Hayward spoke at 
tin' county meeting in Middletown. Dr. 
Gilman Thompson of New Tork City, an 
expert dietitian, spoke at a meeting held 
in connection with the Norwich food ex- 
hibit, 



The man who invests his casual pennies 
in thrift stamps cannot go far wrong. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Former President Taft to Head 

Thousand Dollar Limit Club 



APPEAL BY CARDINAL 

GIBBONS READ SUNDAY 

Connecticut Catholics Hear Prelate's 

Plea for an Active War Savings 

Campaign 



Accepts Important Commission from 
Secretary W. Q. McAdoo 



will make Personal appeal 



500 Prominent Citizens to Save $1,000 
During Present Year 



CO-OPERATION IS PROMISED 



An appeal from Cardinal Gibbons for 
the support of the war savings campaign 
was read in every Catholic church of Con- 
necticut last Sunday. The appeal was as 
follows: 

"The door of opportunity to serve our 
countr}' is Hung wide open for practically 
every man, woman and child by the sale of 
war savings stamps. This is the most im- 
pressive thing about the movement which 
is being undertaken by the National War 
Savings Committee. There can be few 
people whose circumstances will not permit 
them to buy at intervals the 25-cent thrift 
stamp, and with each purchase gain step 
by step possession of the war savings stamp, 
for each one of which the credit and re- 
sources of the United States are pledged t" 
return $5 for what now costs $4.12. 

" Such a return being produced by the 
process of compound interest carries tin 
lesson of thrift in a practical and convinc- 
ing way. I earnestly commend to young 
and old, and more particularly to parents, 
this simple and easy method of acquiring 
the habit of thrift. Many sorrows are 
avoided and much happiness is to he gained 
by the timely application of the principle! 
of thrift. To the building of character it 
brings profitable acquaintance with self- 
denial and self-reliance It is a valuable 
aid to good citizenship and a blessing thai 
once properly grounded is a faithful com- 
panion through life. 

" We have reached a time in our national 
lit when no loyal citizen of this country 
can afford to spend a dollar for wasteful 
luxuries. Such an expenditure resolves ii 
self into a disloyal act. 

" Welcome indeed, therefore, is the oppor 
tunity offered through the sale of these 
war savings stamps to promote the cultiva- 
tion of thrift and at the same time to serve 
one"s country by lending to it in such small 
sums the price of the first step — the 2" 
cent thrift stamp. 

" Such is not only a privilege, but it i 
the clear duty of every American citizen, 
young and old. I urge upon our clergy and 
our schools to aid in every way in pro- 
moting thrift through the purchase of war 
savings stamps. 

" For the help it gives to our country's 
cause, for the good it w ill do those who take 
such steps, may this movement carry its 
patriotic and practical mission to every 
nook and corner of the nation." 



1' ler President William Howard Taft 

el New Haven has been appointed by Wil- 
liam G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, 
to serve as chairman of the " Thousand 
Dollar Limit Club of Connecticut." This 
club, which will be composed of 500 or 
i i I the most prominent citizens of this 
state, has for its object the purchase of 
$1,000 worth of war savings -.tamps during 
thi present year out of the savings of the 
bi i's. 

Former President Taft has signified to 
Secretary McAdoo his acceptance of this 
important place. In the near future Mr. 
Taft will address to the prospective mem 
bers of the club a personal appeal asking 
Eoi their oo-operation in this movement, the 
ii suit of which will be the securing of at 
least $500,000 of Connecticut's apportion- 
m, i,i of $26,000,000 of the war savings fund. 

Clubs of this character have been or- 
ganized with great success in other states, 
and Mr. Taft hopes that Connecticut will 
nit fall short of the quota assigned. The 
of the state director of the Connect- 
icut war savings committee will give its 
co-operation to Mr. Taft in securing mem- 
bers. 



$300,000 IN THRIFT 

STAMPS SOLD SO FAR 

War Savings Campaign Makes Satis- 
factory Start in Connecticut 
Cities and Town.-. 



Some 50U years B. C, Confucius said 
'• He who will not economize will have to 
agonize." Save for war savings stamps. 



Thrift stamps and war savings certificates 
of $300,000 were sold in Con 
necticut for the period beginning December 
:i and ending on January 7, according to 
announcement made at the state director's 
office in this city. This includes stamps sold 
: i post offices, banks ami other authorized 
agents. 

necticut's allotment to be disposed of 

tor ii,,. year ending December 31 i- $26,000, 
000, amounting to more than $2,000,000 a 

nth. Bridgeport agents alone expect 

to sell $10,000 worth of stamps every week 
day. and Hartford, Xew Haven and Wain 

burj : pected also to reach- this figure. 

Chosi m charge are highly gratified at the 
showing already made, especially in view of 
the fact that, as yet the organizations in t hi' 
diffei hi towns have not been completed. 

'the stall' director is now rec mending 

that agents he appointed informally with- 
out I hi' authorization which heretofore has 
been required from the Treasury I 1 
n .lit . It is expected that within the next 
lew weeks 10,000 agents will he appointed 

in ( ounce! iellt. 



ROUNDING UP SLACKER 
PENNIES ON ALL SIDES 



Children Asked to Empty Their Banks 

and Invest in Thrift 

Stamps 



2,000,000 COPPERS AVAILABLE 

"Bring out the slacker pennies; invest 
them in thrift stamps and war savings cer- 
tificates," is the slogan adopted by the 
Connecticut War Savings Committee for a 
movement which, it is hoped, will result in 
adding many thousands of dollars to Con- 
necticut's allotment of $26,000,000 in the 
national war savings campaign. 

Local bankers estimated that there are at 
least 2,000.000 pennies tied up in children's 
banks throughout the state. These lie idle 
from one year's end to another, and bear no 
interest. Bankers admit that much money 
is withdrawn from circulation in the shape 
of pennies every year which, if diverted into 
other channels, would have a decidedly bene- 
ficial effect on the finances of Connecticut. 

At the present lime there is in evidence 
a shortage of pennies that threatens to 
result seriously unless idle coppers are 
again put into circulation. Bankers hold 
the 6-cent trolley fare partly responsible, 
but they also declare that the hoarding of 
pennies by children is also partly respon- 
sible for the scarcity of these coins. 

War savings committee chairmen through- 
out Connecticut will soon be asked to in- 
struct children to take their pennies to the 
post offices and banks, where they may he 
exchanged for thrift stamps and war sav- 
ings certificates, the latter bearing interest 
at 4 per cent., compounded quarterly. Bank- 
ers, however, ask the children to roll the 
pennies into bundles of 25 to 50 each in 
onier to save the confusion which would 
result from the placing of large quantities 
of uncounted pennies in their hands. 



VOLUNTEERS WANTED 



Volunteers are wanted at once for work 
in the office of the stale director of the 
Connecticut war Lvin committee. An 
appeal to this effect has been issued by 
State Director Howell, who hopes thai the 
responses will be numerous. Mr. Cheney 
will be willing to accept the services of 
those who are able to give only a part of 
their time each week in addition to those 
who are willing to work every day. Those 
who wish to perform this patriotic duty 
arc asked to send their names to him at 
once. 



Beginning February ii and continuing for 
one week thereafter, some 500 Y. M. i . \ 
organizations in all parts of the country 
will focus their best efforts in furthering the 
War Savings movement. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



MONEY IS NECESSARY 

FOR SUCCESS IN WAR 



Howell Cheney Points Out Need of Self 

Sacrifice to Bring About an 

Early Peace 



That monej represents the power to com- 
mand the absolutely necessary materials 
with which the war maj be prosecuted, and 
that the government cannot snare the neces- 
sarj s 10,000,000.000 worth of war materials 
unless individuals in all parts of the country 
are willing to forego a certain proportion of 
the purchasing power represented thereby, 
was asserted in a statement recently issued 
by Howell Cheney, state director of the Na- 
tional War Savings Committee. The state 
mint is as follows: 

" The initiation of the work of the Na- 
tional War Savings Committee has met 
with an almost universal response from in- 
dividuals. Many requests have been re- 
ceived from persons asking that they be 
assigned to work so that they may partic- 
ipate in the thrift movement. On the 
oilier hand there has been opposition in- 
itiated by those who foresee in this move- 
mint to promote thrift, an effort 1o eurtail 
the sales of non-essentials. Their vision 
is (dear that it is going to affect their busi- 
ness, and they are voicing a just protest, 
in so far as there is a probability of a mis 
understanding, as to what are essential or 
non-essential industries, or to be more 
i \;ii t. what are the more essential or the 
li ss essential. 

" Obviously the more essential industries 
are not only those necessary for the produc- 
tion of war supplies and munitions. Even 
greater than these are the normal demands 
of our country for the supplies necessary 
to support its civic population and to con- 
tinue it in a state of productive efficiency. 
It should be equally clear that in tin 
justmeni we must strive to curta 
resources and our invested capital, thereby 
preventing a deterioration which would be 
destructive to cur ability to enter the world 
competition for trade at the conclusion of 
the war. 

" It is also clear, especially to manu- 
facturers, that there are certain classes of 
employees who would be valueless if trans- 
ferred from one industry to another. The 
manufacturer knows that his greatest man 
ufacturing problem, on its human side, is 
the mobility of labor, the tremendous num- 
bers he mnsl employ to maintain a force 
at a certain level, to say nothing of in- 
creasing it. Since the war began there 
have been few manufacturers who have es- 
caped the experience of a ratio of employees 
double the number of positions to be main- 
tained. 

" It is much easier to outline the es- 
sential industries as above than the non- 
essential. It may be said, however, that the 
con-essential are Those not engaged in the 
making of munitions, the support of our 
civic population, those not required in pre 
paring or maintaining us for trade com- 
petition after the war, and those which arc 
not adaptable to war operations. It is 
therefore clear that the country has only 
one business, and that is the making of 
war. It is true, relatively rather than ab- 
solutely, that if all manufacturers, mer- 
chants, and employers observe this "one 
business" in the spirit and to I'm 
that their consciences dictate, ' lie 

will find no fault. The flor 



makers, jewelers and silk manufacturers 
alike have the right to ask the public to 
be patient with their efforts to bring about 
an adjustment which will help them to do 
their utmost to convert the non-essential 
into essential war production. No one ap- 
preciates more than these the difficulty of 
doing this task, but if we approach the 
problem with the determination to do our 
utmost, we are sure of the co-operation of 
tin public and of the government. If this 
problem is approached only from the view- 
point of conserving prt.tits, the offenders 
have no right place at the bar of justice 
at tin- present time." 

HALF MILLION WAR SAVERS 
WANTED IN CONNECTICUT 

Ultimate Number in this State Ex= 

pected to Reach 800,000 

Persons 



" Five hundred thousand war savers in 
Connecticut before February 1" is the 
slogan which has been suggested at the 
office of the State Director of the Connect- 
icut War Savings committee to indicate the 
mark at which this state is to aim in the 
war Bavings campaign, now in progress. 

To assist, in the plans of the slate di 
rector main- of the forces in the state 
which have made past campaigns successes 
lime been enlisted, and already success is 
predicted. After the 500,000 mark is passed 
an attempt will be made to increase the 
number to at least S00.000, with the ulti- 
i, ate hope of enlisting a million savers. 
Assisting in the project, are all the forces 
of the Connecticut Council of Defense, 
women's organizations, schools, factories, 
fraternal societ ies, and oi her fad oi s. 

ecticut's total allotment which this 
state is expected to raise by the sale of 
thrift stamps and war savings certificates 
by January 1, 1019, is $26, ), an aver- 
age of almost .»':!■"> per capita. The task is 
a tremendous one, but those in charge pre 
diet success. 



TOBACCO FIRM HELPS 



The American Tobacco Company has do- 
nated to the War Savings Campaign the 
services of its sales force for the week 
from January 21 to 28. In addition to 
being asked to make daily reports of theii 
work in behalf of War Savings, the sales 
men have been instructed as follows: 

to your Post Office or a bank 
just prior to January 21 and buy 
from $10 to $15 worth of 25-cent 
Thrift Stamps, being sine to gel, at 
the same time, one Thrift (aril for 
each 25-cent Stamp which you buy. 
P le inie of these Thrift Stamps on 
each card; (hen, mi Mondaj morn- 
ing, January 21, start, out ami 
how many of these Thrift Cards, with 

one 25-cent Thrift Stamp ;n lied. 

you can sell, being very careful to 
explain In every person you sell the 
purpose of the Card and how the 
Thrift Stamps are to be exilian 
for War Savings stamps. After you 
have sold the first lot of Cards . 
Stamps you have bought, take the 

ii ey you have gotten from your 

sales and Inn a second hit of ( arils 
and Stamps and continue to turn 
over your money in this way through- 
out the entire week." 



POSTAL SAVINGS AIDES 
FOR THRIFT STAMP SALES 



School Children Allowed to Exchange 

Savings Stamps for Thrift 

Emblems 



In order to expedite the sale of thrift 
stamps and war savings certificates among 

tin school children of the state, the state 
director of the Connecticut War Savings 
Committee has ruled that postal savings 
stamps may be used for the purchase of 
thrift stamps. 

The statement was made in some quar- 
li is that the sum of 25 cents was too large 
an amount to expect the smaller school 
dren to accumulate at once. In order 
to overcome this difficulty the child can. at 
mis post office, purchase one postal savings 
ip for ten cents. This stamp is attached 

I". S. postal savings card. Spaces for 

nine stamps are provided, and when the 
card is tilled, with the addition of ten cents, 
11 lour 25-cent thrift stamps attached 
to a. thrift card. 

By the use of this plan prominent state 
educators believe it will be possible for 
many children wdio otherwise might be- 
come discouraged to start at once on a 
campaign of saving, and to eventually ob- 
tain an accumulation toward a war savings 
ci rtilicate which will give a considerable 
start toward this ultimate purpose. 



TRAVELERS HELPING 

Hartford Insurance Company Undertakes 
Nationwide Thrift Campaign 

A nationwide campaign for the sale of 
thrift stamps and war savings certificates 
has been undertaken by the Travelers In- 
surance Company of Hartford. This cam- 
m began January 1 and will continue 
until June 30. llie tremendous resources 
of the Travelers will be placed at the dis- 
posal of its agents in conducting this work 
i . every community where the company has 

an agency. 

" Serve your country at the same time 
you are conducting your regular business" 
is the slogan adopted by the Travelers for 

: agents. Tl ampaign will be conducted 

tigh the home cilice in this eity. Al- 
ready thousands of circulars, describing 
details, have been distributed, and the re- 
sults ate already apparent in the increased 
sales of thrift stamps and war savings cer- 
tificates. 

In order to stimulate competition the 
Travelers has decided to offer prizes to the 
igents selling the greatest number of 
stamps. The first prize will be a war sav- 
ings ceil ill. ate, with twenty $5 stamps 
attached, the second prize will be a cer- 
tificate with fourteen $5 stamps at- 
i aclied, ami the third, a certificate with 
eight $5 stamps. There also will be special 
prizes for branch managers who obtain the 
best results in the campaign. 

The Tin Mhrs is also paying bonuses to 
agents in the shape of thrift stamps and 
war savings certificates for new health and 
accident policies written. For each $500 
worth of new business twelve $5 stamps and 
two thrift stamps will lie given, with two 
$5 stamps and eight thrift stamps for each 
additional $100. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COUNCIL ASSISTS 

IN CARRYING OUT 
SHUT-DOWN ORDER 



War Bureaus Take Advantage of Fuel 
Holidays to Arrange for Relieving 
Freight Situation in Cities Where 
Congestion is Most Serious- 
Governor Appeals to Public 



CONNECTICUT RESPONDS 

IN COMMENDABLE SPIRIT 



Governor Marcus H. Holcomb and the 
Connecticut Council of Defense, through its 
committees and War Bureaus took an active 
part in the problems created by the recent 
order of the United States Fuerl Administra 
tion closing all but a few factories of the 
■-tate for five days and nearly all other 
places of business for ten successive Mon- 
days. Valuable aid was given to thousands 
of business men by Thomas W. Russell. 
Federal Fuel Administrator for Connecticut 
and chairman of the Council's Coal i 
mittee, as well as by local Fuel Committees 
and War Bureaus, in making interpreta- 
tions of the order and other ways. 

Soon after the issuance of the order Got 
ernor Marcus H. Holcomb gave out the fol- 
lowing statement : 

" The recent order of the United States 
Fuel Administration closing factories for 
five days and closing factories and many 
other places of business the following ten 
Mondays litis given a greal number of busi- 
ness men, employees and other persons their 
first real opportunity to demonstrate their 
willingness to make serious personal sacri- 
fices to the Nation of which they are a part. 
The sacrifices asked of us are, no doubt, 
severe, but they seem trivial when com 
pared with the sacrifices our sons and 
brothers are ready to make in the trenches. 
It seems to me that, whatever our private 
opinions may be as to The necessity for the 
order, we should withhold superfl 
criticisms based on what is only a partial 
knowledge of the situation behind the ordei 
ami should each one of us welcome the op- 
portunity that is here given us to demon- 
strate our love for our country by implicit 
and cheerful obedience of its dictates. 

"Connecticut manufacturers and work- 
ingmen have shown a praiseworthy atti- 
tude toward the order of the fuel adminis- 
tration in regard to (losing their factories 
and have complied promptly and literally. 
I feel sure that representatives of other 
industries will follow with prompt obedience 
to the order in regard to Monday closings. 
I think we should all make a sincere effort 
to obey the spirit as well as the letter of 
the order and to avoid any effort to profit 
by technicalities that would nullify its 
primary intent — such technicalities as 
keeping places of business open with only 
part of the usual heat turned on, or ex- 
tending the hours of business on other days 
of t lie week so as to balance the loss caused 
by being closed on Mondays." 

The following day Fuel Administrator 
Russell sent a telegram to Washington de- 
claring that Connecticut had responded to 
the order in fine spirit. 

While the fuel holiday order was being 
put into effect announcement was mad 
the war convention that the committee in 
charge of the annual automobile show whicl 



liave been held in the State Armory 
in Hartford from February 10 to 23, ha 

led to postpone the show as 
a fuel conservation measure until March 
rhe announcement was made by Rich 
ai i \i Bissell, chairman of the state coun- 
cil, who said that the action taken was \ci\ 
gratifying In the Council as a step in ac- 
nee with other voluntary conservation 
ares in I onnecticut. 

At aboul the same time State Forester W. 
o. Filley, chairman of the Wood-For-Fuel 
Division of the Fuel Conservation Com- 
mittee, recommended that factories and 
other places of business which werei l" ed o i 
the Monday find holidays utilize their cin- 
sii far as possible, in cutting cord 
wood. Mr. Filley said that the Ponds Ex- 
Con inj of ( linton has purchased a 
large tract of woodland and will employ 
its en I ire force of male help on shut-down 
accumulating a supply of w I. Ar- 
rangements for this plan in Clinton were 
made by Sturges G. Redfield, chairman of 
the Clinton Town Committee. The Pond's 
Extract Company expects to secure a supply 
of about 200 cords of wood for fuel in this 
way, Mr. Filley announced. 

One of the most important activities 
iken by the War Bureaus was in co- 
operating with the railroads in taking steps 
during the holidays to unload freight cars 
which have accumulated in the yards of 
some of the larger cities of the slate. 

Particularly strenuous efforts were made 
in Bridgeport and Hartford. In Bridgeport 
Judge George W. Wheeler, chairman of the 
War Bureau, arranged with Mayor Clifford 
P.. Wilson for a meeting of the lead- 
ing business men of the city and the 
secretaries of the Chamber of Commerce and 
the Manufacturers' Association to consider 
plans. At this meeting a complete report 
was presented of the number of freight ears 
involved in the freight congestion and ar- 
rangements were then made to get these 
cars unloaded through the co-operation of 
truck owners. A large number of workmen 
and trie then put to use in empty- 

ing the ears. 

its of activity were also received h\ 
1's Committee on Transportation 
from other War Bureaus in the state. 

Is a result of this action great improve- 
ments in freight conditions were noted in 
several cities. 



WOMAN'S COMMITTEE WORK 



Sub=Committee of Italian Women Or= 

ganized with Mrs. S. Z. Poli 

as Chairman 



At a meeting of representative Italian 
women of Connecticut held under the aus- 
i of the Woman's Committee of the Con- 
necticut Council of Defense in the Stab 
Capitol recently a committee of Italian 
women was formed to work as part of the 
woman's organization. Mrs. S. Z. Poli of 
Vew Haven was elected chairman and Miss 
Marie Bauby of Waterbury, secretary. 

Miss Mary T. Blauvelt of Farmington has 
been elected a memher of the Education 
I I lee of the woman's organization. 

In co-operation with the Woman's Com 
mittee the Travelers' Aid Society has under- 
taken to investigate the circumstances 
under which girls in Connecticut corres- 
pond with soldiers at the front. 



HEARING GIVEN TO 

TOBACCO GROWERS 



Question of Increased Acreage Dis- 
cussed by Representatives of 
Industry 



At the close of a hearing given by the 
Connecticut Council ol Defense in the State 
Capitol Tuesday afternoon to the tobacco 
growers of the state on the question of a 
proposed increase in the production of 

primed Havana s i I. I leaf. Havana 

seed and shade grown tobacco, Chairman 
Richard M. Bissell announced that he 

i ii Id, as suggested by the growers, invite 
the executive committee ot the New Eng- 
land Tobacco Growers' Association to ap- 
point a special committee to confer with 
the Council as to various phases of the 
age problem. The hearing brought out 
the fact that about seventeen of the 200 or 
more growers present plan to plant to- 
bscco this season in land not previously 
used for tobacco culture, that about a 
a intend to increase their production 
ei broadleaf tobacco and that thirteen plan 
to divert their land from other tobaccos to 
shade grown tobacco, which i- said to re- 
quire more labor. 

In opening the hearing Chairman Bissell 
said that the Council had not been created 
In the purpose of injuring any industry 
hni "to conduct the prosecution of the war 
-i> far as affects this state." He added thai 
the Council is of I he opinion that there 
is at least very grave question as to whether 
there should be any increase in the acreage 
of tobacco during 1918 and that it ha 
asked the Council of National Defense to 
refrain from taking action on the problem 
in the hope that the growers themselves 
would take voluntary action. He thought 
any action taken in Washington would 
probably be of a very sweeping nature. 

When asked what would be the result if 
the growers raised only the same amount of 
tobacco as last year. Mr. Bissell said he 
tght personally that if the growers 
■ d no intention to increase their acre,- 
i he influence of I he State Council at 
Washington would he great enough toward 
nil any interference. He added that the 
Ccuncil had received word of very drastic 
national plans as to the regulation of labor 
in various industries and that he expected 
Connecticut, as the year continued, would 
have a hard time to prevent a further de- 
pletion of the existing supply of labor. The 
chief question involved in the tobacco prob- 
lem, he said, was whether this industry 
would divert labor from munitions and 
other war industries. II is estimated that 
there are 45,000 persons employed in the in- 
dustry in Connecticut and about $3,000,000 
invested. 

A number of growers announced that they 
would decrease their tobacco acreage in 191S. 
Fred B. Griffin, a member of the Council's 
Committee on Transportation, told tin- Coun- 
cil that present plans of grower- all over the 
state call for an increase of from 1,000 to 
1.200 acres of tobacco in 1918, making a 
total of 6,000 acres, and that this extra 
acreage would require the employment of 
about 3,000 extra laborers. 



Morale is the thing that is going to win 
the war. And morale is after all but the 
self-discipline that makes the average man 
stick to his task until it has been carried 
on to a successful ending. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COUNCIL ENDORSES 
PLAN FOR SURVEY 

OF COUNTY FARMS 

(Continued from page 1) 



GOVERNOR CURTAILS 
HOURS OF BUSINESS 



man Richard M. Bissell, who presided, Win- 
chester Bennett, Dr. D. Chester Brown, 
Julius C. Stremlau and Joseph \Y. Alsop; 
also the following- additional members of 
the Council oragnization : United States 

I' 1 Administrator for Connecticut Roberl 

Seoville, United states Fuel Administrator 
for Connecticut Thomas \V. Russell. George 
M. Landers, F. D. Cheney, L. F. Robinson 
Herbert Knox Smith. Rear Admiral W. S 
Cowles, U. S. N.. Retired, George B. Chand- 
ler, Dr. ( liarles C. Godfrey, Director of War 
Savings Howell Cheney. Charles G. Bill, Dr. 
John T. Black, Dr. Valeria II. Parker, L. S. 
Smith, B. D. Bugbee, E. P. Chesbro, Miss 
Caroline Knutz-Rees and Miss Margaret T. 
hi. 
A reporl was given bj Mr. Landers, 
chairman of the Food Committee, in regard 
in various phases of the food situation. He 
reported that his committee had learned 
through a questionnaire that many Con 
necticut farmers are willing to use properly 

aeleeted n n and hoys as farm laborers 

during the coming season, thus helping ii 
release men for other service. Of the 138 
replies received to 300 questionnaires sent 
out at random, seventy-three showed a will- 
ingness to use either class of labor, while 
forty-nine farmers said they were willing 
In use boys but not women and one was 
willing to' use woman labor though he ob- 
jected to boys. 

The Council, at the suggestion of Foo 
\dmini-trat ii- Seoville, adopted a resolution 
endorsing the work of the countj Fain; 
Bureaus, which are the sole agents in Con- 
necticut of the United States Department 
of Agriculture and the Connecticut Agrieul 
tural College. The resolution contained th 
following passages: 
" Be it resolved : 

" (1) That the State Council of Defense 
endorse the work of each Farm Bureau as 
indispensable to the present food produc- 
tion and conservation program in the state; 
" (2) That the War Bureaus be in- 
structed to interest themselves actively in 
promoting the federal and state programs 
being carried out by the Farm Bureaus 
and-to render all possible co-operation 1 
the Farm Bureaus in carrying out their 
work and meeting their financial needs." 

Mr. Seoville reported that very important 
actual food savings had been brought about 
by the hotels and restaurants of the state 
through conservation efforts made by the 
Food Committee." 

The retail grocers of the state are also 
showing an increased willingness to pledge 
themselves to observe the food regulations, 
he reported, and are signing pledges at tie 
rate of 400 or 500 a week. 

Mr. Alsop read a telegram from the 
Bridgeport War Bureau which said that as 
a result of ell'orts made by the bureau to 
help unload freight during the recent "fuel 
holidays" the Bridgeport freight yards are 
"better cleaned up than they have been 
for several years past." 

Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop of Avon was elected 
a member of the Committee on Woman's 
Activities. Her appointment was reported 
to the Council by Miss Caroline Ruutz-P.ees 
and was ratified by the Council. 



The seriousness of the fuel situation has 
caused Governor Marcus 11. Holcomb to 
issue a proclamation establishing curtailed 
business hours for Connecticut- from Tues- 
day, January 29, PUS. to Saturday, March 
30, I!' 1 8. inclusive. The proclamation pro- 
vides that places of retail business shall not 
open ,before 7 a. m. and shall not remain 
open after 7 p. m. on week days, with the 
exception of Saturdays, Wednesdays, and 
days preceding holidays. A special rule 
provides thai saloons, hotel liars, club bars, 
tobacco shops and pharmacies may remain 
open to 10.30 p. m. The hour of 10.30 
p. in. is also established as a closing lioui 
mi all week days except Saturdays, or days 
preceding holidays, for all places of public 
entertainment and f'-r pool ami billiard 
loom-, bowling alleys and barber shops. 
The proclamation, however, urges that 
theaters and other public entertainments 
continue their voluntary efforts to conclude 
their evening performances at or as nearly 
as practical after 10 p. m. 



TWELVE NEW WAR 
BUREAUS FORMED 

IN SIX COUNTIES 

(Continued from page 1 I 



HOOVER APPEALS TO 

FARMERS OF NATION 



Wants to Inflame Their Imaginations 

to the Need for Increased 

Food Production 



The great need for increased production 
of food crops is emphasized by Federal Food 
Administrator Herbert Hoover in a letter 
to Robert Seoville, Food Administrator for 
Connecticut, and read by Mr. Seoville at 
this week's meeting of the Connecticut 
Council of Defense. The letter follows: 

"There is one subject upon which I had 
intended to lay greater emphasis than I did 
at OUT conference, and that is. next year'- 
pi i ill not ion. 

" While necessarily the determination o 
policy on production is in the hands of the 
Department of Agriculture and its agencies, 
I feel that it is a prime duty of the Food 
Administration to inflame the imagination 
of the farmers to the national necessity, 
the particular crop that the farmer raises 
is of secondary importance to the Food 
Administration, as compared to production, 
SO long as it yields an increase in human 
and animal food. Practically any crop oi 
this character will assist in reducing the 
world shortage. The main thing is to gei 
planting and breeding on a larger scale 
than hitherto. What we want to instill into 
the farmer's mind is that the responsibility 
rests upon him if this cause is to he won. 

■■ 1 know his feeling about, the labor out- 
look is discouraging, but I still believe a 
uper-effort by our farmers will get the 
crop planted. Given that it is 
planted, we can find a solution to its har- 
vest somehow, if we have to turn our town 
population into the fields. We also need 
this year to further stimulate the planting 
of gardens on all sides and everywhere. Ml 
producers have enjoyed good prices for 
products and (his background for produc- 
tion could not be better. 

" In any event, any device for stimulating 
production must lie implemented and everj 
energy we on our side can put into it, will 
contribute greatly to success." 



\\ Iliury 

Weston 

the complete list of Connecticut War 
I ureaus includes the following: 

Hartford County — Bristol, Fast Hartford, 
Hartford, Manchester, New Britain, Plain- 
villc. Simsbury, West Hartford, Wethers- 
tii hi. Windsor. 

Fairfield County — Bethel, Bridgeport, 
Brookfield, Danbury, Fairfield, Georgetown, 
Monroe, New Canaan, Newtown, Norwalk, 
Redding, Ridgefield, Sherman, Stratford. 
Weston. Westport, Wilton. 

Middlesex County — Middletown, Port- 
land. 

Litchfield County — Torrington, Wood- 
bury. 

i Haven County — Ansonia, Merideu, 
New Haven, New Milford. 

New London County — Lyme, New Lon- 
don, Norwich. 

Tolland County — Rockville. 

Windham County — Killingly, Putnam. 
Willimantie. 

Wab Bureau Notes 
The New Haven War Bureau was 
launched at a mass meeting held in the 

Hall at which the objects of the bureau 
were outlined in an address by Joseph W. 

i. a member of the. Council. Perma- 
nent headquarters have been provided in 
the city hall. Professor John C. Tracy of 
Yale University has been chosen director 
of the bureau and he has been given a 
leave of absence by the university so that 
he can give all his time to the work. Jus- 
tice John K. Beach is chairman of the 
i > ecutive committee. 

At a special meeting of the Manchester 
War Bureau it was decided to procure flags 
. f the Entente Allies and to display them 
outside the bureau headquarters on holidays 
and other special occasions. Similar action 
will probably be taken by other War 
Bureaus. 

I ' War Bureau has taken 

action in regard to the collection of funds 
for war charities within its jurisdiction. 
It has decided to require that all campaigns 
of this nature first be approved by the 
bureau and that war benefit entertainments 
must also be approved by it. In both cases 
i merits of receipts and disbursements 
must be submitted to the bureau. The Dan- 
bury War Bureau is also considering a 
plan to share its offices and its secretary 
with the local Chamber of Commerce. 

["he A terbury War Bureau recently in- 
creased the membership of its executive 
board by adding a number of chairmen of 
local shop committees. 



, urieiit issue of The Bulletin 
is delayed as a result of the printing 
office congestion, due to the fuel holi- 
days of this week and last. 




(tottgrttrut Ittllrtiti 

Published BUWeekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, FEBRUARY 8, 1918 



No. 19 



LABOR EXCHANGE 
PLAN IS STARTED 

IN CONNECTICUT 

Leo A. Korper of Hartford Appointed 
Federal Director of Three New 
Service Bureaus in this State — 
Names Assistants Will Establish 
Branch Offices in Cities 

STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL 

CO-OPERATING IN WORK 



The Connecticut division of a national 
employment service whose eventual task 
it will be to distribute millions of workers 
among various war industries was estab- 
lished this week in the State Capitol by the 
Federal Government and the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense. Upon the nomina- 
tion of the Council, Leo A. Korper, treas- 
urer of the Capitol City Lumber Company, 
of this city, was appointed Federal Director 
for Connecticut of the United States Em- 
ployment Service, the United States Public 
Service Reserve and the Unite! States War 
Exchange Service. 

Mr. Korper has opened an office in the 
( apitol and has appointed as assistant 
state director Allen B. Lincoln of New 
Eaven. In the near future he will establish 
four br five labor employment offices in the 
chief cities of Connecticut, each of which 
will be in charge of a superintendent. 

The prime object of the Public Service 
Reserve will be, not to bring individual 
employers and employees together, but 
rather to enroll in a workingman's reserve 
a force of men who shall have signified 
their willingness to be transferred from 
whatever work they are engaged in to more 
essential war industries. It has been esti- 
mated that by next August between 
3,000,000 and 4,000,000 workers will be 
needed in agricultural, shipbuilding, muni- 
tions making and other essential industries. 

The work of the United States Employ- 
ment Service, however, which will be done 
under the same administration, will be 
more along the lines of an employment 
Inn,' mi. It will endeavor to learn the labor 
needs of employers and the employment 
needs of workingmen, and find work for the 
unemployed and employees for industries 
and companies which need more help. 

The establishment of this new employment 
service under the United States Department 
of Labor was brought about through a 
realization that there is no real labor short- 
age in this country but that, while there 
e\ists a scarcity of workers in a few of the 
I vades, the apparent general shortage is 
due to a lack of proper facilities for the dis- 
tribution of labor. Many industries, espe- 
cially munitions industries in this state. 
have been hampered by aimless drifts of 
labor from one plant to another, which have 
in some cases put. the most essential indus- 
tries at a disadvantage and has created a 
considerable body of labor temporarily out 
(Continued on page 5 i 




WS.S. 



WAR SAVINGS STAMPS 

ISSUED By THE 

UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT 



COUNCIL URGES 

MORE EMPHASIS 

ON EDUCATION 



GOVERNOR APPEALS FOR 
SHIPYARD VOLUNTEERS 

Points Out Importance of Labor EnrolL 

ment Plan Fostered by 

U. S. Oovemment 

Governor Marcus H. Holcomb recently 
presented the following message to the 
people of the state through the press: 

" The Federal Government tells us that 
the submarine danger is not over, that 
-hip- are being sunk faster than they are 
being replaced, and that shipbuilding must 
ie speeded up in order that the U-boat 
may be overcome. 

" This morning 1 received a message from 
Charles Piez, vice-president and general 
manager of the emergency fleet corporation, 
in which he said, ' Without a great in- 
lustrial arm} ready to take its place as 
i lie need for labor in the shipyards ever 
Sjrows more urgent, we cannot carry out 
the shipbuilding program on which hangs 
the fate of our army in France, and of 
our allies the world over. To win the war 
our Brsl need is ship-, and to build ships 
mi first need is earnest skilled labor.' 

" The United States shipping board, the 
department of labor ami State Councils of 
Defense throughout the country have under- 
taken to enroll 250,000 artisans and skilled 
mechanics lor service in the shipyards. The 
men thus enrolled will lie known as 'The 
United Stales Shipyard Volunteers of the 
Public Service Reserve.' 

" In Connecticut this enrollment is to be 
carried on under the direction of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense. Its cen- 
tral office at the State Capitol, and its 
War Bureaus and Town Committees 
throughout the state will handle this im- 
portant task. The enrollment and subse- 
quent service in the shipyards will he 
carried on with a view to avoiding dis 
turbanee of existing labor conditions within 
this state. 

"It should he made clear at this time 
that the government asks for absolutely 
nothing except an enrollment. Shipyards 
are nol ready vet to receive workers, but I 
am advised from Washington that man\ 
of the yards will be ready soon. While the 
final preparations for a great influx of 
shipyard workers are being made, the 
government wants an enrollment of men 
who will be available for service when the 

i lontinued on page 6} 



Advises Towns and Cities to Provide 
Money to Teach Non-English Speak- 
ing- Foreigners— Advocates a Live, 
Systematic Campaign of American- 
ization 



PASSES VOTE OF THANKS 

TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
at a meeting held in the State Capitol on 
Monday, February 4, recommended to each 
town and city in the state that it provide 
an item in its annual budget for the educa- 
tion of non-English speaking foreigners, 
that such schools as now maintain even- 
ing schools extend their courses beyond the 
usual length if they can secure sufficient 
interest on the part of the pupils to hold 
them and that " the proper authorities in 
various communities undertake a live, sys- 
tematic campaign of Americanization similar 
to that already begun in the city of 
Hartford." 

There were present at the meeting 
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, Chairman 
! Richard M. Bissell, who presided; Dr. D. 
Chester Brown, Charles A. Goodwin, Julius 
C. Stremlau, William R. Webster and the 
following members or executives of the 
auxiliary Council organization: Charles J. 
Bennett, Ma tor-General Lucien F. Burpee, 
George B. Chandler, State Director of War 
^a\ii<es Howell Cheney, Rear Admiral W. 
S. Cowles, U. S. X., "Retired, Stanley H. 
Holmes, Ct. E. Meeeh. Lucius F. Robinson, 
George B. Williams, B. F. English and Miss 
Margaret T. Corwin. 

The Committee on Co-ordination of So- 
eioties reported that it had investigated and 
approved the Salvation Army campaign for 
war funds and the " Smileage Book" cam- 
paign of the Commission on War and Navy 
Department Training Camp Activities. 

The Council passed the following resolu- 
tion : 

" Voted : That this Council extend an 
expression of appreciation for work done on 
highways of the State during this winter 
to the Highway Commissioner and the 
men of his department." 

The Council voted to give its hearty en- 
dorsement to the anniversary week cam- 
paign to raise $600,000 for the extension, 
promotion and war work of the National 
Council of Boy Scouts from February 8 to 
12. 

Meeting of January 30. 

At a meeting of the Council held on Wed- 
nesday, January 30, there were present 
Governor Marcus II. Holcomb, Chairman 
Richard M. Bissell, who presided, Joseph 
Vl Usop, Dr. D. Chester Brown, Adjutant- 
General George M. Cole, Howard A. Gid- 
dings. Charles A. Goodwin and Julius C. 
'stremlau; also the following additional 
members of the Council organization: 
(Continued on page 2) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copiea of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol. 1 HARTFORD. CONN., FEB. 8. 1918. No. 19 



Council Urges More 

Emphasis on Education 

(Continued from page 1) 



United Stales Fuel Administrator for Con- 
necticut Thomas W. Russell, George B. Wil- 
liams, George M. Landers, F. D. Cheney, 
Lucius F. Robinson, Herbert Knox Smith, 
Rear-Admiral W. S. Cowles, U. S. N., Re- 
tired, George B. Chandler, Dr. Charles C. 
Godfrey, F. A. Verplanck, Charles G. Bill, 
Arthur L. Shipman, L. S. Smith, John T. 
Roberts, H. C. Smith, Miss Caroline Ruutz- 
Rees, Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop, James Cray, 
Charles Beach and Mrs. James A. Newlanda. 

Chairman Bissell reported that he had 
appointed the following members of an Ad- 
visory Committee for Explosives in Con- 
necticut: .1. R. Ensign, R. C. Knox, G. 
Beardsley, L. H. Miller and Dennis Blakes- 
lee. 

W. F. Whit more of this city was elected 
secretary of the Council. 



MEN FOR SHIPYARDS 

Enrollment of Labor for Important 

War Activity begun in 

this State 



The enrollment of men in the " United 
States Shipyard Volunteers of the Public 
Service Reserve " was begun in Connecticut 
this week, by the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense. Finder instructions from Wash- 
ington, men will be enrolled for this service 
and will lie told to stick to their present 
jobs awaiting a call from the government 
and instructions to proceed to some ship- 
yard for work. Every man who enrolls or 
contemplates shipyard work is directed by 
the State Council, under orders from Wash- 
ington, not to go to a shipyard until he re- 
ceives instruct ions from the government. 

The Fjnited States Shipping Board and 
the Federal Department of Labor are carry- 
ing on this enrollment throughout the coun- 
try through the agency of the State Coun- 
cils of Defense. In Connecticut, the De- 
fense Council is making preparations to 
do its share of the task effectively and at 
the same time to do it without disturbing 
essential industry within the State. The 
national enrollment is expected to secure 
25H.0O0 shipyard volunteers. 

In announcing that it is taking up this 
woik, (lie State Council of Defense has au- 
thorized the statement that its War Bu- 
reaus and Town Committees throughout 
Connecticut will be called upon to aid in 
the enrollment. 



"RETURN LOAD" PLAN 

FOR NEARBY STATES 



Connecticut System Explained 
Transportation Experts at 
New York Meeting 



to 



After a conference in New York City 
last week attended by representatives of five 
eastern states and the Federal Government, 
it was decided to recommend to the State 
Council- of New York, Massachusetts, New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania that they put into 
operation a war-time transportation sys- 
tem modelled upon the "return load" plan 
successfully tried out by the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense. The conference 
Has attended by Charles J. Bennett, a mem- 
ber of the Committee on Transportation of 
the Connecticut Defense Council, and a 
number of transportation experts and state 
and National Defense Council representa- 
tive-, including J. S. Cravens of the State 
Councils Section of the Council of National 
Defense, George H. Pride of the Highways 
Transport Committee of the National Coun- 
cil and David S. Ludlum, president of the 
Autocar Company. 

Mr. Bennett explained the workings of 
the "return load" plan and left with each 
of the men attending the meeting a map 
showing highway routes already established 
in this State. It was decided not only to 
recommend the establishment of similar 
routes in the other States represented at 
the conference but to consider the advisa- 
bility of making each State's service inter- 
related and cooperative as far as possible. 

The Connecticut "return load" system 
has already been in demand for transporta- 
tion between New York City and points in 
this State. The system, in brief, mobilizes 
the privately owned trucks of Connecticut 
for the co-operative service, in emergencies, 
of other shippers than the owners of the 
trucks. Shippers and other truck owners 
who make interurban trips on which they 
carry loads only one way are asked to reg- 
ister at. return load bureaus in the chief 
industrial centers. They are then provided 
with loads for their return trips and are 
paid by the shipper whose goods are thus 
moved. To make it easier for truckmen to 
get in touch with shippers, arrangements 
have been made with the Southern New 
England Telephone Company, whereby the 
truckman has merely to ask Central for " Re- 
turn Load " in cities where most of the 
return load bureaus exist to be connected 
with the bureaus. 

Thus far nine return load bureaus have 
lei n established. Others are being organ- 
ized and will be ready for business in the 
near future. The existing bureaus, their 
local ions and telephone calls are as follows: 

Bridgeport — Chamber of Commerce; tele- 
phone. Noble 250. 

Bristol — Chamber of Commerce, tele- 
phone, 100. 

Hartford — Chamber of Commerce; tele- 
phone. Charter 1856. 

Mcriden — Chamber of Commerce; tele- 
phone. 242 or " Return Load." 

New Britain — Chamber of Commerce; 
telephone, 1553 or "Return Load." 

Manchester — War Bureau; telephone. 
489 or " Return Load." 

Middletown — War Bureau: telephone. 
1245 or " Return Load." 

Norwich — Chamber of Commerce; tele- 
phone. 1747 or "Return Load," 

Waterbury — War Bureau; telephone, 
3570 or " Return Load." 



CHECKS WASTE OF COAL ,C^ 






■' 



Boiler Fireman Tells how Conservation 

Pamphlet Helped him 

Save Fuel 



An indication of the saving of coal which 
is possible by proper conservation methods 
is contained in a letter which has been re- 
ceived by the Committee on Fuel Conserva- 
tion of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense from F. W. Little of No. 112 Oak 
Street. Hartford, a boiler fireman. Mr. 
Little reports that during January, 1918, 
when the average temperature was 19 de- 
grees above zero, he burned 64 tons of coal, 
is against 93 1-2 tons in January, 1914, 
when the average temperature was 29 de- 
grees above, 91 1-2 tons in January, 1916, 
when the average temperature was 33 de- 
grees above, and says that in January, 1912. 
130 1-2 tons of coal were used to get the 
same results. Mr. Little evidently appre- 
ciates the value of the pamphlets on boiler 
firing which have been issued by the fuel 
conservation committee, for his letter 
closes with a request: for a copy of the next 
pamphlet issued. 



WOMEN MOBILIZE 

DEFENSE LEAGUE 



Unique Organization Established in 

Bridgeport for Important 

War Tasks 



The organization of a Home Defense Lea- 
gue of Minute Women is the plan which 
has been adopted by the Bridgeport War 
Bureau for the mobilization of the women 
of its city for war work. The idea was 
conceived by Mrs. H. W. Fleck, chairman 
of the Woman's Committee in Bridgeport 
and a member of the War Bureau there. It 
contemplates the mobilization of a group 
of women who will do any work that the 
bureau asks of its woman's committee. Its 
purpose is not to create new organizations) 
but to co-ordinate existing agencies. The 
Committee on Woman's Activities of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense has 
expressed the belief that the Bridgeport 
plan might well be copied by other town 
chairmen; 

in Bridgeport the first work for the 
Minute Women will be to sell thrift stamps 
and war savings stamps and to assist in 
establishing agencies for their sale. A 
poster squad for this work has already been 
established. The organization of a large 
corps of women to be on the lookout for 
evidences of disloyalty, something in the 
uder of a large vigilance committee, is 
contemplated in the plans. 

Companies will be formed in the Home 
Defense League Minute Women with a 
minimum strength of twent\'-five, with a 
captain at the head of each company, and 
a lieutenant whose business will be to add 
to the strength of the company as more 
women are needed. The captain of each 
company will report to the chairman of 
the Woman's Committee in the city. 

At a preliminary meeting for the organ- 
ization of this work in Bridgeport, Mayor 
Clifford B. Wilson, lieutenant-governor of 
the state, presided. 



D. Of D. 

rEti 12 i ■ 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



How Other States Are Promoting 

the Sale of War Savings Stamps 



Schemes Evolved by Committees in 

Many Towns and Cities Give 

Valuable Hints 



With the war savings campaign in full 
swing from one end of the country to the 
other, word has reached the office of State 
Director of War Savings Howell Cheney 
at the capitol of campaigns that are being 
aided in various state- through prize of- 
fers and in other wave, which encourage 
investors in thrift contests and spur workers 
to greater efforts as salesmen and organ- 
izers. 

The board of education of New York City 
ha- received a donation of $5,000 from a 
public spirited citizen to be distributed in 
prizes of $250 and $100 in each school dis- 
trict for the school making the best record 
in per capita sales of thrift stamps. 

Prizes amounting to thrift stamps worth 
$100 at maturity have been offered in Col- 
orado to the city carrier, rural carrier, pos- 
tal clerk or other postal employee not ac- 
tually employed at the Savings stamp win- 
dow who makes the largest sale of thrift 
-tamps. 

The governor of Georgia has offered three 
prizes to the school children of his state 
who shall write the best "jingle" about 
the war savings campaign. One of the best 
jingles so far submitted reads as follows: 
"Sing a -ong of war-time, 

\ country full of camps. 
Fifty million patriots 

Buying eavings stamps." 
" See the pennies flowing 

In a steady stream 
To keep the soldiers goin' 

And smash the kaiser's dream." 

The Confectionery Division of the New , 
York War Savings Committee has enlisted 
the aid of 3.000 candy stores and 100 whole- 
-ale confectioners throughout Greater New 
York to help in the war savings campaign. 

Agencies have already been established 
in some of the three thousand stores and 
as rapidly as possible- stations for the sale 
of thrift and war savings stamps are being 
opened in the balance of the stores. The 
sale of thrift and war savings stamps over 
the counters of the candy stores for the 
first two days amounted to $1,200. 

All public libraries in the state of Ore- 
gon are using a .small war savings folder 
to hand out as book marks with each book 
drawn from the library. It is estimated 
that there are 35,000 books per month taken 
out of the libraries in Oregon. This plan 
put into operation universally would reach 
millions of people in a way which would be 
thoroughly worth while, the originators of 
the idea say. 

In a number of factories, schools and of- 
fices the thermometer scheme has proven 
an effective means for stimulating and 
maintaining an interest in the sale of war 
savings stamps. The Hastings, Nebraska, 
Tribune, is using this plan in making a 
drive within their own office for a total of 
$2,000. The bulb of the thermometer is 
colored red, and bears in black ink, the slo- 
gan "Help Make It Hot for the Kaiser." 
The plan is to make the red line mount one 
notch each dav. The gauge used is about 



live icci bigh ami the red line is about 
half an inch wide. On the left side of the 
ascending scale of notches is written the 
date, and on the right side is shown the 
total of sah 1 - for each day. A certain pro- 
portion of workers have agreed to buy one 
or more stamps daily -o that there i- as- 
sured beforehand at least a certain increase 
tor ccii day, 

\ thrift drive, under the auspices of the 
Kiuanis (lub of Phoenix, Arizona. . 
itiated recently lor the purpose of getting 
every inhabitant of the city listed as a 
war saver. An automobile containing a 
prominent business man armed with a meg- 
aphi no. w i- stationed at every business cor- 
ner. In front of each machine four women 
or girl- acted as saleswomen. The men in 
tin- machines attracted the attention of 
passersby who were immediately Bold stamps 
by tin' saleswomen. A- a result of one day's 
campaign, 39,548 thrift stamps were sold, 
amounting to $9,887.00. The population 
of Phcenix is 30,000. 

Under the heading "We Arc Going to 
Present Every "1918" Baby With a War 
Savings Stamp," the Oak Drug Company 
of Tuscaloosa has inserted the following 
advertisement in its two local papers: 

Inh and every baby born in Tus- 
caloosa County during the year 1918 
will he presented with a United States • 
Government Thrift Card and one 
twenty live cent Stamp. 

"This i- not an advertising cim 

paign in any sen-i it is a plan to help 

our Government every bit we possibly 
can. The plan is this — every baby 
born in Tuscaloosa County during the 
year 111 IS will be entitled to one of the 
Thrift Stamps. 

" Parents are not obligated to make 
purchases — there are no strings to this 
offer in any way. At the first of each 
month, we will secure a list of the 
births for the previous month and pub 
lish the names in both The News and 
the Breeze. 

" Parents can secure the stamps by 
calling at our store any time within ten 
days after the announcement appears 
and- asking for the stamp which we 
have for this baby. We want: every 
litis baby in Tuscaloosa County to 
start its career with a war savings 
-tamp — don't hesitate to call for them 
— one will he here for your baby." 

W. H. Fuq'ua, Amarillo, Texas, ('hair- 
man of War Savings for Potter County, 
has formed what is known as a Thrift 
I'"' Committee. Boys desiring to earn 
money for the purpose of investing 
in war savings stamps register with this 
committee, stating at the time on what 
days and at what hours they want work, 
and the kind of work they are qualified for 
and desire to do. A permanent record of 
these is kept in the office and the boy is 
given a card identifying him as a "Thrift 
Boy;" he i- also given a placard to place 
on the house in which he lives, stating 
"Thrift Boy Here — I am working for 
Unele Sam." It is then advertised in the 
papers that those desiring the services of 
a boj to do odd jobs can telephone No 



Upon receiving request for a boy, for in- 
-t nice. i. shovel snow from a man's front 
walk, the Chairman phones Johnny Day. 
200 Tyler Street, Phone 1003, who imm'e 
diatelj -(unities whether he can or cannot 
come. If he can, he goes at once to the 
address and present- his Thrift Boy Card. 
\ previous schedule of rates is arranged 
and the hoy is paid in accordance with 
work done and time required. The mini- 
mum rate for anything earned on a call 
through the committee is ten cents; the 
rale for regular work calls for a minimum 
of lift, 'en cents per hour. 

The New York State publicity manager 
ha- arranged for advertising display in the 
-licet car- of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, 
I to. i. Schenectady and Binghamton. 

W. R. Patterson, County Treasurer, 
Denver, Colorado, i- Bending with every tax 
notice a specially prepared war savings 
enclosure. He says that in this way he is 
reaching every tax-payer in Weld County, 
about 15,000 'in all. 

The enclosure which he sends is as fol- 
lows : 

" INVEST IN WAR SAVING 
CERTIFICATES." 
" Cut out u-eless and unnecessary ex- 
penditures. Invest your savings in Baby 
Bonds and help win the war. By so doing 
you will accomplish four things. 

" 1. You will release the materials which 
you would otherwise purchase, for 
the great need of the government. 
" J. You will release, for the service of 
the government, the labor which 
would otherwise be used to manu- 
facture and market your purchase-. 
" 3. You will loan your money to your 
government with which to buy ma- 
terials and hire labor for its great 
military necessities. 
"4. You will lay up a "nest egg" of 
reserve against a " rainy day," the 
period of economic necessity which 
will face you at the end of the war." 
The Cuyhoga County, Ohio, War Savings 
Committee has inserted in Cleveland Sun- 
day papers a display notice requesting the 
services of all workers who are idle on 
Mondays. The notice reads as follows: 

" We need hundreds of men and women 
of everj occupation to help us organize and 
carry on the war savings stamp campaign 
in ( [eveland. We need shop and factory 
wankers, both men and women; foremen and 
forewomen; superintendents; business men; 
store employees, both men and women; 
lodge members: members of labor union of 
every kind: office clerks: salesmen and 
saleswomen; stenographers — in fact we 
need every patriotic man and woman we can 
get, no matter what his or her occupation 

is. 

" If you want to do sometning to help 
win the war. to help our soldiers in France. 
to help cur soldiers at Chillicothe and 
Montgomery, to help build ships and guns 
and aeroplanes — if you want to help kesp 
the Kaiser from forcing the whole world 
to learn the goose step — then come to- 
morrow. Monday morning, at 9 o'clock, 
ready to offer whatever service you can 
give." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



WAR SAVINGS STAMPS PLAN HUGE POSTERS 

COST ONE CENT MORE FOR POST OFFICES 



Price Advanced from $4.12 to $4.13 Washington Authorities Grant Permis- 
on the First Day of this sion for New Advertising 

Month Campaign 



Beginning on the first day of this month, 
war savings stamps which cost $4.12 in 
January now cost $4.13 each. One cent is 
added to the price each month to cover the 
increasing value of the stamps, for each 
month brings them nearer to the date of 
maturity, January 1. 1023, 'when thi 
be redeemable by the United States G 
ment at $5 eaen. The average selling price 
for the year 101S at 4 per cent, interest 
per annum compounded quarterly will 
amount to $5 on January 1. 192'!. Through 
this >ales method the government i- saved 
the expense and work of sending cheeks for 
i or paying for coupi ns. 

Under the plan by which the war savings 
stamps are sold a stamp worth $5 at ma- 
turity ean he obtained at any tin 
month in exchange for a thrift card con- 
taining sixteen -'■'' cent thrift stamps and 
13 cents in cash, the sixteen thrift stamps 
coming to a face value of $4. On receipt 
of his first war savings stamp the investor 
u a war savings certificate in which 
stes the stamp. After he has collected 
nineteen more stamps, making a total of 
twenty, he has a certificate for which the 
government promises to pay him $100 in 
1923. 

If the twenty stamps are bought this 

i th they will cost ss2.60 and will yield 

a iui profit of $17.40. If they had been 
bought last month they would have cost 
$82.40 and would yield' a profit of $17.60. 
If the purchases air put off until tin' end 
of this year, for instance, tin- cost will 
amount to $84.60 and the profit will be 
$15.40. In other words, the sooner the 
ment is made the more the money 
will earn. 



MANCHESTER LEADS 

REST OF THE STATE 



\nt Ionization lias been made by the post- 
office department at Washington, according 
in wild received l>\ Mate Director of War 
Savings How,. 11 Cheney, permitting signs 
ising the war savings campaign to 
ed upon all buildings owned or rented 
by the government for post-office purposes. 
I'lie treasury department has also author- 
ized the installation of similar signs on 
site- of completed or occupied federal build- 
ings used by this department or on the 
buildings themselves. Regulations accom- 
panying the authorization permit the dis- 
plays of signs as large as 250 feet square. 
Mr. Cheney has written to local directors 
in all the towns and cities of the state ask- 
ing them to point out the provisions of 
these authorizations to postmasters and 
other federal officials in their towns or 
cities with a view to making plans for 
the posting of large advertising signs call- 
ing the attention of the public to the war 
savings campaign. It is expected that a 
runiber of striking posters will be dis- 
played before long on post-office buildings 
throughout the state. 

A large sign on the central post-office 
building in Washington reads: 
SAVE AND SERVE 
DO YOUR DUTY, DON'T DELAY 

BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS 
AT ANY BANK OR POST-OFFICE 
'STAMP" OUT KAISEHISM 
Carroll County, Missouri, has adopted a 
unique plan for stimulating greater in- 
terest in the sale of thrift stamps by rural 
free delivery carriers. A blackboard has 
been erected on each post-office on which 
the daily and total sales of each carrier 
ate posted so that the public can see which 
carrier is doing the best work in selling 
The result is, not only rivalry 
between the carriers in selling stamps but 
erable rivalry on the part of the far- 
mers living on each route to see which ean 
surpass the rest. 



War Savings Stamps Worth $39,000 

Sold in Town whose Popu= 

lation is 16,000 



SALES IN OTHER LANDS 



State Director of War Savings Howell 

Cheney has announced that the banner war 

savings town in Connecticut, judged on a 

basis ' I war savings and thrift stamp sales, 

d up to this week, is the town of 

Thrift and war savings stamps 

total value of $39,000 ha 
in Manchester up to last Saturday night. 
When the last official census was taken 
Manchester had a population of 13.(141 and 

esent population is estimated at 16,- 
000. The latter figures make Manchester's 
per capita sale of war savings stain])- s_'.44. 
I In- is far ahead of any sales thus fir 

ed elsewhere in Connecticut. 



-Make it your personal duty to spread the 
i ;i Savings Stamps. Understand 
hi yourself — buy a stamp and then 
explain it to some one else. 



v ricans living in foreign countries are 

to have an opportunity to assist the United 
States Government in raising its $2,000,- 
war savings loan, according to word 
which lias reached the office of the Con- 
necticut War Savings Committee. This is 
especially true of South America, where 
thousand of citizens of the United Mute- 
are engaged in business. Reports which 
have just been received from the branches 
of the National City Bank in Rio De 
Janerio, Buenos Ayres, Havana, and Ca- 
-tate that people in those countries 
ia\e purchased these stamps, the total to 
date being 10.920 war savings stamps, 
representing an investment of $45,011. 
Argentina leads in the purchase of stamps. 
Report from the branch of the Buenos 
National City Bank shows that 8.519 
ings stamps, amounting to $35,304.28 
have been sold in that country. Five hun- 
dred stamps have been sold in the city of 
Havana. 



CONNECTICUT EDITORS 

PURCHASE WAR STAMPS 



Association Helps War Savings Cam- 
paign at its Annual 
Convention 



The Connecticut Editorial Association 
knows a good investment. At the associa- 
tion's annual meeting in New Haven yester- 
day, the editors found that they had a good 
in tin- treasury, and they voted to 
turn $50 of the cash on hand into United 
States war savings stumps. Treasurer 
Arthur S. Barnes, editor of the "Bristol 
Press," who also is secretary of the associa- 
tion, will purchase twelve war savings 
-tamp- at $4.13, the price this month. These 
will he kept by tin- ii ssi iciat ii n until Janu- 
ary 1. 1923, when the United States govern- 
ment will pay $5 each for them. The re- 
sult will he that, for the $49.54 which th.' 
editorial association will spend this month. 
it will receive $60 five years hence. 

The treasurers of other associations are 
taking similar action in their home towns 
for the stamps are on sale in every town 
and city in the state. All post-offices' handle 
them, and they also can be purchased at 
-tote-, banks and other places. They offer 
the same advantageous investment to the 
individual as to an association like that of 
the editors. For 25 cents, a thrift stamp 
can he bought, which, with fifteen other 
thrift stamps, can he exchanged for a war 
savings stamp on the payment of a few 
cents representing the difference in price. 

TJ litorial association received a letter 

from the Connecticut State Council of De- 
feti-e. containing a resolution passed by the 
Council expressing its thanks to the'Con- 
necticut press tor its support of war work. 
The editorial association passed a resolu- 
tion assuring tin Council and the state of 
its continued support in war work and its 
ii-operation with war efforts. The resolu- 
tion passed 1a- the Council was as follows: 

"VOTED: That the thanks of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense for the 
generous amount of space devoted to its 
work he extended to the Connecticut Edi- 
torial Association, representing the news- 
paper owners and editors of the state. 

" Vi (TED : That a copy of this resolu- 
tion he forwarded to the annual meeting of 
mnecticut Editorial Association, be- 
ing held today in New* Haven." 



Food For W. S. S. Thoughts 

When the war is over those will be 

ashamed are those who took no part in the 

struggle. If you would not have cause in 

ure to hang your head, buy Thrift 

Stamp-. 



Every dollar loaned to the government 
help-, save the lives of our men at the front 
and adds to winning the war. Your quar- 
ter- converted from Thrift Stamps into 
Wat Savings Stamps can be an important 
factor in this big job. 



Assuming that every man, woman and 
child of the hundred million people in the 
United states buy one 25 cent Thrift 
each day. the government would have a war 
fund of $250,000,000 turned in each day of 
the year, or more than enough to take care 
of the entire expense of this great war. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



STATE COUNCIL ACTS 

ON TOBACCO PROBLEM 



Tells Growers not to Increase their 

Acreage — Provides for 

Hearings 



incil of Defense, 
January 
22 at a hearing g - 

nent 

r 12 

•ial and i. I in- 

-• . rease 

• ais 1917 _ -i primed 

tobacco or produce this year sbade-gi 

open-grown tobacco. ient pro- 

vide- hearings to be 

•ho might lose mo: 
- 
tha: 

- than five aer - :.r " cut " 

The Council has appointed a 

° of John T. Frank G. 

Maeomber an.i Bobbing B. Stoeckel to heir 
appeals from the decision. 
The ' - -ment foli 

"On December 12, 1917. the Connecticut 
ncil of Defense adopted a Resold 
rth the position of the 
• in relation to enterprise^ and undertak- 
the stale i . il in the 

--eution of the war or the furnishing 
- f life or the maintenance 

January 22, 191 - ouncil, 

through a special eommitue, gave ar. 
portunity to the tobacco growe. 

•: to inform the council as to th- 
feet of that resolution upon their indc 
and to siate their views in that connection. 
•• For the guidance of such growe. 

-pre- 

tation of the said resolution so far as 

it a - their industry, the Council 

•:iy annour. 'he said resolution, 

pplied to the Connecticut industry of 

producing tobacco, requires that 

person, firm or corporation 
shall, in Connecticut, in the -. in- 

crease or cause to be increased the acreage 
• rolled by him or it, of primed tobacco, 
whether of shade-grown, Havana seel or 
broad leaf tobacco, over the aei 
such tobacco grown or controlled by him 
ir 1917 in Connecticut. 
No person, firm cr corporation 
shall, in the year 19 IS. in Connect 
change from growing primed open-grown 
tobacco to growing shade-grown tobacco; 
11 not, in 1918, produce 
'vn tobacco on land which was 
used in 1917 to produce open grown primed 
tobacco. 

• the Coun- 
■ill through an appropriate comnrr 
hear and in i ion determine I 

application of any grower for limited ex- 
emption from the for . ions 
where it is shown that son of ex- 
ses incurred or unavoidable liabi. 
ned in good faith, such restrictions 
would in fact, caus ial pecuniary 

- r than of anticipated pror. 

n the foregoing insl 
tions - ny restriction ;t>on 

S 

ut ' tobacco, where the in- 
-e in the case of any given grower 



-r who 

-. any 
at no additional re- 
in will be imposed 
But the Council 

- 
- 

- 

_ " make 

in 1918 

e Council will 

i eon- 



Labor Exchange 

Plan is Started 

in Connecticut 



\aee 1 1 



- 



" important 

- 
is the 

rking- 
■ ■ 

t suffi- 
ri'-nt dwell; _ - available 

and the 






■ 

will opp:- ,!I the 

• -' 

a which are 

be manufaetur- 

an-1 

-rsion be in the 

of new undertaking - 

- - 



INCOME TAX SOON DUE 



Council Co-Operating with Collector 

of Internal Revenue In Adver- 

rising New Loan 



z i 

- an important part of 
the war duty of ever; /*-n. es- 

pecially in tim.- 
Council of Defer - 
internal revenue collector in :: _ 

" income tax law and 

in spreading information about the law 

r this purpose it 

ised wide n to be given tc 

s 

" Failure to report - | rer- 

• 

"" Unmarried persons 

-_ 

on for: - 

a good many i 
an inc- 

out the . - 

ing ex; -ry count 

I 

- 
- 

- ire. 
-mailer the an 

n the la., 
ttat will have to be raised in 
so eve: 

and turn in an 
.t delay. 

- 
I 

v law makes the per- n 
I 
for far intarily ■ 

. -ernment." 



\mi-: _ ;ken up by 

- following: 
:ppKes 

- - - 
immedh 

_ and 

■ 
Mr. Korper. in explaini: . e chief 

- 
• -nroll all mobile labor i 
leady to be transferred v\j 
I 

■eing enr- 
I where he is until he 

The : - hv the 

rican Federation of Labor an.i 
- - 
"• The. fundamental s- 

fa" labor market ' at which 
nnemplo] - may exchange skii:. 

perienee. and labor power with invested 
s long ne 
American Federation of 
r has been insisting up> : - iish- 

I shall watch the i : the 

organized with the deepest 
inter -hall always be glad to render 

iping hand and word of eour. - 



WOMEN'S FOOD FAIRS 

HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL 

Other Exhibits to be Given Soon in 

Manv Cities and Towns of 

Connecticut 



man of the 

- 



B 

tieut State 
-e authorization to give a 
similar fairs in many other 
" vt state. 

men of woman'* 
appointed rece : 

impbell. 
Hibhard V 
\nson. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Governor Appeals for 

Shipyard Volunteers 

( Continued from page 1 



AN IMPORTANT TASK 



yards are ready to receive them. Under no 
conditions should a man go to a shipyard 

until he is called by the government fol- 
lowing his enrollment. 

"As -'"in as they can be sent out from the 
( buncil's office in Hartford, enrollment 
cards will be in the hands of War Bureaus 

ami Town C( littces throughout the 

State, and the enrollment of Connecticut 
men for shipyard service can be undertaken. 
The Federal Shipping Board which calls 
for this enrollment, has charge of the con- 
struction of America's new merchanl mar 
hie. The emergency Heat corporation is 
the government organization which will 
have charge of Hie ships when thej are 
completed and which controls and operates 
vessels now in the hands of the govern- 
ment. 

"In this grave national emergency, I 
call upon the skilled woTbrnen of Con- 
necticut to consider carefully their duty. 
Without question, shipbuilding is a mat- 
ter of \ital importance in our fight with 
Germany. Skilled workmen have a duty 
in this war which the government considers 
as important as the duty of carrying arms 
i- to th'i-e who are able to do that. Those 
men in this state who arc willing to enter 
the shipyards, where every rivet driven is 
a hlew at tlie Kaiser, are called upon to 
enroll for this service. They must remem- 
ber, however, that their duty now is to 
enroll and to remain at their present tasks 
iiulil the government calls them to service 
and direct- them w here to go. 

" MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, 
"Governor of Connecticut." 



WAR BUREAUS TAKING 

UP NEW ACTIVITIES 



Simsbury Board Starts to Make a Sur= 

vey of the Household Fuel 

Supply 



Adjutant General George M.Cole Urges 

War Bureaus to Collect Mil- 

itary Information 



Adjutant General George M. Cole re- 
cently issued a statement pointing out the 
importance to Connecticut of work being 

done h\ the War Bureaus of the Com t- 

iiut State Council of Defense in compiling 
roll "i honor containing the names of Con- 
necticut men who have enlisted in the army, 
navy and marine corps, lie said: 

' War bureaus which are compiling honor 
rolls bearing the names and the home and 
Mar addie--(- of Connecticut men who lone 
enlisted for service in the armed forces of 
the United States are doing a work the 
importance of which will be realize! more 
and more in future years when the war 
Las become past history. At the close of 
every American war efforts have been made 
inecticui to compile a roll of the 
men who fought for stale and nation, I'a-t 

compilations have bee ade onlj with 

meat difficulty because they were not begun 
until a war was over, and the records for 
a war as recent a- the Spanish-American 
war are a- a result incomplete. A similar 
mil will la' needed as a matter of historical 
record when this war is over, and the only 
practical way of compiling it efficiently is 
to begin new. If everj citj ami town in 
Connecticut compiles an honor roll through 
it- war bureau or similar agency of the 
Council ami every resident of each town 
scud- In the compilers the names, home 
addresses and military or naval units of 
i very relative, friend or acquaintance -who 
is in the service, it will he possible at the 
i the war 10 compile pracl tea ll\ c im- 
plcte mils of Connecticut men who fought 
I'm- i 'nar country. It i- important 1 1 
rolls lie kept up-to-date as the war pro- 
1 resses." 



TO CONSERVE MAN POWER 
BY ECONOMY IN DELIVERY 



The War Bureaus organized in various 
parts of the state, true to the purpose for 
which they were established, are taking up 
nearly every day some new war activity 
brought up by the complexity of civil life 
in time of war. The Sim-biu j . e.u. 

fot instance, has sent a circular letter to all 
the householders in that town asking for 
information a- to the amount of eoal or 
ether fuel they have on hand, in an effort to 
make a comprehensive survey of the fuel 
situation in Simsbury. The Danbury War 
Bureau has found that two or three strati 
gers have been soliciting funds in that city 
for alleged war reliefs that cannot be found 
to have existence. The bureau has warned 
the public against contributing to unauthov- 
i ed solicitors or charities and i- making 
efforts to bring about the arrest < • m 

The Simsbury Bureau has enlisted the aid 
of Boj Scouts in distributing circulars and 
ether literature connected with war work 
Three troops, one each from the Catlu lie, 
Methodist and Congregational Church, have 
i ngage I to distribute the circulars from 
house to house. At the end ot a month's 

. each trooper receives :-. special bai 
and the right to wear a red stripe mi lu- 
uniform. By continuous work the hoy can 
accumulate a tidal of three red strides. 



APPEALS TO KNITTERS 

Women are asked to make woolen 

garments for soldiers 

and sailors only 

Women who knit woolen sweaters for 
themselves and their civilian friends are 
robbing the soldiers and sailors of wool 
which the\ need in the trenches and on the 
wind-swept -eas. according to an announce- 
ment mad" by thi ' 

Activities of the Connecticut state Council 
ei Defense, At the request of the Ameri- 
can Wed Cross, the committee has sent let- 
ters to sub-committees throughout the 
-t ite urging that steps he taken to stop 
this waste of wool and prevent a wool 
shortage. 

the letter explain- that many women, 
ifter knitting an article or two for the Red 
Cross or a soldier relative, knit sweaters, 
mufflers and similar articles for themselves 
01 on tih ml- other than soldiers and sail- 
or-. Each knitter who does this is helping 
to exhausl (hi- existing supply of wool and 

the : ml available for military clothing. 

Women who wish to knit sweaters and sim- 
ilar garments fir themselves are told in 
Hie letter that thev can knit them of silk, 
cotton or some other wool substitute with- 
out depriving the soldiers. The suggestion 
,11 regard to conserving the wool supply 
applj also to other knitted garments made 
of wool, and the public is urged to substi- 
tute cotton, silk, corduroy or some other 
material for wool wherever possible. 



Program for Connecticut Sugge.-.ted at 

Conference Held in Mate 

Capitol 



As a result of a conference held at the 
State Capitol Wednesd iy under t he auspices 
of the Commercial Economy Division of 
the I immitte i Industrial Survey. Con- 
necticut Stale Council of Defense, co-oper- 
ating with t he mil i. ut Chamber of Com- 
merce, local organizations of business men 
throughout tin- state, which have not al- 
icady done so, will take up within a few 
days i lie commercial economy recommenda- 
tions of the ( nil of National Defense. 

The object of the recommendations is the 

conservation of man power, the saving of 

ad t he economy of ga- 

oline. The results are to he obtained 

through economy in delivery of packages 

and lint ion in the number of packages 

i red li.\ educating purchasers to carry 
home their own packages. 

The Commercial Economy Division sug- 
gested as methods of accomplishing this 
result co-operative deliveries, no special de- 
liveries, capacity load-, one delivery per 
daj per route, and no deliveries of goods 

less tlia ie dollar in value. The active 

.ilion of women's organizations in 

e ; lain in force is to be se- 

curi 'I 

Alton T. Miner of New London, chair- 
man of the Commercial Economy Division, 
pre ded, ami outlined the program proposed 
for « i mi. client. II. K. Taylor of the Com- 
mercial Economy Board, Council of National 
Defense, Washington, D. C, spoke. 

I ei ters w ill he -cut at once to those eliani- 
bers of commerce and similar organizations 
in the -tue which were not represented at 
the conference, urging them to institute 
the proposed program in their communities. 
I'iie committee intends to follow- this matter 
Hi' carefully and make an earnest effort 
o ei ne throughout Connecticut the adop- 
tion of the government's commercial econ- 
omi reei immi n mi ions. 



SAVE AND" SERVE 

How many thrift stamps have you bought 

so fa r '! 

In the coming year- the ho. k that satisfies 
most will he the thrift stamp hook. 



Do not hoard gold. Help Uncle Sam bj 
purchasing war ,-avings certitieat - 



Don't drop your money into the scale of 
non-essential expenditures — help win the 
war bj buying War Savings Stamps. 



If the Allied armies find it profitable to 
salviigi from the battlefield, it is 

>le to realize that the mite you 
furnish in buying War Savings Stamps will 
old it- share in winning the war. 



I'o employment of thrift, Great Britain 
ing millions every year from battle- 
field scrap. Extend this practice to the 
United state- and help win i lie great war 
when you buy War Savings Stamps. 




Vol. I 



flhrnttgrttrttt lullgtiti 

Published Bi-Weekiy Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, FEBRUAKY 22, 1918 




No. 20 



$a (®ur logo GDfapraras 

(Stmrrmir ffiulrnmh. in iSrbalf of §>tatc of (Snmirrtmtt, Stilus ifflrsaage to ^oloirra anil ^ailora 

Taking advantage of the journey of Major Howard A. Giddings, a member of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense, to France as a member of the Federal Reserve Bank Liberty Loan Mission, Governor Mar- 
cus H. Holcomb has sent for himself personally and for the people of Connecticut a message to Connectieut 
men fighting overseas. 

Governor Holcomb's message is contained in the following letter which he sent to Major Giddings prior to 
his departure for France : — 

Please extend to the officers and men of the 102nd U. S. Inf., the 101st Machine Gun Battery, and to all 
other Connecticut men in the military service of the United States whom you may meet in your trip to the front, 
the greetings of the people of Connecticut and our appreciation of the great service our soldiers are rendering in 
this world war, and our gratitude, pride and confidence in our Connecticut soldiers and sailors. They are per- 
forming our part in defending and maintaining the liberties we have inherited and in obtaining for all nations, great 
and small, the opportunity for the equal rights which were obtained for the United States in the war of the 
Revolution. 

The soldiers of Connecticut have ever been faithful in fighting under the Stars and Stripes to ultimate victory 
in every contest in which this nation has been engaged, and we have the utmost confidence that they will do so 
in this, the greatest war of history, against the most dangerous and unscrupulous enemy the forces of human liberty 
ever faced. 

May the God of Righteousness watch over them, inspire them with courage, give them complete victory, and 
bring them safely home again to receive the greeting and honors which the people are hopefully waiting to give 
them. 

In behalf of the State of Connecticut, I am 
Most sincerely yours, 

(Signed) M. H. HOLCOMB, 

Governor. 



ENROLLMENT OF MEN 
FOR SHIPYARD WORK 
WILL BE CONTINUED 



Gratifying Response to Call Made by 
Connecticut Mechanics — Campaign 
for Volunteers Will go on Until 
State's Quota of 10,000 is Reached. 
Telegrams from Washington Tell 
Importance of Work 



Enrollment of Contfe'ctictrt mechanics for 
the United States Shipyard Volunteers of 
the Public Service BJeseTve will continue 
until the slate's quota has been obtained. 
The total needed will not be reached this 
week. The state's quota EOT the great 
" Victory Fleet " now in construction is 
10,000. The response has been gratifying 
to date. 

The campaign for volunteers inaugurated 

(Continued on page 5) 



COUNCIL PLAN APPROVED 



Board of Control Authorizes War 
Emergency Labor Exchanges 



Formal approval has been given by the 
board of control of the State of Ccrnnei I icul 
to plans of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense for rendering aid to the govern- 
ment of the United States through the 
United States Employment Service and the 
Public Service Reserve. Officials of the 
state defense council and the state direc- 
tor of the federal employment services ap- 
peared before the board of control at a con- 
ference on Wednesday and outlined plans 
made by the council for war emergency 
hilioi exchanges in Connecticut. The board 
of control voted to approve the plans and 
authorized the expenditures necessary. 



PLANS INTERCHANGE 
OF FIRE APPARATUS 
IN EMERGENCY NEED 



State Defense Council Urges Towns 
and Cities to Equip Departments 
with Standard Adapter Couplings — 
Tobacco Men Send Loyalty ResoIu = 
tion — C. D. Hine is Director of 
School War Activities 



Towns and cities in Connecticut which 

have fire departments are 'ailed upon 

by the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
to put into effect throughout the entire 
state a plan for the interchange of fire a]) 
paralus in emergencies. The matter has 
been investigated by the council's committee 
on industrial survey, which reported at 
Monday's council meeting that, due to the 
efforts in the past few years of the Fire 
(Continued on page 6) 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



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Time for Taking War Insurance 

Extended by Congress to April 12 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 

Vol.1 HARTFORD. CONN., FEB. 22, 1918. No:20 



Council's Local Agencies Should Con = 
tinue Good Work of Bringing this 
Important Matter to Attention of 
Men in the Service of their Country 



92 IN THE SERVICE 



Berlin, Connecticut, Has Honor Roll 
Compiled by Committee of Three 



The local agency of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense in Berlin, Hartford 
county, has compiled an honor roll of the 
town's representatives in the federal service, 
which represents considerable labor and 
contains much valuable information. The 
work was undertaken by a sub-committee of 
the Berlin town committee, consisting of 
Chairman Claude W. Stevens, Bev. S. A. 
Fiske and Charles F. Lewis. The work was 
compiled in lime for a report to be pro 
sented at Monday night's meeting in Berlin 
at which a war bureau was formed. 

Berlin's record shows thirty-two men in 
the army, fifty-nine in the navy and one 
woman in France as an army nurse, a total 
of ninety-two. The committee which com- 
piled the honor roll has secured the follow- 
ing information concerning each person in 
the service: name, date and place of birth, 
home address, next of kin, branch of service 
and present address. 



Notice has been received by the Con- 
neiti.nl State Council of Defense from the 
Council of National Defense of the ex 
tension by Congress of the time for filing 
applications for United States War Bisk 
Insurance. Congress has extended the time 
to April 12. The previous conditions for 
tiling this insurance provided that all ap- 
plications must be received within 120 days 
after the individual entered the federal 
service. The council is called upon in the 
telegram from the federal council to con- 
tinue its campaign to bring family influence 
to bear on men not yet insured. 

The government war risk insurance is 
sold to men in the federal service at ex- 
ceptionally low rates. Under the previous 
ruling the time for filing applications for 
this insurance expired February 12 for ap- 
proximately three-quarters of Connecticut's 
men in the federal service. The state coun- 
cil of defense had carried on a successful 
campaign for interesting relatives of these 



men in the need for this insurance protec- 
tion. This campaign will be continued 
through the war bureaus and town com 
mittees of the council. 

The man in the service may make appli- 
cation for this insurance through his com 
manding officer. Relatives of the man may 
make application for him and it will be 
accepted providing the man's authorization 
is received by the War Risk Insurance 
Bureau in Washington prior to the date his. 
right to take out this insurance expires. 

Tin- telegram received by th" state coun- 
cil of defense from the Council of National 
Defense follows: 

" The time for filing applications for war 
i -isk insurance has just been extended by 
Congress to April 12. Automatic insurance, 
however, has ceased entirely and no man 
is now insured by the government unless 
he has applied. This voluntary application 
doubly important. Continue campaign to 
bring family influence to bear on men not 
yet insured." 

The council is depending upon its war 
bureaus and town committees to continue 
the good work of bringing this matter to 
the attention of men in the service. 



PATRIOTIC LEAGUE 

FOR ITALIAN WOMEN 



Raymond J. Maplesden, who has been in 
the employ of the publicity committee of the 
council since last October, has left the ser- 
vice of the council and enlisted in the 
Quartermaster Corps at " a port of em 
barkation." 



The council's committee on woman's activ- 
ities has formed the Italian women in the 
state into a patriotic league, of which Mrs. 
Sylvester Z. Poli is the chairman. The 
Hartford group is under the leadership of 
Mrs. Antonio Andretta. 

A recent meeting of Italian women was 
held in Middletown, under the auspices of 
Mrs. C. S. Wadsworth. 

The woman's committee, through the 
town chairmen, has appointed a woman in 
each town whose special province will be 
to secure the co-operation of the foreign- 
born women. 



Member of Council is Abroad 

For War Zone Tour of Study 



Major Howard A. Qiddings is Member 
of Liberty Loan Mission — Also 
Represents State Defense Council 
and Carries Message from Governor 
Holcomb to Connecticut Men in 
France 



Major Howard A. Giddings, a member oi 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
has arrived in England as a member of the 
Federal Reserve Rank Liberty Loan Mis- 
sion and soon will be in the war zone on 
the western front in France. He is one of 
twelve men who have gone abroad for a 
tour of study and observation in connection 
with the next Liberty Loan. In addition 
to his membership in this mission, Major 
Giddings represents the state council of 
e in this trip and carries with him 



an official message from Governor Marcus 
H. Holcomb to Connecticut soldiers in 
France. 

While the Libert}' Loan mission is abroad, 
Arthur Crosby, assistant secretary of the 
treasury and a member of the Inter-Allied 
High Financial Commission, will have gen- 
eral direction of the group of men. The 
mission has gone abroad under the aus- 
pices of the treasury, state and war de- 
partments. The members of this mission 
from New England, in addition to Major 
Giddings, are Grafton D. dishing of 
Boston, George B. Glidden of Boston and 
George W. Gardner, vice-president of the 
Union Trust Company of Providence. 

While abroad Major Giddings will make 
certain investigations in the war zone which 
will assist the state council and the state 
government in efficiently performing Con- 
necticut's part in the nation's war work. 



NEW HAVEN WOMEN 
RESPONDING TO CALL 
FOR 10,000 WORKERS 



First Week of Campaign to Increase 
Number of Women in Industry 
Finds Factories Unable to Handle 
All Who Apply 



Two weeks ago the New Haven Chamber 
of Commerce and the New Haven County 
Employers' Association began a campaign 
for increasing the number of women in in- 
dustry by a full page advertisement in the 
New Haven papers asking for 10,000 women 
to supplement, but not supplant, the men 
in the factories. 

An appeal was made before the Woman's 
Club, and finally the chairman of the 
Woman's Committee called a meeting of the 
New Haven units. The president of the 
chamber of commerce and president and 
secretary of the Employers' Association 
presented their plans at this meeting. After 
discussion, a resolution was adopted declar- 
ing: "that the New Haven unit of the 
Woman's Committee of the Council of 
Defense, in order to avoid the importation 
of outside labor which would increase our 
community problems, gives its hearty sup- 
port to the movement for the utilization of 
the latent woman power of New Haven." 

The response was so great the first week 
that the factories were unable to handle all 
the women who applied, and they were 
asked to return in one or two or three weeks 
as they were needed. Five hundred school 
teachers have agreed to go into factories 
during the summer vacation if necessary. 
In many cases women are employed five 
hours a day only, thus giving the part time 
worker a chance. 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Progress is Reported in 

War Savings Campaign in 

all Sections of Country 



WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ARE 
FREE OF ALL TAXATION 



Self-Denial Day Observed at El Paso — 
Oregon Farmer Buys $1,000 Worth 
of War Savings Stamps for Him- 
self, for his Son, and for Each of 
his Eight Grandchildren 



OREGON BOYS AND 

GIRLS ARE BUSY 



One Thousand Boys and Girls Agree to 
Sell $50 Worth of Stamps— Novel 
Plan for making Sales to Farmers — 
Dallas Concern gives Thrift Stamps 
to Employees Each Week 



The " Junior Rainbow Regiment " is an 
organization, fathered by Mr. J. A. 
Churchill, State Superintendent of Public 
Instruction for Oregon. Membership in the 
organization is limited to the first one 
thousand boys and girls who sell $50 worth 
of War Savings Stamps. 

Under the auspices of the New 7 York 
Federation of Churches the Pastors of New 
York City were recently organized to pro- 
mote War Thrift. We quote the following 
from an address by Hon. Elihu Root, de- 
livered before this assembly: 

" We haven't enough material to supply 
the Allies with grain, coal, meat, leather, 
shoes and cloth. Every yard of cloth you 
refrain from putting on your back will keep 
a soldier warm. Every piece of bread you 
save from waste will keep a soldier from 
being hungry. Every pair of shoes you re- 
frain from buying without need will keep 
a soldier shod." 

S. Benson, an Oregon lumberman, has 
purchased for each of his eight grand- 
children, as a "stake" for their college 
education, wedding dowry or " rainy day " 
fund, War Savings Stamps to the maturity 
value of .$1000. Mr. Benson purchased a 
similar amount for his son and for himself. 

El Paso celebrated " Self Denial Day. on 
February 4th, and under the direction of 
Mrs. A. P. Averill, Chairman of the 
Woman's Department, put on a parade with 
two army bands; Max Figman, the noted 
comedian, and prominent citizens making 
speeches in public places during the day; 
booths in 36 different places, 200 women 
selling stamps; the day's sales were $31,000. 
The parade attracted attention in that they 
they had a Kaiser with helmet decorated 
with cross-bones and skull, and had him 
hand-euffed and witli leg irons, and led by 
a United States army officer at the end of a 
rope. Publicity stunts are worth while 
when they accomplish concrete results like 
$30,000 sales. 

Fifty-fifty arrangement with employees. 
The F. 0. Stone Baking Company of Dallas, 
with some ninety employees, has adopted a 
plan for the purpose of encouraging their 
employees in accumulating thrift stamps. 
The company gives to each employee week- 
ly, thrift stamps on a fifty-fifty basis, based 
on the savings of employees as shown by 
their thrift cards, which they present each 
week on pay day. They have worked out a 



graduated scale for the purpose oi protect 
ing themselves in not giving stamps in as 
large amount to those earning large 
salaries, ami arc giving a larger percentage 
than 100 per cent, to those with smaller 
salaries, who are needing not only encour- 
agement but help. This plan of giving 
bonus certainly definitely encourages thrift. 

The three following items mentioned in 
the Illinois Bulletin deserve particular 
emphasis: — 

Method hi' selling stamp- t<> the farmer. 
W. W. Reeves. Chairman of War Savings 
for Douglas County, has evolved a method 
of selling -tamp- to the farmers which 
other-, having similar constituency, may 
with to duplicate. Briefly stated, it i- as 
follows: — 

" Bach grain dealer is asked to become an 
agent 'and lo make an earnest effort to in- 
duce the sellers of grain to take a portion 
of the purchase price in thrift or wai sa\ 
ings stamps: ten per cent., if a landlord or 
owner, and five per cent., if a tenant. Tin 
dealers, acting as agents, are asked to make 
a report "ti every man with whom they have 
dealings, in order that everybody ina\ lie 
placed mi record." 

stop- premature redemption of certif- 
icate-. 1-:. ( >. Andrews, Chairman for Boone 
County. Belvidere, Illinois, has sent the 
following suggestion: 

" The names of purchasers who give ten 
days' notice to the postmaster that they 
desire to cash stamps are turned over to 
the county committee. Members of the 
county committee see these persons prior to 
the date upon which they can receive pay- 
ment ami urge them to rescind their appli- 
cation for payment. Up to date this 
has met with success in every instance ami 
from our experience I believe that it could 
well lie followed in other counties." 



2,500 AGENCIES FOR 

W. S. S. IN CONNECTICUT 

Thrift Stamps and War Savings Cer- 
tificates Now on Sale in Nearly 
Every Locality in Connecticut 



At the present time there are more than 
2500 agencies throughout Connecticut where 
thrift stamp- and war savings certificates 
may be purchased, according to figures 
given out to-day at the office of the state 
director of war savings. 

In Bridgeport alone there are more than 
4011 agencies, Hartford, New Haven and 
Waterbury are nut far behind. In addition 
to these agencies, the stamps and certifi 
cates are on sale at the 374 post-offices in 
Connecticut. Sales at many of the post- 
offices run into the thousand of dollars 
every day. 

the -tale director's office has also ascer- 
tained that then arc agencies at practically 
evcr\ bank in the state. Bankers have 
given valuable aid in the sale of the stamps 
and have done all in their power to prevail 
upon their patrons to buy stamp- regularly. 



State Director Cheney Issues State = 
ment Clearing Up Misunderstand- 
ing Regarding Status of Cer- 
tificates 



In response to a number of inquiries 
received fn.m many sections of Connecticut, 
Howell Cheney, state director of the 
National War Savings Committee, issued 
a statement clearing up all uncertainty 
which has existed regarding the question of 
the tax status of war savings certificates. 
Mr. Cheney's statement sets forth the fact 
that war savings stamps are free of all 
taxation. The statement follows: 

" When preparing for the issuing of 
thrift stamps and war savings certificates, 
the national administration wisely decided 
that they should m4 he subject to any 
taxes, federal, -tale or local. In this 
respect, they are entirely unique, being free 
when almost everything else of value is 
subject to impost. 

"As the amount that an individual may 
hold is limited to $1000. this concession 
does not deal unjustly toward other security- 
holders. It is simply an inducement to the 
small investor to make an unusual effort in 
his own country's behalf, by depositing as 
much of his surplus with the government 
a- possible. Those who buy these little 
bonds should understand in advance of the 
coming days of taxation return in April 
that whatever of their earned savings or 
surplus derived from economies is converted 
into Thrift Stamps and War Savings certi- 
ficates need not be recorded upon the asses- 
sor's blank. As the interest and principal 
are payable in 1923, neither is it necessary 
to make mention of the investments in the 
return to the income tax collector. 

" They are, as stated, absolutely free and. 
as they also pay I per cut. compound in- 
terest, are the best securities that one can 
buy in these troubled times." 



THRIFT STAMPS GOOD 

AFTER DRIVE CLOSES 



Government Will Stand Back of Every 

One Issued with Full Value 

of 25 Cents 



Because of a ruling announced by the 
Federal Reserve Bank to tie' effect that 
thrift stamps would cease to become an 
obligation of the government on December 
31, 1918, many persons have been confused 
into thinking that any thrift -tamps they 
had on hand at the close of the year would 
be valueless. 

Howell Cheney, state director for Con 
necticut of the war savings campaign, has 
secured from the Federal Reserve Bank in- 
formation to the effect that treasury depart- 
ment officials at Washington have ruled 
that ■thrift stamp- outstanding in the 
hand- of purchasers either at the time 
tie- entire issue of war savings stamps is 
sold, or on December 31, 1918, will either 
he accepted in exchange for war savings 
stamps of another serie-, or provision made 
for cash redemption." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



LIBRARIES WILL HELP 
SALE OF THRIFT STAMPS 

Baby Bonds to be Placed on Sale in 

Many Libraries in all Sections of 

this State Soon 



The libraries of Connecticul have been 
called upon bj Howell ('henry. State Direc- 
tor nt the War Savings campaign, to aid 
in putting before the public the message of 
the nation-wide thrift movement, so that 
every person in Connecticut may realize 
how important it is that he should loan his 
dollars and their ability to buy goods and 
services to his government for war pur- 
poses through the instrumentality of the 
Thrift and War Savings stamps. 

The State Director has sent leaflets and 
posters to all libraries with the suggestion 
that they be placed on a War Savings bul- 
letin board in the libraries. Each librarian 
has been asked to post the names of the 
local War Savings Committee members, and 
that so far as possible the names of war 
savings societies and their members be 
posted. It also has been suggested that a 
shelf of leaflets and books on this campaign 
be made easily accessible to library patrons, 
and that libraries and their employees con- 
stitute themselves a bureau of information 
upon Thrift and War Savings subjects. It 
is also suggested that newspaper clippings 
on this campaign be posted, and that 
special articles on the subject in current 
magazines be listed and posted. 



FATHER BELLEROSE NAMED 



With the approval of Rt. Rev. J. J. Nilan. 
bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of 
Hartford, Rev. U. 0. Bellerose of Taft- 
ville has been appointed by Howell Cheney. 
\Y. S. S. director for Connecticut, as assist- 
ant director of the War Savings Committee. 
Fr. Bellerose will be in charge especially 
of the work with the French residents in 
the eastern section of the state. He has 
accepted the appointment, and the state 
headquarters expects a very successful 
campaign among these people under his 
direction. 



NO "ENDLESS CHAINS" 



State W. S. S. Director Disapproves 
Such Method of Selling Stamps 



An emphatic stamp of disapproval has 
been placed by Howell Cheney, state direc- 
tor of the National War Savings Committee, 
on the " endless chain " schemes which are 
now entering Connecticut from other states 
for the disposal of thrift stamps and war 
savings certificates. 

Mr. Cheney in a statement issued today 
said he did not regard this method for the 
sale of stamps legitimate, and that he 
would do all in his power to discourage 
the sale of stamps by this plan. Mr. Cheney- 
will call upon his entire organization 
throughout the state in an effort to stop 
the numerous " chains " which are coming 
into Connecticut from other states. "An 
• endless chain ' scheme is a bad proposition 
at all times; it is especially bad as a means 
of -ellil 

i lieney. 



SALES THROUGHOUT U. S. 
PASS $50,000,000 MARK 



LODGES ARE HELPING 

W. S. S. IN CONNECTICUT 



Thousands of Fraternal Organizations 

Members in State Are Joining 

War Savings Societies 



Thousands of members of various fra- 
ternal organizations throughout Connecticut 
arc organizing war savings societies for the 
purchase of thrift stamps and war savings 
certificates. This campaign has been started 
with the approval of Howell Cheney, direc- 
tor for Connecticut of the national war 
savings committee, and it is expected that 
many thousands of dollars worth of stamps 
will be disposed of among the members of 
the different lodges. 

The suggestion has been made that the 
different organizations inaugurate con 
test-, and that prizes be awarded the 
society, members of which purchase tie 
greatest number of stamps. Members have 
taken hold of this proposition with great 
enthusiasm, and many have already pledged 
themselves to the purchase of one or more 
thrift stamps every week. 



Why Not Offer W. S. S. Prizes 

For Your R. F. D. Carriers? 



Telegram Received frem F. A. Van- 

derlip Shows Gratifying Progress 

in Every State in Union 



Here's a Suggestion Which Should Ap = 
peal to War Savings Committees in 
Many Connecticut Towns. 



Connecticut rural free delivery carriers 
are being urged by Howell Cheney, director 
of the Connecticut War Savings Committee, 
to take up actively the sale of Thrift 
Stamps and War Savings Stamps, and in 
order to spur them to greater interest, the 
state director has offered an award to the 
rural delivery letter carrier in Connecticut 
who makes the highest amount of W. S. S. 
sales between February 1 and duly 1. The 
of the award will be announced 
later by Mr. I 'beney. 1'ostniasters whose 
carriers enter this competition will report 
weekly to the State Director's office the 
results accomplished by 7 each carrier. 

Postmasters throughout the state have 



been asked to install blackboards in their 
offices giving the names of their rural car- 
riers and chalking upon them the amount 
of thrift and war savings stamps sold by 
each, so that both carriers and the public 
may see the standing at all times. The 
suggestion has been made that the figures 
be changed daily. The results where such 
boards have been installed, Mr. Cheney says, 
have been that the carriers have entered 
into the competition vigorously and that 
residents on the different routes have also 
entered into rivalry to keep their particular 
carriers in the lead. 

The suggestion has been made by the 
National War Savings Committee officials 
in Washington that citizens in the various 
communities contribute badges or similar 
prizes significant of the service performed to 
be awarded to the carriers making the best 
records locally. 



Sales of thrift stamps and war savings 
certificates throughout the country have 
passed the $50,000,000 mark according to a 
telegram received by State Director Howell 
Cheney from Frank A. Vanderlip, head of 
the war savings campaign. 

Mr. Cheney has been advised that the 
sales are steadily increasing in volume, and 
that they now 'are in excess of $2,000,000 
every day. Within a short time it is be- 
lieved that patriotic citizens will be buying 
to the extent of $3,000,000 every day, with 
further increases in prospect as the cam 
paign gains momentum. 

Mr. Vanderlip's telegram to Mr. Cheney 
also contains the following statement: " It 
is only by teaching all our people to save 
and not to compete for labor and materials 
with the government that we can place the 
whole strength of the nation into the pro- 
secution of the war. The sure way to raise 
the $-2,000,000,000 in the war savings cam- 
paign is for the 200,000 workers in every 
city and town in the country make it the 
common purpose, and resolve to spread this 
gospel -o that there will be an army of 
75,000,000 war savers." 



LOST THRIFT STAMPS 



Instructions Given How to Act when 

War Savings Certificate is 

Lost by Owner 



A War Savings Certificate which has been 
lost or destroyed will not be paid nor will a 
duplicate thereof be issued, unless the cer- 
tificate has been registered in accordance 
with the regulations and instructions issued 
by tin 1 postmaster general. In the event of 
the b.ss or destruction of a registered certi- 
licatc. the registrant may apply to the post- 
office where the certificate was registered, on 
forms prescribed by the postmaster general, 
either for the issuance of a duplicate certi- 
ficate or for the payment thereof. On being 
satisfied of the facts as to loss or destruc- 
tion, the secretary of the treasury will, 
after not less than three months have 
elapsed from the time of application, auth- 
orize payment, or the issuance to the regis- 
tered owner of a duplicate certificate, to be 
so marked, on which shall be noted the 
number of registered stamps affixed to the 
original certificate, with the proper nota- 
tions of registration. Such certificate shall 
receive a new registration number. The 
secretary of the treasury may in special 
cases where he deems the facts warrant such 
action, require the claimant to give a bond 
of indemnity with approved sureties against 
any claim that may thereafter be made on 
the old certificate. The duplicate certificate 
when issued shall stand in the place and 
stead of the original lost or destroyed cer- 
tificate for all purposes. After the issuance 
of a duplicate certificate, the original shall 
cease to have validity for any purpose, and 
if recovered shall be returned to the post- 
office of registration for cancellation. No 
duplicate certificate will be issued after 
maturity of the original. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Enrollment of Men 

for Shipyard Work 

Will be Continued 

(Continued from page 1) 

In Connecticut the week of February i has 
brought tin* kind of response that has 
marked the state's support of every war 
campaign, state Director Leo A. Korper, 
of the United States » ublic Service Reserve. 
ami the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense are co-operating in this important 
work and the Ideal war bureaus and the 
town committees have sneeeeiled in interest- 
ing and enrolling many skilled artisans. 

similar campaigns for shipyard workers 
are being conducted in every state in the 
union to raise a total force of 250,000 ship 
builders. W. E. Hall, national directoi ol 
the Public Service Reserve, lias announced 
that the national drive would continue 
throughout the present week in all state-. 
with a continuance of enrollment in states 
where the quota was incomplete. 

Important phases of the great campaign 
lor shipbuilders have been explained by 
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, United 
States Fuel Administrator 11. A. Garfield, 
and other high officials. 

In :i telegram to State Director Korper, 
the secretary of war said: — 

" The number of men we ran place and 
maintain in France will depend upon the 
number of ships available for their trans- 
port and supplies." 

Fuel Administrator Garfield ha- -ent a 
on --age to ilr. Korper which effectively 
supplements that of Secretary Baker in 
showing how dependent the nation is upon 
a shipbuilding program large enough in 
scope to help materially in the war. A 
part of his statement follows: — 

"Do everything you can to speed ship 
building for your own comfort, for your 
own safety, for the honor of the Unit* ■■.] 
States to enable this country to bear its 
share of the burden of the war." 

Speakers and writers in the campaign for 
United States Shipyard Volunteers have 
la ill emphasis upon the important position 
that skilled workmen in the shipyards hold 
in the nation's war forces and how large a 
factor they will be in defeating the sub- 
marine and bringing victory over Germany. 

Lack of skilled labor for the shipyards 
has made necessary an energetic campaign 
for voluntary enrollment. There is a 
shortage of workers which must be over- 
come by the nation-wide enrollment of 250- 
000 workers from various trades. Enroll- 
ment blanks and enrollment pledge cards 
have been placed in the hands of all local 
agencies of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense. Those who enroll remain at 
their present employment until called by 
the government. Compensation is assured 
at the rate of wages obtaining in the ship- 
yards. 

The coming week will give continued op- 
portunity for men in skilled trades to offer 
to the government their services by enroll 
ing in the United States Shipyard Volun 
teers. Familiar trades from which workers 
are being recruited are: Acetylene and 
electrical welders, asbestos workers, black- 
smiths, toolmakers, chippers and caulkers, 
electric workers, factory workers, laborers, 
loftsmen, moldcrs. plumbers and pipe fitters, 
sheet metal workers and coppersmiths, iron 
welders, painters and many others. 



WAR BUREAUS FORMED 
IN MANY PLACES ARE 
DOING SPLENDID WORK 



Local Agencies are Carrying on Work 
of Council and, in Addition, are 
Developing Activities for Them = 
selves — Some Have Enlisted Aid 
of Newspapers and Have a 'War 
Bureau Column" Printed Daily 



The work of the past two weeks has 
added materially to the accomplishments 
of the war bureaus already organized as 
local agencies of the Connecticut State 
i ouncil of Defense, and also has resulted in 
the formation of several additional war 
bureaus. The war bureaus, in addition to 
carrying on the council's work, are develop 
ing several distinctive line- of weak. 

In Middletown, where it is estimated that 

fifty lord- of w 1 are being burned daily. 

the war bureau expects to effect a saving 
of wood ashes that will prove worth while. 
A representative of the County Farm 
Bureau thinks that .^1 per cord may be 
allowed as the value of wood ashes. 

Effective work in the interests of trans- 
portation relief is being done in Derby bj 
the committee appointed by the war bureau 
to attend to shipping problems. On each 
" fuelless Monday," the East Derby freight 
yards have been searched and missing cars 
traced. In this way, many business houses 
have been able to unload goods for which 
they have waited weeks. On one Monday, 
thirty-seven ears were located. The delays 



are usually caused by unrepaired breaks of 
part- of the freight ca i S. 

An effort on the part of the Redding War 
Bureau to relieve the fuel shortage has 
resulted in the publication of a li-t of com 
panies or persons who will supply and de- 
liver cut wood. 

In several town- and cities, the news- 
paper- are showing their loyalty to the 
loeal bureau- by establishing a regular 
"War Bureau Column." in which the activ- 
ities and needs of the war bureaus may be 
given publicity daily or several times a 
week. This method has proved effective as 
a means of meeting the public desire to 
keep in touch with the war work of each 
community. 



Council Meetings on Mondays 

Meetings of the Connecticut state Coun- 
cil of Defense hereafter will be held on 
Mondays, the general session to open at 
10:30 a. m. It previous!} was the practice 
of the council to meet on Wednesdays, but 
Monday meeting- were begun during the 
period of •• fuelless Mondays," and it now 
has been decided to hold future meetings on 
\l lavs. 



No More Holiday Mondays 

Upon his return from Boston on Wednes- 
day, Thomas W. Russell, United States Find 
Administrator. rescinded the " fuelless 
Monday" order which has been in force 
in Connecticut since January 17. Section 

oi f the Garfield order of January 17 

concerning priority of fuel deliveries con- 
tinues in force. The restrictions of hours 
called for in Governor Marcus II. Holeomb's 
recent proclamation also continues in force. 



Proclamation of Governor 

Calls Special Session to 

Provide for Soldier Vote 



The Connecticut Legislature will convene in special session March 19 to con- 
sider legislation to provide an opportunity to vote for Connecticut citizens absent 
from the -late in military service. The proclamation of Governor Marcus II. 
Holcomh calling this special session follows: 

"Whereas thousands of the qualified electors of the state of Connecticut arc- 
in military service of the United States, and in consequence thereof are now and 
during the continuance of tie- present war will be absent from this state and 
will be deprived of exercising their rights a- electors unless legislation i- enacted 
giving them an opportunity to vote at the ch-ction- to be held on the Tuesday 
aftei the first Monday of November, 1918, and at -aid November elections bien- 
nially thereafter during the continuance of the war. I therefore decide and find 
that this condition constitutes a special emergency within i be provisions of the 
constitution of this state, and authorizes me to convene the General Assembly in 
special session for the purpose of enacting legislation which will enable said 
electors, who are absent from the -late in the military service of the United 
states, to vote at said November elections. 

"I, therefore, for said purpose, hereby convene the General Assembly of 
Connecticut in special session to be laid at the state Capitol in Hartford, on the 
third Tuesday of March, 1918, to wit: on Tuesday, March 1 9th, \.l>.. 1918, at 
eleven o'clock in the forenoon of said day, to enact such legislation a- said Gen- 
eral Assembly may deem necessary to accomplish said purpose. 

"Given under my hand and the seal of the State at the City of Hartford. 
this sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and of the 
independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-second. 

"MARCUS II. HOLCOMB, 

Governor." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Plans Interchange 

of Fire Apparatus 

(Continued from page 1 ) 



Chiefs' Association, there is mutual aid 
co-opeTation to a very considerable extent 

i mg the various towns and cities. 

The ei tnniittee recognized the desirability 
of a standard thread on hose and hydrant 
couplings throughout the state, but did not 
mm. nil at this time any effort to change 
the various threads now used. Instead, if 
recommended most strongly that every live 
department in the state lie equipped with a 
sufficient number of standard adaptei 
couplings to permit of ready mutual aid. 
The adapter coupling proposed lias been 
designed undeT the direction of John C. 
MoTan, chief of the Hartford Fire Depart- 
ment, who was named by the Fire Chief*' 
Association a committee of one to assist the 
council's committee in this matter. The 
committee also has had the benefit of the 
advice of Horace B. (lark, chairman of 
the Board of Five Commissioners of Hart 
ford. 

The Stale Council of Defense decided at 
Monday's meeting to make a determined 
effort to have every town in the state which 
lias a tiic department provide itself with 
these standard adapter couplings so as to 
make mutual aid possible at all times 
throughout Connecticut. The council has 
arranged to secure these couplings at $5.7. : 
each, and town- are to be given an oppor- 
tunity to luu them from the council at this 
rate. 

The council voted that its committee on 
industrial survey be authorized, in the name 
of the council, to instruct various agencies 
of the council throughout the state as-fol 
lows: — 

" In cases where authority is not at pres- 
ent vested in the chief or acting chief to 
ask or render assistance in an emergency, 
t<i obtain for him such authority. 

"To arrange with the local departments 
in all districts to place orders directly with 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
for a suitable number of hydrant and hose 
couplings 

Those present at Monday's Council meet- 
ing were: At the General Session — Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell, Homer S. Cum 
mings, William II. Webster, Charles A. 
Goodwin, and Dr. D. Chester Brown, and 
the following chairmen and members oi 
committees: .Miss Caroline Ruutz Rees, Miss 
Margaret I orwin, T. W. Russell, George C. 
Williams, F. I). Cheney, L. F. Robinson, II. 
K. Smith, George B. Chandler, F. A. Ver 
planck, Leo A. Korper, A. L. Maddock, John 
T. Roberts, Charles J. Bennett. Samuel 
Russell, dr., Arthur L. Shipman, G. E. 
Mcceh. ]|. c. Smith, B. F. English, Samuel 
S. Ferguson and W. F. Whitmore. 

I 'resent at the Executive session were: 
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb and Chairman 
Richard M. Bissell, Dr. D. Chester Brown, 
Homer S. Cummings, Charles A. Goodwin 
Lucius F. Robinson, William I'.. Webstei 
and Judge George W. Wheeler. 

(hi nomination of F. A. Verplanck, chair- 
man of the committee on education, Charles 
I), ilinc, secretary of the Slab i 
Education, was elected state director of 
school war activities. 

\i last "eekv meeting of the council it 
was voted thai the war activities of schools 
in Connecticut should be co-ordinated under 
l he council of defense and through l he state 
director. Mr. Hine, it was explained, will 



probably detail one of his agents to take 
charge of this entire matter. The work 
will he carried on in all towns and cities 
in the state, ninety of which are under 
state supervision. 

The council passed a resolution express 
ing to Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of (he 
"Outlook," and George W. Vincent, of the 
Rockefeller Foundation, " appreciation of 
their valuable anil inspiring addresses" ait 
the war rally of the school teachers and 
principals held by the council's committee 
on education last Saturdaj ai the Hartford 
Public High School in connection with the 
recent midwinter teachers' meeting. 

\ letter from the New England Tobacco 
Growers' Association was read at the 
council meeting. The letter contained a 
resolution passed by the association at its 
meeting in Hartford last week. The reso- 
lution contained the following paragraph: 
Resolved that we. the members of the 
\ew England Tobacco Growers' Association, 
in convention assemble, pledge our heart \ 
support and co-operation, to the State Coun- 
cil of 1 1 ■ ■ both i ollecf ively and indry id 
ually, to the end, that when the last gun 
is fired in this war, Old Glory will float 
over those that dictate and write the terms 

of peace." 

Reports were also received from II. K. 
Smith, chairman of the committee on Man 
Power and Labor: T. W. Russell, federal 
fuel administrator for Connecticut and 
chairman of the Council's coal committee, 
and Dr. C. C. Godfrey, chairman of the 
committee on Sanitation and Medicine. The 
council voted to increase the circulation 
limit of the "Connecticut Bulletin" to not 
exceeding 3,000 copies each issue. Harry C. 
Smith, chairman of the Tolland Count \ 
Auxiliary Committee, made a report shew 
ing excellent progress in his county. Samuel 
Russell, jr., of Middletown, chairman of the 

sub-committ >n live stock of the Food 

Supply Committee, and Mis, Ruutz-ReeS, 
chairman of the committee on Woman's 
Activities, also presented reports. 



committee-: Miss Ruutz-Rees, Miss (orwin. 
Dr. Valeria H. Parker. Thomas W. Russell, 
George G. Williams. Stanley H. Holmes. F. 
D. Cheney, Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles, 
George B. Chandler, V. A. Verplanck, 
I low ell Cheney, C. ( '. Beach, Leo A. Korper. 
Arthur L. Shipman, G. E. Meech, 1!. F. 
English, Harrison P>. Freeman and A. L. 
Maddock. 

Il was voted to address a circular letter 
to war Inn can- suggesting the advisability 
of local hual committees where not already 

established. There was an informal re 
port from tie- special eominitt n the con- 
trol of tobacco acreage, stating that a 
hearing would soon he given to tobacco 
growers petitioning for the right to in- 
crease their acreage this year over that 
grown last year. 

Mr. ( 'handlei reported on the success of 
the war rally campaign and the moving 
picture division, and said that 107 Liberty 
(lionises have been established by the 
publicity committee. 

It was voted that local agencies of the 
council he notified that the Native Relief 
Society Fund has the sympathy and ap- 
proval of (he council. 

Federal Fuel Administrator Russell re- 
ported on the coal situation, and Chairman 
''ill of the Committee on Fuel Conservation 
told of encouraging results brought about 
by i he work of his committee. 

Tin re was a report from Mr. Korper on 
the work of the Employment Service De- 
partment and the enrollments in the United 
states Public Service Reserve, which is 
under control of his office. He announced 
that Allen B. Lincoln of \ew Haven had 
I n appointed his assistant. 



MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11 

Those present at the meeting of the 
Connecticut state Council of Defense on 
February II were Chairman Richard M. 
liisseii. Charles A. Goodwin, Julius C. 
Stremlau and Dr. 1). Chester Brown of the 
council, W. F. Whitmore. secretary; and 
the following chairmen and members of 



County Chairman and 

Secretary Have Resigned 

T. A. Scott has resigned as chairman of 
the New London County Auxiliary Com- 
mittee of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense, and H. M. Pendleton has resigned 
as secretary. Mr. Scott has entered active 
government service and Mr. Pendleton, who 
is associated with Mr. Scott in business. 
was forced to resign because of the pressure 
a duties caused by Mr. Seolt's entry 
into federal service. Their successors will 
he named soon. 



U 



SMILE AGE BOOKS" 



They Mean Happy Off-Duty Hours 

For Those Who Fight For US 

To be Sold through Local Agencies of the 

Connecticut State Council of Defense 



Has Your Committee Applied for its u Smileage Books" Yet? 

DO IT TO-DAY! 



Friends and relatives of soldiers in camps buy them for the soldiers. 
Prices $1 or $5. The coupons they contain are passes to shows in 
Camp Theaters 



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Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, MARCH 8, 1918 



No. 21 



SINGERS ENROLLED IN 
LIBERTY CHORUSES OF 
STATE NOW OVER 5,000 

Spirit of Victory Being Instilled in 
Eighty=two Communities by Men 
and Women Who Have Dedicated 
Their Voices to the Winning of the 
War — Directors and Chairmen 



WAR BUREAUS AID IN 

SELECTION OF DIRECTORS 



The work of organizing Liberty choruses, 
so auspiciously begun last October, has 
brought into the patriotic service of the 
state a band of loyal men and women whose 
number is estimated at 5,000. As factors 
in stimulating patriotism and the spirit of 
victory, the Liberty choruses, in many rum 
munities, haw- been heard at war rallies 
and other public occasions. 

Tn the eighty-two communities where 
Liberty choruses have been organized, they 
have had an early opportunity to demon- 
strate their value. James S. Stevens, di- 
rector of the Division of Liberty choruses, 
a department of the committee on publicity 
of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
has found every section of the state respon- 
sive to this movement which seeks to de- 
velop patriotism. The interest in the 
Liberty choruses extends far beyond the 
eoulines of the state. The division of Li), 
ertj choruses is receiving frequent inquiries 
from other state, whose communities or 
whose state councils of defense wish to fol- 
low the pi< er example set by Connecticut. 

The war bureaus are depending upon the 
Liberty Choruses to assist in making war 
rallies and other patriotic gatherings suc- 
cessful. Liberty Choruses have been well 
received by the genera] public and arc prov- 
ing a source ol community pride as well as 
community loyalty. 

Unusual care has been taken in the selec- 
tion of directors. The choice has keen left 
(< Continued from page .: | 



See Editorials 

Printed on Page 2 

Beginning with this issue, the 
"Connecticut Bulletin" will present 
a series of editorials by leading Con 
neetirut scholars dealing with war 
subjects. \il will lie signed with the 
names of the writers. The lii -I 
editorials of this series will be found 
on page 2 of (his issue. Read these 
and the others which are to follow. 



MAY BE SENT TO ITALY 



WAR LIBRARY FUND 

Treasurer Uodard Reports Connecticut 
Has Raised $63,514.95 



State Librarian George S. Godard, state 
treasurer, of the War Library Fund, re- 
ported this week that Connecticut had 
raised $63,514.95 for this purpose since the 
campaign was inaugurated last September. 

The amounts raised by counties were as 
follows: New Haven. $21,327.22; Fairfield, 
$15,540.48; Hartford. $13,815.65; Litch- 
field, $4,616.66; Middlesex, $2,622.39; Wind- 
ham. $1,868.85; New London, $1,851.65; 
lollainl. si .;.-,(;. 70. Ninety-one communities 
in the stale exceeded their allotments while 
twenty communities met their allotment. 

The total fund raised by all states i n 
aid of tin- National Library War Council 
was $1,727,554.25. 



Red Cross Workers May Designate 
Italian Relief if They Wish 



Red Cross material completed by various 

auxiliaries throughout the state may be 
designated for the American Red Cross in 
Italy under a ruling jusl issued by Albert 
T. Tamblyn, director of the chapter develop- 
ment of the Atlantic Division, American 
Red < foss lh.- new ruling was secured 

through tl Unit, of the council's 

mittee on Woman's Activities and resulted 
in the issuance by Mr. Tamblyn of a special 
appeal to Italian women of Connecticut to 
unite their energies in lied Cross work. 



PROCLAMATION ENDS 

FUEL RESTRICTIONS 

Period of Business Curtailment to 

Relieve Fuel Crisis Reduced by 

Governor Holcomb 



All restrictions on hours of business in 
this state made necessarj by the acute coal 
shortage were removed last week by pro- 
clamation of Governor Marcus H. Holcomb 
together with the rescinding In Fuel Ad 

ministrator Th as W. Russell of the 

Garfield order relative to Monday closing as 
it applies to Connecticut. " Lightless 
nights," Saturday excepted, will continue 
in effect. 

The governor in his proclamation revoked 
and annulled the restrictions imposed by 
hi- original proclamation on the fuel crisis 
issued January 25, 1918, in which hu-inr- 
hours were curtailed for the period from 
January -J!i to March 30. Business regula- 
tions established in the original proclama- 
tion became ineffective March 4. reducing 
the curtailment period nearly a month be- 
cause of better transportation conditions. 

TO AID WOMEN'S COMMITTEE 

Dr. Walter II. Brown representing tin- 
State Hoard of Health, will act as advisor 
to tin- Committee on Women's tctivities 
ill its health and welfare work with 
children. 



EXERCISE CONTROL 
OF TIME AND PLAN 
FOR MONEY APPEALS 



Council of Defense Vests That Power 
in War Bureaus to Avoid Conflict- 
ing Campaigns for Worthy Causes — 
Define Nature of Public Improve- 
ments Advisable During War 



FOOD EXHIBITS HELD 

AND MANY MORE PLANNED 



Regulation of campaigns for all chari- 
table and philanthropic funds in the various 
communities of tin- state was Nested in tin- 
local agencies of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense at its meeting last week 
in the State Capitol. Conflicting campaigns 
for war funds and other worthy causes 
brought this remedial action. 

The council members in discussing the 
subject of campaigns .if this kind, agreed 
that solicitation for charitable and philan- 
thropic purposes was often handicapped by 
more than - ne organized appeal being made 
at the same time. To overcome this con 
llict in time and plan for collecting funds 
the council voted that its local agencie- b 
instructed by the chairman '"to control, 
during the present emergency, the time and 
plan for collecting funds by public appeal 
for all local charitable and philanthropic 
work in their several communities." 

Recommendations that relate to public 
improvements wen- adopted by the council 
as a result of an inquiry from the hoard of 
finance of West Hartford asking advice on 
the construction of macadam on residential 
-fleets, not trunk line highways. The vote 
was ■• that tin- council of defense recom- 
ments to all towns, cities, boroughs, and 
districts in Connecticut that they do not 
engage in public improvements that an- not 
absolutely essential to (he general wel- 
fare" for the war period. State Highway 
Commissioner Charles J. Bennett who is 
chairman -if tin- council's trnsportation 
committee, defined the war policy of the 
state highway department. All work is 
being restricted to main highways 

Present at the meeting were the following 
council members: -l. W. Alsop, Dr. D. 
( hester Brown, Adjutant Genera] George 
M. Cole. Homer s. Cummings, Charles A. 

G Iwin, Lucius l'. Robinson, Julius ( '. 

Stremlau, William l:. Webster and Judge 

l leorge W. W 1 hi ; l reasurer John T. 

Roberts and the following chairmen and 
members of sub-committees: Charles J. 
Bennett; I.. I-'. Burpee, George B. Chandler, 
I-'. D. i benej . Howell Cheney, Dr. C. C. 
Godfrey, George M. Landers, Thomas W. 
Russell, Arthur k. Shipman, Herbert K. 
Smith, ic c. William-, ll. Ik Freemen 
Colonel W. H. Hall. I;. F. English, Leo A. 
Korper. A. L. Maddock, Bryan F. Mahan, 
L. S. Smith and \li-- Margaret T. Corwin. 

Plans for the Connecticut Conference ol 
Charities and Correction to he held Vpril 
< I -in mil. -J mi page 6) 



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The editorials printed on this page were contributed, at the invitation of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, by 
prominent citizens of Connecticut whose position in the commonwealth gives special importance to the opinions they 
express. This department will be continued in coming issues of "The Bulletin." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 

Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1 HARTFORD. CONN.. MAR. 8. 1918. No. 21 



SAVINGS WILL 

WIN THE WAR 



An Editorial by 

Rev. Or. Arthur T. Hadley 

President of Yale University, 

New Haven 



The war has greatly reduced the available 
labor power of the country. Hundreds of 
thousands of our men have gone abroad ; a 
still larger number are in training camps 
at home. Others are making guns and 
ammunition and aeroplanes. Still others 
are building ships in which to transport 
men and supplies. Probably one tenth of 
the total labor of the country, and one- 
fifth of its high grade labor, is being util- 
ized for war purposes. 

To prevent this loss of productive power 
from becoming a disaster, those of us who 
stay at home must work harder and con- 
sume less. This is the only way in which 
the nation can meet its war bills. Loans 
and taxes may give the government the 
necessary dollars. But loans and taxes will 
not enable us to win the war unless they 
are backed by actual savings. For the war 
is not won by dollars. It is won by food 
and clothing, by coal and iron. 

That is why a man or woman who saves 
money to invest, in a government loan helps 
the country more than the bank that 
finances the loan, or the capitalist who sells 
railroad stock to convert it into govern- 
ment bonds. The bank or the capitalist 
gives the government dollars. But dollars 
without goods behind them mean increased 
prices, not increased industrial efficiency. . 
man who saves money out of current income 
furnishes goods as well as dollars. Mi 
subscription to the government loan repre 
sents an excess of production over con 
sumption; an actual creation of capital 
which can be used for war purposes. I f he 
has made monej to put into the govern 
ment loan by working harder, he has helped 
to make good the deficiency in labor power 



PATRIOTISM PRACTICAL 
AND PERSONAL 



An Editorial by Rt. Rev. Chauncey 
B. Brewster, Bishop of the Dio- 
cese of Connecticut of the Pro = 
testant Episcopal Church 



Thi^ war is supremely a moral issue. It 
is against the devilish doctrine that might 
makes right. It means honor against per- 
fidy, freedom against tyranny, humanity 
against brutality. Never was our country 
so evidently in the right and on God's side. 
It is a privilege to stand by the country. 

Patriotism, however, demands more than 
standing up when the band -starts " The 
Star Spangled Banner." Devotion to 
country has made a big difference to the 
young man in the army or navy. It ought 
to make some difference to the rest oi us. 
The least we can do is to back up our fight- 
ing men, ourselves enlist, each and every 
one, in some service and lift our share of 
the burden. Patriotism must be personal, 
taking hold of us, and also practical, tak- 
ing shape in definite service. 

There is one thing every one of us can be 
doing. Winning the war requires vast sums 
of money. This is no rich man's war. It 
is a war for democracy and demands the 
co-operation of everyone. If you cannot 
buy a Liberty bond, you can in War Savings 
stamps and certificates make a safe invest- 
ment at compound interest, which, more- 
over, will be really helping the country in 
this time of need. 

It is a democratic plan. It makes each 
person a stockholder in the United States 
government. Boys and yirls can put their 
pet s into this rather than the slot ma- 
chine and get ethers to do the same. Think 
what it will mean to be able, years from 
now, to tell how you bore your part in the 
war! 

Will any of us let others spend and be 
spent, do and dare and die for us, while 
we do nothing? Let us get into the War 
Savings Campaign and every one help on 
the cause of right and freedom and 
humanity. 

CHAUNCEY B. BREWSTER. 



THE DUTIES OF THE 
STAY-AT-HOMES 



An Editorial by 

Rev. Dr. Flavel S. Luther 

President of Trinity College, 

Hartford 



Thackeray, in " Vanity Fair," remarks, 
apropos to Waterloo, "Our place is with 
ihe non-combatants. When the decks are 
cleared for action we go below and wait 
meekly." 

There is some truth in these words if 
applied to our present situation at home 
in America; but there is more than a " sug- 
gestio falsi." 

We who are left at home — women, old 
men. boys not yet ready for service, the 
physically unfit, all those whose work be- 
hind the battle-line is indispensable — all 
of us must realize that we are as necessary 
as the men who do the actual lighting. We 
are " behind the men behind the guns." 

You who shall read this may be thinking: 
" What a platitudinous waste of words; 
this talk of the duties of the stay-at-homes 
makes me tired." 

That many shall think thus is our most 
serious danger; our only serious danger. 
The boys at the front will not fail. The 
war department will grope and stumble into 
tin' finest efficiency. The navy department 
is living up to its splendid traditions. But 
if we who are at case grow weary of our 
petty sacrifices; if we use money for 
accustomed but unneeded comforts and 
luxuries that might go into savings-stamps 
and liberty bonds; if we dodge our taxes; 
if we growl at wheatless and meatless days 
and meals; if we try to make money out 
of the war through excessive profits or 
excessive wages; above all, if we fall into 
a cynical pessimism that doubts our 
capacity for complete victory and is half- 
willing to put despite upon millions of 
graves of heroes by consenting to an in- 
glorious peace through compromise; then 
are we in evil case indeed. If our arm in 
France be stronger than our soul at home, 
then our defeat is sure. 

Think over all these platitudes concern- 
ing the duties of the stay-at-homes. The 
ten commandments are platitudes; but they 
deserve constant attention. 

FLAVEL S. LUTHF1I. 



due to the draft. If he has secured it by 
eating le^s food or burning less coal, he 
has increased the amount of food available 
lor our troops and our allies, or the amount 
of coal which can be used to produce 
munitions. 

The ability of our troops to fight and of 
our allies to live depends upon the willing- | 

D. of D. 

lR 23 1 



ness ot the nation to produce as much as it 
can and consume as little as it can. The 
margin between the amount of food and 
find and clothing and other necessaries of 
life which our noncombatants produce and 
that which they consume is a rough but fair 
measure of our possible fighting efficiency. 
For these things are the sinews of war. 

ARTHUR T. HADLEY. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



War Savings Chairmen Meet 

in Convention in Order to 

Discuss Plans for Future Work 



CHILDREN ARE HELPING 
WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN 



Follow up" Discussed at Important 
W. S. S. Gathering Held at State 
Capitol — Attendance Large — Re- 
ports are Submitted 



Plans for raising Connecticut's apportion- 
ment of $26,000,000 of the national war 
savings cpuota of $2,000,000,000 were given 
serious consideration at the State Capitol, 
Wednesday, at a meeting of war savings 
chairmen and members of committees 
representing practically every city and 
town in the state. More than 100 were 
present, and sentiment was expressed on 
all sides that this state should leave noth- 
ing undone to go over the top " before 
January 1, 1919, when the first year's 
campaign will end. 

Howell Cheney of Smith Manchester, 
state director, presided. The principal 
speaki r at the morning session was Rev. 
Dr. Flavel S. Luther, president of Trinity 
College, and at the afternoon session was 
.1. K. Kavanaue.li. assistant federal director 
of Washington. During the daj reports 
were presented by chairmen from the dif- 
ferent communities, showing that the total 

i mnt raised to date in this state was in 

excess of $1,300,000. Henry C. Chappell of 
New London read figures showing that citj 
was the banner community, with a total 
raised and pledged of $112,563.44 or about 
$4.50 per capita. Manchester was next in 
line, witli a per capita average of $4.30. 
Other cities and towns were not far behind. 

One of the guests of honor present at the 
convention was Mrs. A. I). Crowell of South 
Manchester, who by her individual efforts 
has secured sixty four members of the Taft 
$1,000 Limit Club, of which former Presi- 
dent William 11. Taft i- chairman. Mem- 
bers of this club pledge themselves by their 
savings to buy war savings certificate- to 
tin' face value of $1,000 during the year. 
Mrs. Crowell was given an ovation. 

Assistant Federal Director Kavanaugh 
confined tin' greater portion of his remarks 
to tin- advisability of founding war saving- 
societies. In man} communities these 
societies, the speaker said, had been neg 
lected. The selling idea was uppermost, 
and the principal idea of the campaign, that 
of saving, was entirely neglected. Mr. 
Ixavanaugh urged that societies be founded 
wherever possible in order to promote the 
idea of systematic saving. 

Encouraging reports wen- received from 
the progress of the campaign in New Ha 
ven, Bridgeport. Waterbury and Hartford, 
the principal population centers of the state, 
where the greater part of Connecticut's 
allotment must be raised. Affairs in New 
Britain, Stamford. Middletown, Winsted, 
ami many of the smaller communities were 
shown to be in excellent shape. In many 
of the nival districts bad weather had held 
back the work, but with the advent of 
spring a strong advance was promised 
everywhere. 

At the morning session, Dr. Luther -aid 
that of the 300 graduate- of Trinity in 
tlie -eivice more than 100 were now in the 
trenches. 



School Pupils of Connecticut "Doing 

Their Bit" — Ausonia Leads With 

89 Per Cent Enrollment 



McADOO APPEALS TO ALL 
BOY SCOUTS IN STATE 



Secretary of Treasury Asks Juvenile 

Army to Assist State Director 

in War Savings Campaign 



10,000 YOUTHS AVAILABLE 



The 10,000 lio.v Scouts in Connecticut, 
together with the*350,000 Scouts throughout 
tie country, have been asked by the secre- 
tary ot the treasury to enlist an army of 
war savers in every state in the union. The 
scouts have instructions from their national 
headquarters to ring every doorbell in the 
land, deliver a short talk on the necessity 
of saving, and take orders for government 
war-saving securities — the 25-cent and $5 
thrift stamps. 

President Wilson will write a personal 
letter of thanks to the scout in each state 
who has the highest record of -ales during 
the vein, and the wives of the cabinet mem 
hers have offered to give a victory Hag in 
each -tate to the troop standing at the top 
at the end of the year. 

Secretary McAdoo, in his appeal to the 
-couts. says: 

" Your splendid work in the Liberty Loan 
campaigns proved that the government can 
count on you and your organization. Know- 
ing that you are always ready to serve 
your country, and realizing how widely war 
savings stamps may be sold through your 
efforts, I take pleasure in presenting you 
another opportunity." 

Five million red post cards have been 
printed by the government for the special 
u-i' of the scouts. These are orders for the 
.local postmaster to deliver savings stamps. 
The boys will take the orders for stamps 
from house to house, drop the signed cards 
in the mail box, and the post-office will do 
the rest. 



CONNECTICUT COMPANY 
HELPING STAMP SALES 



Cashiers Offices Now Acting as Agents 

of Both Thrift Stamps and War 

Saving Certificates 

Hartford, February !.'■'•. — The Connecticut 

( onipanv has lent it- endorsement to the 
war savings campaign by placing thrift 
stamps and wai savings certificates on sale 
at its principal branches throughout the 
state, according to information received 
todav at the office ot the state director in 

this city. 

The stamps will be placed on sale at New 
Haven. Derby, Hartford. Middletown. 
Waterbury, Now Britain. Bridgeport. Nor- 
walk, Stamford and Burrville. Employees 
have bein instructed to give all possible 
assistance to the war savings campaign. 



Although it is too early to report com 
plete figures regarding the intensive drive 
conducted in the schools of Connecticut 
during the past few weeks for the sale of 
thrift stamps and war savings certificates, 
it i- anticipated at the state director's office 
that when the complete returns are in that 
they will show the children of this state 
have done their full share in the war sav- 
ings campaign. 

Weather conditions in many parts of the 
state have made the task of the workers in 
the schools much more difficult, especially 
in the rural districts. Everywhere the war 
savings stamp is proving popular with the 
old and young alike. Many boys and girls 
who heretofore have made any attempts to 
save are now inspired with the spirit of 
thrift, and altogether more than 100,000 
school children in Connecticut are buying 
lb- stamps regularly. At the present time 
Ansonia is leading in the campaign, with 89 
per cent, of its school children purchasing 
the stamps every week. 



ALL MUST HELP 

" We have a great deal of money to 
raise, and it cannot be raised by bankers 
alone," says William G. McAdoo. 

"The banks of this country have not 
resources to sustain America's needs in this 
war and to enable America to extend to 
our Allies who are lighting with us the 
essential aid which they must have to en- 
able them to go on with the war. 

"The rich of this country alone cannot 
do it. The men of this country alone can- 
not do it. The women of this country alone 
cannot do it. 

" But all of us, the people of the United 
State-, by disregarding partisanship, for- 
getting sellish interest, thinking only of the 
supremacy of right and determined to vin- 
dicate the majesty of our ideals and to 
secure the safety of America and civiliza- 
tion, can do this great and splendid piece 
of work. 

"Our business these days is to think 
only in terms of America; to forget 
self, to forget ambition, to forget partis 
anship. to forget everything except right 
and justice and triumph for America's 
cause and the suppression forever of those 
infamous thing- which have cast civilization 
itself into darkness during these last three 
horrible years. 

"Every man. woman and child in this 
country who wants to serve can serve and 
thev can serve in a very simple and effective 
way. Every twenty live cents invested in 
War Savings Stamps is a loan to your 
government and every twenty live cents will 
do something to help." 



PRICE INCREASE 

Beginning March I. war savings certifi- 
cates eo-t the purchaser $4.14 each, an in- 
crease of one relit OV IT tllC pi'ico ill Febru- 
ary. The certificates will cosi $4.14 until 
April I. when the price will increase another 

relit 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



$900,000 IN THRIFT 

STAMPS SOLD IN STATE 

Per Capita Sales in Connecticut About 

70 cents — Increases Noted 

Everywhere 



Sales ui thrift stamps and war savings 
certificates in Connecticut to date amount 
to more than $900,000, according to figures 
announced at tin- office of State Director 
Howell Cheney in this city, Connecticut's 
apportionment of the war sa\ing> fund ui 
.+'2.(1(10.(1(10.000 to be raised by January 1. 
pi|!i. i, $26,000,000, ami those in charge of 
the work an' confident that figure will be 
reached, titles are increasing rapidly in 
every city, town and village, and great 
interest is shown everywhere. 

The per capita sales in the state up to 
the present time amount to about 70 cents 
per person. The allotment for Connecticul 
is .^'2ii per person, and it is hoped by those 
in charge that the state will " go over the 
top" by tlie end of the year 



WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ARE 
HELPING BUSINESS ABROAD 



American Born Department Store Man. 

ager Says Thrift and Business are 

Qoing Hand in Hand in England 



War-savings and business are going hand 
in hand in England, according to H. G. Sel- 
fridge, the American-bom owner of London's 
largest department store. Mr. Selfridge, 
who recently returned to London after a 
hurried visit to this country, spoke of the 
English campaign just before he sailed. He 
said: 

"At the beginning of the war, it looked 
very much to many of us as if the end of 
the world had come. We saw ourselves 
transformed in almost an hour from a 
peaceable, happy, easy-going nation, into a 
nation of soldiers with a very strong 
opponent. 

" The failures in Great Britain during 
the war have been materially reduced in 
volume and in number as compared with 
any year before the war and. except in the 
actual luxury trade, profits have increased 
rather than diminished. One of the many 
causes which led to this happy result was 
the war-savings certificates which the 
government put out. The department 
stores, and in fact all business organiza- 
tions, got behind these certificates as a 
unit. 

"A gratifying feature in connection with 
these sales was the large amount of gold 
coin brought in showing that though much 
of this must have been hoarded for some 
time by the owners, they now realized that 
the time had come when their >:i 
should no longer be kept in the form of idle 
money hut should be loaned to the govern- 
ment to aid in the prosecution of the war. 

" Our business last year increased, so you 
see that the sale of bonds and war-savin-, 
certificates did not interfere with business 
in England; in fact, business as a whole 
was aided by the government expenditure 
and by the rise in wages. The same thing 
will take place here for the same reason.'' 



BUYERS OF WAR STAMPS 
ARE HELPING TO EQUIP 
OUR AMERICAN TROOPS 



Total Cost of Outfit for Each Man in 
Field is $156.71— Five War Savings 
Stamps Buys a Rifle fora Sammy — 
38 Stamps Fits Him Out Completely 



It costs just $156.71 to equip an Amer- 
ican soldier to take the field. By this is 
mean! merely to buy the clothes he wears 
and the arms he carries, according to figures 
compiled in the office of the state director 
of war savings. By the time he is trained, 
ami fed for six months before being sent 
nil--- the water, the costs mount up to 
thousands of dollars for each man. 

Every man. every woman and every 
child who buys thrift stamps and war sav- 
ings stamps is helping to equip these 
soldiers for the field. If you are saving and 
serving by aiding in this great campaign, 
you are taking an active part in defending 
your country from the kaiser's hordes. 

li \ou have bought 38 war savings stamps 
at $4.12 each, and one thrift stamp at 25 
nuts, you have equipped a soldier com- 
pletely. 

If you have bought one thrift stamp you 
have paid for one waist belt, or one hat 
cord, two pairs of shoe laces and four 
identification tags. 

If you have bought two thrift stamps 
you have paid for one trench tool, with 
which the soldier may dig himself in after 
storming the enemy's lines, or one shelter 
tent pole and five shelter tent pins. 

If you have brought three thrift stamps 
you have provided some soldier with a pair 
of woolen gloves. 

If your investment totals four thrift 
stamps you have paid for one bedsack, and 
the government has 11 cents left over. 

The price of four thrift stamps will pro- 
\ ide the soldier with his canvas leggings. 

Five thrift stanvps will buy one bayonet 
mm bbard. 

Six thrift stamps will pay for the 
soldier's summer undershirt or his woolen 
stockings. 

Seven thrift stamps will buy him his 
service hat. 

Eight thrift stamps will leave 15 cents 
lacking to pay for one bayonet. 

Twelve thrift stamps will pay for the 
necessary shelter tent, or for one steel 
helmet. 

You will have to buy 14 thrift stamps for 
tin- poncho that keeps the soldier dry as 
he stands long hours in the rain in the 
trenches. 

Fifteen thrift stamps will pay for the 
soldier's winter undershirt, or the under- 
garments that keep the nether extremities 
warm this kind of weather. 

One war savings stamp will pay for his 
cartridge belt. 

One war savings stamp and four thrift 
stamps will pay for the 100 rifle cartridges 
with which lie starts into battle. 

Two war savings stamps will buy his 
woolen shirts or his O. D. breeches. 

Three war savings stamps will buy his 
necessary two pairs of shoes or his gas 
mask. 

Four war savings stamps cover the cost 
of his O. D. coats or his woolen blankets. 

I f you have bought five war savings 
stamps you have paid for his rifle. 



STAMP SALES IN U. S. 
PASS $70,000,000 MARK 



Americans Now Buying Baby Bonds 

at a Rate exceeding $2,500,000 

Every Week Day 



Receipts of the Treasury Department 
through the sale of war savings certificates 
and thrift stamps up to March 1 amounted 
to approximately $75,000,000, according to 
information received at the office of the 
Connecticut war savings committee in this 
city. 

The receipts for the month of February 
approximates ^40,000.000 as against $37]- 
OUO.000 received through the war-savings 
campaign in England for the same period, 
despite the fact that the campaign has been 
running there for more than two years. 

The receipts are coming in to the Treas- 
ury Department at the rate of about $2,- 
000,000 a day. In other words, the receipts 
in this country, after three months, are 
already running at the same rate which 
England has reached after two years. 

The total receipts in England up to Jan- 
uary 20, 1918, were $550,000,000. At the 
rate at which the campaign is running in 
this country, we shall reach this total in- 
side of the year allowed by congress for the 
present campaign. If the rate continues to 
increase as it has been increasing during 
the past month, there should be no difficulty 
in attaining the $2,000,000,000 goal set by- 
congress for the year's campaign. 



LETTER CARRIERS HELP 
WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN 



Mail Men and Post Office Employees 

Rendering Valuable Service in 

Disposing of Stamps 



Connecticut's letter carriers, both city 
and rural, are rendering valuable service 
these days in sales of thrift stamps and war 
savings certificates, according to informa- 
tion received constantly at the office of the 
state director of war savings from all sec- 
tions of this state. 

In many cities and towns war savings 
societies have been organized among the 
carriers and also among all post-office em- 
ployees. The suggestion has also been made 
that the carriers be used for the distribu- 
tion of literature in the districts which 
they cover. Everywhere the mail men are 
co-operating in a manner which is highly 
satisfactory to the state director. 



ENGLISHMAN TALKS FOOD 

Through the efforts of the poultry depart- 
ment of the Committee of Food Supply, 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, and 
ih' Connecticut Agricultural College, Ed- 
ward Brown of England was secured for a 
speaking tour in this state. During the 
present week he has visited New Haven, 
Waterlmry, the Connecticut Agricultural 
College, New London, Hartford and Bridge- 
port. These meetings have been held in 
co-operation with the county farm bureau 
and the local poultry association. Mr. 
Brown has discussed at each the food 
situation as he has seen it develop in Eng- 
land and America. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Commercial Economy Statement 

Issued by Governor Holcomb 



Governor Marcus H. Holcomb issued a 
statement last week, urging the adoption of 
the commercial economy recommendations 
of the ( ouncil of National Defense and the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense He 
; 1 1 > j ■ < - : i 1 ■ - « 1 In the retail business men to co- 
operate in putting the recommendations 
into effect at the earliest possible date and 
urged the public, especially the women, to 
assist the dealers in carrying out the prin- 
ciples of commercial economy. 

The governor's statement follows: 

pi ople of the State of Conn- cticut : 

Democracy is on trial in the world today. 
America is the Mother Country of modern 
republics. As we led the way to freedom, so 
let us lead the way to efficiency. If a self- 
governed people does its work in a slip-shod 
way. no ground work of high principle may 
save it in the fierce struggle for political 
ence. 

Hitherto our country has been notorious in 
the family of nations for its wastefulness. We 
have been the world*s great producer and the 
world's great spend-thritt. 

One of our forms of extravagance — and a 
peculiarly selfish and indolent one — has been 
the absurd multiplication of deliveries of mer- 
chandise by retail merchants. In the language 
of the trade, "service has developed into super- 
service." This abuse can be stopped by co- 
opi r. Hon between the two parties interested, 
the dealer and the purchaser. 

I submit to the consideration of our people 
thi le simple and self-evident truths. 

First, that the man power of this country 
will be strained to the uttermost before this 
war reaches a conclusion. It is stealing from 
civilization at this hour to waste the services 
of a num. Shipbuilding, munition plants, farms, 
railroad companies, armies and navies are all 
clamoring for men. 

Sec od. the man power of the nation must be 
reinforced by diversion and substitution. 
I 'hi usands of men may be taken from the retail 
establishments of Connecticut without appre- 
ciable diminution of efficiency. 

Third, al ihe lequest of the National Council 
i Defense, the State Council of Defense, 
through its committee on Commercial Economy, 
o s to reduce this waste of man power 
ad equipment by: (a) by restricting deliveries 
ne per day over a given route; (b) by elim- 
inating "special deliveries"; (c) by organiza- 
co-operative deliveries: (d) by eliminat- 
ing "return or C. O. D. purchases"; and <e) 
by requesting the purchasing public to carry 
its own parcels, provided the purchaser does 
nut use a private automobile to go and get the 
pa reel. 

I therefore call upon the retail merchants of 
this state to put into effect, at the earliest pos- 
sible date, the substance of the foregoing recom- 
mendations, by means of friendly co-operation 
and the sinking of trade rivalry. I call upon 
the retail purchasers of the state (especially 
the women, who in other lines of war work are 
Berving their country so loyally and effectively) 
to assist the dealers in carrying out this needed 
reform. Finally, in this and in every other 
way I call upon all the people of this ancient 
commonwealth to save and serve unceasingly, lo 
Ho end that personal and political freedom 
irderly soli-government, which here hud 
its birth under a written constitution, shall 
vindicate its right and ability to exist. 



LIVE STOCK MEN TO MEET 

Samuel Russell, jr.. chairman of the 
Live stork Department of the Committee 
of Food Supply, Connecticut Statu I i no 
oil of Defense, lias called a meeting of live 
stock men of the state for Thursday. March 
14. at the Garde Hotel, Hartford. The 
meeting will discuss ways and means of 
securing a profitable increase of live stock 
in the state. 



HOME GARDEN DRIVE ON 

Senator i '. C. Hemenway, chairman of the 
Some Gardens Department of the Com- 
mittet "t" Food Supply, Connecticut State 
Council of Defense, declares that the state 
is practically organized for this year's home 
garden drive. Working in co-operation 
with the food committee, each local com- 
munity lots made sufficient preparation to 
in in as many, and in many cases twice 
as many, gardens as last your. 



INVESTIGATE BALL FUND 

The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
li.i- notified its local agencies that investi- 
gation ..f the ■■('lark C. Griffith Ball and 
Hat Fund," with headquarters in Washing 
tun. has convinced the council that money 
forwarded to this fund is honestly expended. 
Money is being solicited through the mail 
for the purpose of furnishing baseball 
equipment to the men in the national ser- 
vice, Imtli in this country and abroad. 



Exercise Control 

of Time and Plan 

For Money Appeals 

( ( lontinued from page 1) 

21. 22 and 23, 1918 in New Britain 
explained by George L. Warren the confer 
secretary. After approving the plans. 
at Mr. Warren's request, the council ap- 
pointed a special committee to confer with 
the officers of the conference concerning 
all possible co-operation. The committee 
in inliers are: Dr. D. Chester Brown, Dr. 
('. C. Godfrey and Miss Margaret T. Cor- 
win. 

( hairman George M. Landers of the Com- 
mittee on Food Supply and Conservation 
reported plans of his committee. Report 
was made by the Committee on Woman's 
Activities of the patriotic food exhibits held 
in eight counties. Twenty-two additional 
exhibits have been arranged and tentative 
plans have been made for eleven others. 

Julius C. Stremlau, a member of the 
council, will be absent from the state for 
six weeks on an important labor mission 
for the national government. Ira M. Orn- 
bttin. of New Haven, a prominent member 
ut o i onnecticut Federation of Labor, has 
been invited to attend the general sessions 
of the council during Mr. Stremlau's 
absence. 

I here «a< no general session of the coun- 
cil this week. An executive session was held 
Tuesday evening. 



14 



S mileage Book " Sale is 

Bringing Good Returns 



Council Gives Endorsement — Gov. Hol- 
comb One of Early Purchasers 
of Books 



Daily returns from the sale of " Smileage 
look-" in the state show that good results 
have boon accomplished by local agencies of 
the Connecticut Statu Council of Defense in 
distributing these books. Hundreds of re- 
tail -fores and other places of business in 
the state are helping the movement to pro 
vide free entertainment for Connecticut 
soldiers in National Guard or National 
Ainu camps. 

The council of Defense is giving complete 
co-operation to the Military Entertaining 
Council of the war department in making 
the sale successful in this state. Every 
"Smileage Hook" sold means good entei 
tainment in a camp theater, without cost 
to himself, for sum,, soldier who needs this 
sort of recreation when off duty. 

Governor Marcus II. Holcomb was i 
the early purchasers of some of these books. 
He forwarded them last week to the com- 
manding officer at Camp Devens, Ayer, 
Mass. with the special request that they be 
distributed, if possible, to Cum 
men. 

The governor's letter to the commanding 
officer al ( amp Devens follows: 
" Commanding < Ifficer, 
" ( lamp 1 tu\ ens, 
"Ayer, Mass. 
■■ Dear Sir: 

" Enclosed 1 am sending some ' Smileage 
Books, 1 which I trust you will put in the 



hands of soldiers in Camp Devens who 
otherwise would not receive these books of 
coupons which provide free admission to 
camp theaters. If possible, it is my pref- 
erence that these be given to Connecticut 
soldiers in the cantonment. I hope that 
citizen- of Connecticut generally will take 
advantage of the opportunity which these 
■ Smileage Looks' offer to send to our buy- 
in Camp Devon- this means of attending 
the theater in their camp without cost to 
themselves. 

'■ \ ery truly yours. 
(signed) "M. H. HOLCOMB, 

Governor." 

The personal letter which each " Smileage 
Book" recipient will receive from the gm 
ernor follows: 
"To Some Soldier at Camp Devens: 

I! re is a 'Smileage Book' which con- 
tain- coupons that will admit you to shows 
in your cam]) theater. It is my hope that 
you will enjoy the shows which this book 
enables you to see. The people of this 
nation are proud of you boys who are train- 
ing to make up our great National Army. 
We want your nil' duty hours to be happy. 
We realize what you are giving up to de- 
fend the land we love. The pleasure which 
we who remain at home can give you 
through these 'Smileage Books' is but a 
-mall installment of the great debt we owe 
to you. 

I signed t " M. H. HOLCOMB, 

Governor." 



CONNECTICUT - BULLETIN 



Singers Enrolled in 

Liberty Choruses of 
State Now Over 5000 



ALL GROWERS SHOULD 

SECURE SEEDS EARLY 



AMERICANIZATION WORK 



(Continued from page 1) 

to the respective war bureaus with the re- 
sult that directors have been appointed who 
effected organization quickly. .Singers have 
secured an early mastery of the patriotic 
and popular selections. Manufacturing 
plants, educational institutions and musical 
and social organizations have their own 
Liberty Choruses in some of the larger 
cities. The average Liberty Chorus has a 
membership of fifty. The largest enroll- 
ment of singers in any cine chorus is 45(1. 

The communities which have organized 
Libertj Choruses, with the names of direc 
tors or chairmen, follows: 

Lnsonia B" I HB ■ 

Avon — 

r.arkhamsted — F. H. King, chairman. 

Berlin — Lester F. Deming. 

Bi i he! — i iiiin S. Barnum. 

Branlord — George W. Barhydte. 

Bridgeport — Manufacturers Liberty Chorus, 
George H. Hadley ; Schwablacher Maenner- 
chor, Inc., Joseph J. Seheitinger, president. 

Bristol - R. S. Dudley. 

Brooklyn — 

Cheshire E. W. Storrs. 

Clinton — Rev. A. B. Gifford, chairman. 

Cornwall — Dr. Reginald H. Stow.-. 

Colchester- Mrs. Joseph Wallace, chairman. 

Colebrook— W. W. '('(riper, chairman. 

Cromwell Kirk W. Dyer. 

Collinsville — Fred R. Wilden. 

Darien — Mrs. G. H. Moxon, chairman. 

Durham — Frank Stroug. 

Easthampton — Mrs. A. D. Williams, chair- 
man. 

Essex — A. D. W. Chalker. 

( : i . ■< n w i < 1 1 Edward C. Andrews. 

ton — Arthur Hannay. 

Guilford — 

Hadlvme — Mary Comslock. 

Hartford — Hartford Public High School, 
R. L. Baldwin; Choral Club, R. L. Baldwin; 
Governor's Liberty Chorus, J. S. Stevens; 
I'rali & Whitney Chorus. 

Jewett City — Theodore A. Robinson. 

I.akeville — W. B. Perry, jr. 

Lebanon — B. F. Clark. 

Litchfield — G. C. Woodruff. 

Madison — Madison Liberty Chorus, George 
L. Scranton ; Hemonassett club, ('. II. 
Meigs. 

Manchester — F. J. Bendall. 

Meriden — Frederick B. Hill. 

Middlebury — Mrs. F. A. Waters 

Middletown — W. B. Davis. 

Miliord — Lorenzo B. Oviatt. 

Montville — Miss Edith Huggard. chairman. 

New Britain - ■- New- Britain ili^h School ; 
Provocational School. 

New Haven — Candee Rubber Company 
Chorus, Geo. C. Stock ; Lowell House, G. 
I Stock ; Dante Chorus, G. C. Stock ; Fair- 
haven, G. C. Stock ; West Rock ; Edgewood 
Club, Paul Thompson ; Kiwanis Club, Paul 
Thompson ; East Rock. Rev. Roy Hough- 
ton ; Neighborhood House Music School, 
Miss Higgins ; Railroad Y. M. C. A. ; East 
Haven; Y, W. C. A. Unit; City Point; 
High School Auditorium Chorus, W. E. 
Brown; Yale School of Religion; Yale Glee 
Club, G. Frank Goodale ; Hungari Society; 
Girls' Friendly Society, G. C. Stock; Green- 
field Hill. 

New Hartford — F. B. Jones, president. 

New London — Liberty Chorus, No. S6, 
Mary C. Browne; Liberty Chorus No. 43, 
Mary C. Browne; Liberty Chorus No. 47, 
Mary C. Browne. 

Newtown — Hobart G. Warner. 

Niantic — F. A. Beckwith, chairman. 

North Canaan — R. D. Pierce. 

Norwich — G. D. Geer. 

Old Lyme — C. G. Smith. 

Orange — Mitchel Robinson. 

Plainville — F. P. Usher. 

Plymouth — G. C. Stock. 

Pomfret — John Ash. 

Portland — F. R. Goodrich. 

Prospect — Charles iVlosher. 

Held — Charles W. Walker. 
i ille — A. E. Waite. 
Rocky Hill — Rev. Morris E. Ailing, chair- 
ma Q. 



Advice of Chairman S. F. Willard, 

Whose Committee Investigated 

Seed Situation 



Dr. Jane Robbins Selected as Chairman 
for Important Task 



A report of the seed situation has been 
made to the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense showing that an ample supply of 
seeds will'be obtainable this year. Last 
week Chairman S. F. Willard of the seed 
stock departmeni of the committee on Food 
Supply and Conservation issued a statement 
for the purpose of allaying apprehension 
because of a rumored shortage of seeds. 

Mr. Willard's advice follows: 

" Make your plans and secure your 
seeds early, but not too early and do 
not plant them until the earth is 
' ■■ them sji f-h . Rasa aieei 

that weather conditions and slow freight 
service have kept supplies back and distri- 
but ion is greatly delayed. Give your seeds- 
man time to execute your order, which 
should provide for substitution, and you 
iteid not fear failure. Seed stocks are ob- 
tained from various seed growing center-. 
from Maine to California, no one of which 
is of greater importance to Connecticut 
planters than our Connecticut seed centers, 
the American seed supply is short because 
of unfavorable weather conditions, which 
have been general the past summer. Some 
varieties are higher in price because of a 
great increase in cost of production. The 
usual wide range in varieties is somewhat 
limited because of these crop failures, 
greater in some families of vegetables than 
in others. Does it matter much if youi 
seedsman, who usually could give you a 
choice of say a dozen varieties of beet, 
cabbage, beans or corn, has only six or eight 
that you can choose from this year': four 
results will be as satisfactory, your yields 
will be as huge. You must use what is 
available and be patient with both merchant 
and carrier. 

" There is, we are fully assured, no 
danger whatever but that you can obtain 
an ample supply of practically every need- 
ful standard variety of vegetable seed 
required." 



Salisbury — W. B. Perry. 

Seymour — P. B. Hunt. 

Southington — 

Southport — .(. Nelson Hutchinson. 

stmiington — Dr. J. H. Weeks. 

Suffleld — H. S. Truesdell. 

Thompsonville — Denslow King. 

Thomaston — P. T. Bidwell. 

Torrington — John A. Tuttle. 

Uncasville — 

Unionville — N. C. Duff. 

Waterford — Quaker Hill Liberty Chorus, 
Mrs. F. J. Alexander; Jordon Village Lib- 
erty Chorus, Miss Nettie V, Edwards. 

Wauregan — - Miss H. E. Atwood. 

Wallingford — C. H. Tibbitts. 

Waterbury — Waterbury High School, I. B. 
Clark ; Waterbury Choral Union, I. B. 
Clark: Scoville Mfg. Co.. I. B. Clark: 
Waterbury Clock Co.; Chase Rollins Mill 
Co.. Isaac B. Clark. 

Watertown — George Tompkins. 

Warehouse Point — J. D. Price. 

West Hartford — West Hartford High School. 

West Haven — Walter J. Hvlaml. 

Westbrook — C. L. Clark. 

Wethersfield — H. N. Clapp. 

Willimantic — C. H. Caswell. 

Winsted — E. P. Jones, president. 

Wolcott — Mrs Elmer Coe. 

Woodstock — H. Riddick, chairman. 

Woodbridge — Frank Munn. 

Yalesville — C. M. Tibbits. 

Westport — 



Dr. Jane Robbins has been selected as 
chairman of the Americanization work 
among the foreign women, to be carried on 
by the council's Committee on Woman's 
Activities. A meeting of the leaders among 
the foreign women in the cities which have 
the Largest foreign born element was held 
recently in the capitol. Those attending 
were: Miss Elsie Tieman, Greenwich,: Mis. 
(J. C. Brown, Danbury; Miss Dotha Stowe 
Pinneo, Xorwalk; Miss Helen Chapman. S. 
Manchester; Mis- Helen M. Hall. Middle- 
town; Mrs. Hotehkiss, Ansonia; Mrs. John 
Alt, Orange; Mrs. Alice Kelly, Wallingford; 
Miss Cornelia Comsioek, Meriden; Miss 
Elizabeth Huntington, Norwich. 



WOMEN SPEAK AT RALLIES 

The speakers' bureau of the council's 
Committee on Woman's Activities, under 
Mis- Mabel ('. Washburn, provided speakers 
during the month of February for thirtj 
war rallies, most of which were held in 
Fairfield County. In addition, speakers 
were furnished for seven meetings of 
women's clubs, two (1 range meetings, the 
Connecticut Library Association, the nurses 
at the Hart foul Hospital and a meeting of 
school children and mothers held in New 
Britain, the reports from the chairmen of 
tlie meetings have been favorable. 



JUNIOR FOOD ARMY 



The committee in charge of the Junior 

I' 1 Army has set as their goal at least 

fifty thousand members for the coming 
season. This will mean the production of 
at least a million dollars' worth of food. 

As soon as a boy or girl enrolls, they 
receive a button signifying membership in 
the Junior Food Army. If they successfully 
complete the project they undertake, they 
will receive a certificate signed by the 
governor. The committee in charge of the 
Junior Food Army consists of: Mrs. 
Sai 1 Russell, Jr., of Middletown; Miss 

M. Estella Sprague, home economics direc- 
tor for Connecticut: Jl. J. EJa.ker, director 
of extension service, Connecticut Agricul- 
tural College; 1,'olielt Seovillo. federal food 

administrator; F. A. Verplank, chairman 

oi c littee on Education, Connecticut 

State Council of Defense; H. C. Morrison 
of the State Board of Education; H. A. 
Brundage, Boys' and Girls' Club leader for 
Connecticut; W. J. Fitzgerald, and C. M. 
Jarvis of Berlin. 

The work of enrolling the boys and girls 
is being carried on at the present time. 



BOYS' WORKING RESERVE 



A drive for enrolling the boys of Con- 
necticut between the ages of 14 and 21 as 
members of the United States Boys' Work 
ing Reserve will begin March 18 and con- 
tinue one week. Arthur Howe, assistant 
state director, who will have charge of the 
enrollment again this year, is holding 
meetings of headmasters and principals of 
schools in each county in order to make 
definite plans for the enrollment work 
which will be carried on through the 
schools. 




(Ermn?rttnit luUrtitL 

Published Bi=Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, MARCH 22, 1918 



No. 22 



WAR BUREAUS FORMED 
IN EIGHTY-TWO TOWNS 
AS COUNCIL'S AGENCIES 



GOVERNOR CALLS BOYS 
TO HELP AGRICULTURE 



Prove Efficient Mediums Through 
Which Civilian War Activities Are 
Directed — Additional Communities 
Expected to Adopt this Method of 
Administration 

LIST OF BUREAUS 

AND THEIR CHAIRMEN 



War Bureaus had been established in 
eighty two communities throughout Con- 
necticut up to Wednesday of this week, ;i> 
efficient mediums for doing war work as 
local agi lilies of the ( onneel icul M ite 
Council of Defense. These take the place 
of the town committees originally formed 
by the council. Within the past month, 
twenty-two War Bureaus have superceded 
town committees. It is certain that ad- 
ditional towns will adopt the war bureau 
met In. J of administration. 

List oj War J'h, eaus. 

Up in the present time, eighty-two war 

.mis have been established. The follow- 

is a list of the towns which hare 

I bureaus, with the names of the 

chairman of each bureau : 

LITCHFIELD COUNTY. 

War Bun aus. Chairmen. 
' hen, 
Kent, 

Xew Milford, 
Roxbury, 
Salisbury, 
Sharon, 
Thomaston, 



John Pettibone. 
E. E. Wright. 
Rev. B. C. Chandler. 
X. P. Beardsley. 
W. J. Warner. 

\. -I. Plunkett. 
Newton D. Holbrook. 



(Continued on ] 



Hundreds of Connecticut boys are en- 
rolling for farm work in the United States 
Hoys Working Reserve as a patriotic duty 
to help in the production of a greater food 
supply in this state. Governor Marcus 
II. Ilolcomb opened the enrollment cam- 
paign with a call to the boys between the 
ages of 16 and 21 to fill the gaps in the 
agricultural ranks. Enrollments are being 
through schools and Y. M. C. V 
The Governor's letter follows: 

III: BOYS OF CONNECTK I 
"There is a shortage of labor all over 
our countrj because of men being with- 
drawn from their regular occupations bj 
the duties of war. The shortage in Con 
neeticut is particularly acute on accounl of 
I demand for workers in muni- 
tion fact. uies. You, and you only, can 
fill the gaps. You can serve best in agri- 
cultural occupations by enrolling in the 
United States Roys' Working Reserve. 

"The ~st.it i i onnecticut must not 
depend upon others for anything that can 
be produced within its borders. It is not 
putting it too strongly to say thai everj 
who spends his summer in 
or pleasure seeking is a - 
and unworthy of the name American. I liere 
will be times when you'll be weary and 
lame, but, when you are, think of the older 
brothers in France fighting to preserve 
your country and its ideals for you, and 
then go back to your work with a smile 
on your face-, a song on your lips and 
determination in your heart. The eyes of 
this grand old Commonwealth are upon 
you: Connecticut expects every boy to do 
his duty. You are needed now in the ranks 
of the United States Boys' Working 
:ve. 

"M. H. HOLCOMB, Governor." 



ASKS THAT IMPROPER 
TEXTBOOKS BE TAKEN 
FROM HANDS OF PUPILS 



President Wilson Approves 



Local Council Organization 



President Woodrow Wilson has written to Richard M. Bissell, chairman of 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, praising the state's extension of its war work 
into the communities. Connecticut was one of the first states to organize so thoroughly 
tor the war. 

The president's letter follows: 

"Your state, in extending its national defense organization by the creation of 
local councils, i- in my opinion making an advance of vital significance. Tt will, I 
believe, result when thoroughly carried out in welding the nation together as no 
a of guiit size lias ever been welded before. It will build up front the bottom an 
understanding and sympathy and unity of purpose and effort which will no doubt 
Tiave an immediate and decisive effect upon our great undertaking. You will find it. 
T think, not. so much a new task a- a unification of existing efforts, a fusion of en 
now too much shattered and at times somewhat contused into one harmonious and 
effi ■ t ice power. 

"It is only by extending your organization to small communitie that 
citizen of the state can l.o reached and touched with the inspiration of the common 
The schoolhouse has been suggested as an apt though not essential center 
for your local counsel. It symbolizes one of the first fruits of such an organi 
namely, the spreading of the realization of the great truth that it. is each 
as an individual upon win m rests the ultimate bility. Through this 

organization we will express with added emphasis our will to win and our confidence 
in the utter righti our purpose. 

" Sincerely yours, 

" WOODROW WILSOX." 



Educational Authorities Called Upon 
by Vote of Council to Take Action 
— Question of War Bureau Emer= 
gency Organizations Taken Up at 
Monday's Session 



USE OF PRISONERS ON 

HIGHWAYS IS FAVORED 



Educational authorities in Connecticut 
have been called upon by the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, under a vote 
passed by the Council at its meeting on 
Monday, to examine certain textbooks used 
in schools in the state and remove from the 
hands of pupils those which contain im- 
proper matter. The vote of the Council 
follows: 

"Voted, that the State Council of De- 
fense requests Boards of School Visitors, 
Town School Committees, or Boards of 
Education and the principals of all private 
secondary schools, to thoroughly examine 
all text books in the German language and 
books used in teaching European historj 
and to remove at once from the hands oi 
the pupils any such books that be found to 
contain any subject matter untruthful to 
.the facts of history and prejudicial to the 
war interests of the American people." 

Those present at Monday's meeting were: 
d. W. Alsop, Dr. I). Chester Brown, W. R. 
Webster, Judge George \\ . Wheeler and 
Lucius F. Robinson of the Counsel, Secre- 
tary W. F. Whitmore, Ira N. Ornburn, ami 
tin- following chairmen" and members of 
committees: T. W. Russell, G. G. Williams. 
George M. Landers, G. II. Holmes. Read 
Admiral W. S. Cowles, George B. Chandler. 
Dr. C. C. Godfrey, C. J. Bennett. F. A. 
Verplanck, Louis S. Smith, B. W. English, 
B. D. Bugbee, C. C. Elwell, Dr. F. H. 
Wheeler, Dr. W. A. La Field, E. P. Jones, 
Richard Wayne, A. L. Maddock, and Miss 
Corwin. 

The Council Voted that. Mr. Chandler. 
chairman of its publicity committee, should 
accept the invitation from the Council of 
National Defense to act as its representa- 
tive to address a series of war conferences 
to be held in varous western cities. Mr. 
Chandler will start on this trip about the 
middle of April. 

nimendations of the Council of Na- 
tional Defense concerning reporting conta- 
gious diseases in cities of over 10,000 popu- 
lation were read by Dr. C. C. Godfrey, 
chairman of the Committee on Sanitation 
and Medicine, and the Council voted thai 
such reports should be sent by the Stall 
Department of Health rather than by the 

cities, provided such action 
with the approval of the Council of Na- 
tional Defense, inasmuch as these reports 
I daily by the state health de- 
partment. 

The Council took up the proposition of 
War Bureau emergency organizations as 
ntinued on page 



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prominent citizens of Connecticut whose position in the commonwealth gives special importance to the opinions they 
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Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1 HARTFORD. CONN.. MAR. 22, 1918. 



LESSON IN THE SPIRIT 

OF THE FRENCH 



An Editorial by 

Oscar Kuhns, L. H. D., 

Professor of Romance Languages, 

Wesleyan University, 

Middletown 



I received a letter sometime ago which 
set me thinking of how we all can best 
serve our country and our fellow men in 
these days of anxiety and trouble. It was 
written by one of my former students who 
was an ambulance driver in France, — and 
who had just received the Croix de Quern 
for gallant conduct. In his letter he told 
how he was present at the burial of a 
young French soldier. Beside him stood 
a French officer with marks of deep sorrow 
on his face. When the services wit." over, 
ibis officer turned to my friend and said: 
" That was the last of my four sons, all 
of whom have died for their country." 
Then drawing himself up he added with a 
brave smile: "And now I must go back 
to my men." 

What a lesson is this for us all. Now, 
if ever, is the time to keep up a brave 
heart, — to refrain from telling others about 
our own troubles, to cultivate the art of 
tact and sympathy and kindness, to look 
upon the bright side and to do and say 
the things that will comfort and soothe 
the sorrows of others. 

Some time ago a Boston newspaper pub- 
lished these words: "The day was dark 
and dreary, but Phillips Brooks came walk 
ing down Newspaper Row and all was 
bright again." 

We can all follow after this ideal; we 
can strive to be, as Matthew Arnold said 
of his father, " Helpful and cheerful and 
free." 

There is work for every man to do, 

A helping hand to give; 
A pleasant word and a friendly smile 
That will help another to live. 

— OSCAR KUHNS. 



THE IRREPRES- 
SIBLE CONFLICT 



An Editorial by 

Charlton M. Lewis, Ph.D., 

Professor of English Literature, 

Yale University, New Haven 



A hundred years ago our country was 
getting along very well with half her stales 
dedicated to slavery. The North and the 
South, in those days of difficult communi- 
cation, did not interfere with each other's 
institutions. But. before the young men of 
that day had grown old, neighbors had 
ceased to be strangers, and Lincoln fore- 
saw that the nation could not permanently 
endure half slave and half free. 

The development and interchange of 
thought have been carried one stage far- 
ther by the twentieth century; and the 
arrogant oligarchy of Prussia, which once 
seemed content to maintain its " peculiar 
institution" within its own borders, has 
found its task increasingly difficult. It 
now sees that is must either fail or dom- 
inate the world. The world can no longer 
endure half slave and half free. 

And Prussia will dominate the world if 
she wins this war. Retaining her present 
grasp upon Middle-Europe, she will in 
: s be a power that t lie two hem 
ispheres cannot resist. Even the universal 
militarism to which, in the meantime, we 
shall in desperation subject ourselves, will 
he unavailing. The ultimate outcome will 
be the passing of free institutions from the 
earth, and every dream of public righteous- 
will extinguished. 

The irrepressible conflict is upon us. To 
postpone the issue now would have the 
same effect as to have avoided the challenge 
altogether; it would seal the death-war- 
rant of our liberty. To talk of peace before 
Germany has surrendered is to talk of 
social and institutional suicide. The only 
possible time for the salvation of the world 
is now; the only possible agent is our own 
nation with its allies ; and the only possi- 
ble means is our unflinching and heoric 
consecration to the task of every ounce of 
our national strength. 

CHARLTON M. LEWIS. 



A final report of the membership cam 
paign conducted this month by the various 
county farm bureaus, will be made about 
April 1. I. G. Davis, state leader of 
county agents, says that the campaign has 
been delayed by severe storms and travel- 
in™ difficulties in the remote sections of the 
state and that some communities had to 
postpone their campaigns, causing a delaj 
in compiling the returns for the entire 



MAKING MONEY 



An Editorial by 

Professor Henry W. Farnam, 

Professor of Economics, 

of Yale University, 

New Haven 



Many men wdio know how to " make 
monc\ " in their own business seem to be 
bewildered when they talk about the 
nation's business. They may not be trapped 
by the "business as usual" fallacy. Tnej 
max see that business cannot be " as usual " 
when everything else in the life of the 
nation is unusual. But they still balk at 
the distinction between "essential" and 
sential " industries, and hold that 
am legitimate business which is "making 
monej ' is an essential, because money is 
one of the most important munitions of 
\ a r. 

Of course, every business man knows 
that he doe- not "make money" in the 
literal sense of the word. That is a func- 
tion reserved to the United States mint. 
But he does not always realize that the 
process known as " making money " simply 
means selling goods or services for more 
than it has cost to produce them. The 
profit itself is generally not money in the 
literal sense of the word. Tint bank credit 
or purchasing power, which enables the 
owner to buy services or goods. All busi- 
ness is. therefore, in the last resort barter. 
Whether an enterprise is advantageous to 
the country depends entirely upon the 
social utility' of the goods or services which 
it sells, not upon the amount of goods 
which it enables those interested in it to 
buy. 

The expressions " essential " and " non- 
essential " are not felicitous, because the 
difference is often one of degree rather than 
of kind. But there is a distinction which 
is very real, and the sooner it is recognized, 
the better it will be for business and for 
the countrv. 

HENRY W. FARNAM. 



SPECIALLY QUALIFIED MEN 
WANTED 



The United States Public Service Reserve 
is asking Federal Director Leo A. Korper 
for the names and records of specially 
qualified men for the Engineers Corps and 
the Gas Defense Section of the Medical 
Department, both services being identified 
with the United States Army. Railway 
operating men. clerks, stenographers and 
cooks are needed for engineer regiments and 
rubber experts and gas blowers for X-Ray 
tube work are needed for the Gas Defense 
Section. 



D. of _♦ 

PR 3 1 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



GOVERNOR HOLCOMB CHAIRMAN 

OF $500 LIMIT CLUB IN STATE 



Members of New Connecticut Organization to Agree 

to Buy \kar Savings Stamps to the Cash Value 

of $500 During Present Year 



An appeal to the farmers of New England 
urging them to renewed patriotic endeavor 
both in the war savings campaign and in 
other movements now In-fore the public has 
been issued by the state director of wai 
sa\ in"-. I he appeal is as follows: 

■■ l abor is scarce. You cannot take mil 
lions of the lies! workers ou1 E pi 
labor and nun them into soldiers and 

sailors, without making labor sea Von 

cannot take other millions of nun in 
women out of their peace-time joi 

-in to making munitions, without 
making labor scarcer still. 

:i scarce or not, if this country, it, 
soldiers and its allies are to be fed — - in 

short if we. are to -land any chani f 

winning there must be labor on the 
farms. Other places where there n 
labor a re -in h places us the munition 
fuel. rie-. the coal mines, the sin; 
the tee! mills, the eotton and wool 
factories and the shoe factories. What labor 
lie re is must be used where it will do the 
most good. The country has a right to 
demand this. You have a right to demand 
this. If it cannot be done, we cannot win 
the war. 

■• If, as « e a re urged in the thri I 
paign, people buj nothing they can possible 
do without, labor now used in the pro 
duction of many things will be released for 
bhi i es, including farming. 

U e need to keep money circulating in the 
righl channels. It should be spent i 
thing- as Libertj bonds, the Red Cross, or 

• he a ' ans of producing f 1 and other 

necessaries." 



THE WAR=SAVINGS SOCIETY 



It providi s an oppoi tunity for a 
discussion of the war, which is the 
chief business in which this country 
is now engaged. 

It fin nisi i ) and convenient 

ii. thod ' i buj ing \\ ar v a\ ing .si. mips. 

It furnishes a basis for competition 
and rivalry between societies, with a 
.mi beneficial effect upon indi- 
vidual savings. 

It introduces the habit of reg 
systematic saving and relieves the 

necessity oi i stantly urging the 

purchase of War-Saving, Stamps 
upon the public. 

ll provides a medium through 
which the subject of thrift can be 
kept befi re i he people o\ er a long 
period of time. 



HOARDED MONEY 



I 'ost office officials and ot her person, in 
all part of Connecticut have reported to 
! ie of t In state direi toi i win savings 
in tliis city that the war - impaign 

is bringing into general circulation large 
amounts of money heretofore secreted or 
hoardi I for various inexplicable reasons. 
As an illustration that the war savings 
campaign is "bringing mone out of the 
socks " in many communities, it is r 
that one large post-office received a dollar 
bill hearing the date 1858. This piece of 
paper money crumbled to pieces when 
handled. In another office a hoy appeared 
carrying a $3 gold piece with which to buy 
thrift stamps. It was the first piece of 
that denomination to be seen at the office 
in at least twenty-five years. Numerous 
two and three cent pieces have also been 



To board a dollar does not require intelli- 
The keenness of a person's wit is 
proved bj i he distance he make, it go, 



Don't fi rgel that thrift stamp each week. 

Get you] i i a fly for your home 

ard 



FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN 
AID WAR SAVINGS DRIVE 

War Savings Societies Formed in Fire 
Houses — Police Asked to Assist in 
Keeping Tab on Outlying Agents in 
Cities 

Firemen and policemen of i one 
are to have an opportunity to participate 
actively in the war savings campaign, a 
cording to plans announced bj the state 
director. Various town chairmen in all parts 
of the state have been asked to organize 
war savings societies in the different fire 
engine houses. It is also expected thai 
thrift and war savings stamps will be 
placed on sale there. 

It is planned to use the police for the 
distribution of literature, and also to re- 
quest them to urge upon small agent, in 
the outlying districts of the cities the im 
portance of the war savings campaign. In 
several localities it. is expected that the 
police will sell stamps while on their beats. 

The $500 Limit Club is the last 
ization formed in Connecticut to assist in 
the war savings campaign, which is now 
ing inti i est in all part- of i be -late. 
Sol ernoi Marcus II. Holcomb has acccepted 
an invitation to become the chairmai 
prominent citizen, in every city and town 
in Connect icut w ill be asked to jo 

Members of the $500 Limit 
to purchase, preferably by their savings, 
mpa to the maturity value 
of $500 befor - l.miun 1, 1919. if is ex- 
pected that at least 1,000 persons will join, 
contribut in - 100,000 of Connect 
icut's allotment of $26,000,000 of the $2,- 
000,000.000 which the government will 
secure this year by the sale of war 
certificates. 



WAR SAVINGS SOCIETIES 
ORGANIZED EVERYWHERE 



Important Feature of War Savings 

Campaign in Successful Operation 

Under Care of State Director 



The war savings society is the big feature 
of I he thrift campaign at this time. The 

intensive drive, which ivi i ied on 

throughout Connecticut, has resulted in 
bringing thousands of men, women and 
children into the army of savers. But un- 
less it is possible to organize this army 

intain the interest that was ■ 
throughout the ent ire ,\ ea i . a la rge n 
oi the good work accomplished will fail i 
its complete result, according to a statement 
issued at the office of the state director. 

In every factory, store, school, church, 
lodge, or wherever else ten or more war 
savers meet regularly, a war savings society 

: foi nied. Such an organize I ion, with 

regular meetings, with program so ai I 
a., to keep before the mind, of the members 
the vital importance of the thrift move- 
ment, with records showing the saving, 
accomplished each month by the member- 
ship, will keep alive the enthusiasm and 
cultivate a spirit of emulation which will 
keep the thrift campaign alive, a -potent 
force in the great work of winning the 
war. 

Booklets containing the rules for organ 
izing these societies with suggestions for 
keeping the record, and for programs, 
ivhich will prove of interest and value to 
the members, will be supplied by the state 
'I i tor for war savii 

i iie-. , , : el ie- a re all affiliated with tin- 
national war saving- committee, and certi- 
"f affiliation are issued to them a 

soon as they an anized. Service Hags 

have been designed which will indicate 
t he pn ■ ..lie by the society from 

month to month. Other interesting and 

valuable adjuncts to the work of th 

societies are being constantly worked out. 



CONNECTICUT SALES 



■ of thrift stamps and war savings 
certificate! in Connecticut now amount to 
approximately $1,300,000, according to 
figures announced todaj at the office of the 
tat war savings committee. This amounts 
to about 5 per cent, of the state's allot- 
ment of $26,000,000 for the year ending 
December 31. Sales, however, are -t 
increasing throughout the state. The total 
amount of stamps sold on Monday- was 
$77,000, more than twice the amoui 
the average dairj oi January, and 

considerably above I he be I a\ iragi - Eoi 
February. 



John Wanamaker inserted in the Phila- 
delphia papers this neck announcement that 
Thrift Stamp- and War Saving, Stamps 
would be sold at every counter in the store. 
This notice reads, " Wherever you make a 
purchase of merchandise, then- also you can 
make a purchase of one of I nele Sam's 
'Baby Bonds.' Whenever .von complete a 
purchase, you can say to the sales pi 
' I will take a thrift stamp, too.' and i 
be handed to you with your change. Or, 
not a cash transaction, you can have 
the Thrift. Stamp chin 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



POSTER CONTEST PLANNED 
FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN 

Scholars in Connecticut Given Op= 
portunity to Take Part in National 
Competition in Aid of War Savings 
Campaign 

SUITABLE PRIZES TO BE 

GIVEN TO THE WINNERS 



l b !00,000 school children in ( onnecticut 
have been given an opportunity by the 
national war savings committee at Wash- 
ington to participate in the national postei 
competition, which has been started for the 
purpose of securing the besi designs for 
posters to be used in the war savings 
campaign. 

William L. Hagen, drawing instructor in 
the Prevocational Grammar School in New 
Britain, has been appointed to take eh 
of the competition in this state, and he 
has perfected elaborate plans so that all 
pupils in Connecticut can have an oppoi 
tunity to enter this contest. 

Prizes will be given as follows: 

I 1. \SS A 

First prize of 12 War Savings 
Certificates ($60). 

Two Second prizes of 5 War 
Savings Certificates ( $25 each ) . 

Three Third prizes of 3 War 
Savings Certificates ($15 each). 

Three Honorable Mentions 
class i: 

First prize of 8 War Savings 
Certificates ($40). 

Two Second prizes of 3 War 
Savings Certificates ($15 each). 

Three Third prizes of 2 Wai 
Savings Certificates ($10 each). 

Three Honorable Mentions. 

CLASS C 

First prize of 4 War Savings 
Certificates ($20). 

Two Second prizes of 1 Certi- 
ficate and 12 stamps ($8 each). 

Three Third prizes of 12 War 
Savings Stamps ($3 each). 
Three Honorable Mentions. 
In addition to the foregoing awards and 
mentions a national jury will award a 
national prize of honor, to consist of a 
ribbon. This ribbon, the highest of all 
awards, will be < b ing le individual 

in each class, who is necessarily a prize 
winner from one of the groups. Thus the 
nation's champions in poster designing 
among school students will be chosen. 
The classes are divided as follow-: 

A. Art school students including 
day and evening schools and art 
classes. 

B. High school students, includ- 
ing day and evening schools and 

la -ses. 
1 Seventh, eighth, and ninth 
grade pupils; including Junior 
high school pupils. When- there 
are only eight grades the ninth 
grade pupil comes under Class H. 



The State Council of Di fense has recorded 
its disapproval of the public sale of certain 
forms of securities in small denominations. 
At a recent meeting the following vote was 
adopted: "Voted. That it is the judgment 
of this council that corporations shall not, 
during the present emergency, issue foi 
public sale securities (oilier than stock) in 
denominations less than $500." 



THRIFT STAMPS REDEEMABLE 

l children and ol hers in < onm 
and throughout the country who purchase 
thrift stamps this year in quantities in 
sufficient to purchase a war savings certi- 
ficate will lie cared for. as a result of a 
special ruling announced by Hie Treasury 
Department, stating thai arrangements will 
lie made to care for such cases. The ruling 
Hows: 

1 he Seci ei ary of the I reasurj 
will make provision for the ex- 
change of thrift stamps after De 

iei 31, 1918, into War Savings 

Certi ficates, Series of 19 18, upon 

payment of the additional ai ml 

then required, or into somi iei 

series, or will otherwise protect the 
interest of holders of Thrift 
Stamps." 



$3,000,000 DAILY SALE 

FIGURE IS REPORTED 



Country Buying War Savings Stamps 
and Thrift Stamps at a Rate which 
Insures Securing of $2,000,000,000 
Quota 



HAVE A THRIFT POCKET 

A thrift pocket is a character builder — 
ii tests your capacity to resist. You will 
find it as alluring as the penny bank you 
once had on the mantlepiece. Select the 
pocket —any one will do — and (hen select 
the ci in. Suppose your "thrift coin" is a 
nickel Every nickel you gel goes into the 
thrift pocket. You can not borrow from 
the thrift pocket nor lend from it. Expe- 
rience proves that it isn't wise even to make 
change from it. and thai it is a failure if 
you are not honest, scrupulously honest, 
with it. Every time if yets over heavy, 
put it into Thrift Stamps. Thrift Stamps 
are light. 



War Savings Campaign has reached 
it- hi ; -.; 000,000 day. as shown by the 
[atesi report of receipts at the treasury de- 
partment received at the office of the Con- 
necticut State Director. Sales of the sav- 
ings stamps in the past three days to be 
reported have been: $2,295,000, $2,970,000, 
and $3,049,000. 

Three millions a day from the thrift 

stamps provides the treasury with a i 

one-tenth of the entire amount now being 
expended by the nation for the war. While 

»,000 is only three cents a day for 

every man. woman and child in the country, 

the entii i of the war is only 30 cents 

pet capita a if;. . 

The National War Savings Committee, 
delegated by the treasury to enlist 100,- 
000,000 investors in the "baby bonds" 
anticipate- soon reaching the $6,000,000 a 
day rate necessary to place (he $-J.(](l(),- 
000,000 issue within a year. This will he 
si\ lent- a day per capita. The sale ot 
these stamps will finance the government's 
entire emergency shipping program. The 
current treasury receipts from then all 
are already averaging the cost of building 
12,000 ton- of shipping a day. 



Bridgeport's Method of Supervising 

Solicitation of War Charity Funds 



The Bridgeport War Bureau has en- 
trusted the supervision of all War Charity 
Funds to its Finance Committee. The fol- 
lowing notice has been published, appar- 
ently by that committee, in a local news 
pa per : 

BEFORE YOl MAKE PLANS CO 
MONEY FOR WAR RELIEF 
OR CHARITY 

Get in touch with the Finance Committee 
of the Bridgeport War Bureau. 

Don't he insulted if permission to give 
your "rummage sale" or church fair is 
refused. 

Remember that only necessary requests 
upon the public for funds will he allowed. 

Your request may be necessary in your 
cms. hut. unnecessary for the further prose- 
CUt ion of the war. 

Remember that no sect, creed or organ 
ization is to be discriminated against. 

A Jew. a Unitarian, a Catholic and a 
fcant form the Finance Commit! 

The same paper records an interview 
with the chairman of the committee con- 
taining the following statements which will 
be of interest : 

" Primarily, the Finance Committee, in 
restricting the collection of funds indis- 
criminately, protects the man, woman or 
child who GIVES. 

" Secondarily the Finance Committee 



protects the interests of those drives, cam- 
paigns, and charities which are closely 
affiliated with, and which augment, the 
relentless prosecution of the war. 

"Unless the organizations, or persons 
hack of a drive or a movement can prove 
that said movement will he successful ami 
that it is a clearly defined step towards the 
prosecution of the war, besides assuring 
that everything but 15 per cent, of the 
■ receipts will be handled over to the 
committee and sent direct to the destina 
tion for which it was presumably intended 
— said organizations or persons had better 
stop before they begin. 

" We realize, of course, that many of the 
people who come to us for permission to 
give lectures, talks, and shows of all 
iption- may have the very best inten 
tions in the world. It is for the purpose, 
however, of preventing the impractical 
exploitation of the general public that we 
call a halt. 

" We intend to eliminate the gouging of 
advertisers through the medium of fancy 
programs as far as possible. Our merchant's 

give generously, and should not I ailed 

upon to get into elaborate programs with 

advertisements for which they must pay, 

merel\ because Air. So and So is also going 

mpressed into running an ad. 

"The public must not get the idea that 
we are trying to block any patriotic effort." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT FIRST 

IN COMMUNITY CANNING 

Excelled All States, According to Re- 
port of Department of Agriculture 

Connecticut led all states in the union 
in community canning work last year, ac- 
cording I" a report just issued 
United States Department of Agriculture. 
- show that this state canned 25,274 
quarts of produce by the community 
method. The state of Washington stand- 
second in rank -with 18,091 quarts and Wis- 
consin third with 11,362 quarts. 

The canning campaign in this state was 
promoted by the Committee of Food Supplj 
and Conservation of the Connecticul State 
Council of Defense, working in co-operation 
with the Connecticut Agricultural college. 

A farmers' mass meeting, to be held in 
the House of Representatives on Ft idaj . 
March 22, has been called by Chairman 
George M. Landers, of tie' ( ommittee of 
Food Supply and Conservation, Coi 
cul State Council of Defense. This meeting 
has thi itive support of the different 

agricultural organizations of the state. 

The United States Department of Agri- 
culture air sending a special represi 
Dr. W. 11. Jordon, Director of the New 
York Experiment Station, who "ill speak 
in their behalf and will discuss tie- i< od 
situation from a national standpoint. 
Scoville, Federal Food Administra- 
tor for Connecticut, will discuss the work 
of the I'nited States Food Administration. 
Joseph \Y. Alsop, representing the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense, will dis- 
cuss the problems of production and con- 
servation in Connecticut. 

Everj farmer in the state and all citizens 
intei -ted in farming are invited to attend 
the meeting, which will begin promptly at 
11 a. m. 

Reports heard at a meeting of thi 
Corn Committee of the Committee of Food 
Supply, Connecticut State Council of 
Defense, indicate an alarming condition in 
to the seed corn supply. Dr. E. II. 
Jenkins of the Experiment Station reported 
that fully one-third of the corn in the state 
i- evidently unfit for seed, and another 
third tit only after very careful tesi 

In order to awaken the people of the 
state to the situation, a campaign oi 
cation was voted by the committee. Read- 
ing lessons dealing with the need for good 
seed corn and best methods of securing il 
have been sent out through the 
Board of Education to all the rural schools. 

C. C. Hemenway, chairman of the Home 
Gardens Department of the Committee of 
Food Supply and Conservation of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense, an 
nounced at a recent meeting of his Depart 
ment that a man had been detailed to Con 
necticut by the United States Department 
of Agriculture 'to spend full time on the 
problem of combating insects in War Gar- 
dens. G. M. Codding who is to do this work 
is now at the Connecticut Agricultural 
College and is organizing his work for the 
coming season. 

Any community may arrange for a meet- 
ing with Mr. Codding at any time by ad- 
ng him in care of the Committee of 
Food Supply at No. 36 Pearl Street, Hart- 
ford, or the Connecticut Agricultural Col- 
lege at Storrs. 



THANKS THE GOVERNOR 



Camp Devens Soldier Appreciates Gift 
of "Smileage Book" 



Private Joseph E. Marcucio, is one of 
the Camp Devens soldiers who received a 
" Smileage Book " from those which Gov- 
ernor Marcus H. Holcomb sent 
manding general and he has sen! tin 
governor a letter of thanks. 

The soldier's message of appreciation 
follows : 

" < amp Devens, 

"Governor Marcus II. Holcomb, 
" State ( apitol, 
" Hart fold, '.inn. 
"Kind Sir: 

i a line to thank you for the ' Smile- 
ok ' you sent me. I cannot think 
you enough for it. A ' Smileage Book ' is al- 
ways welcome to us boys for we enjoy the 
shows very much. I have been in the Xa 
er live months and 1 
think we have worked wonders. I send you 
my besl regard. I am from Connecticut 
and 1 lovi my home state. 

" Very truly yours, 

"Joseph K. Marcucio, 
" Headquarters i lompany, 
" ::<>4th Infantry, 

imp Devens. Iyer, Mass.' 



Asks That Improper 

Textbooks be Taken 
From Hands of Pupils 

(Continued fn >i 

worked out in New Haven and Bridge] 

A detailed plan will he devise,!, after which 
it will he recommended to the large] 
state. A general plan of estti 
ing organizations u i ed. 

The matter of jail lal aken up and 

it was 

"Voted, that in the opinion of the Coun- 
cil it will be in the national interi 
County Commissioners contracl villi the 
Highway Commissioner for the worl 
prisoners upon our highways whenevi i thi 
public safety will not be injure, I l,\ such 
service." 

ouneil also voted that the nan i 

it- Committee on Foreign Bom Population 

to Committee on Amei i, 
tion, and that this committee be 

to add to its membership a repre 
sentative of the Committee on Women's 
Activities and also a representative ,,i the 
Board of Education. 



SOME WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES 



Tasks Undertaken in Bridgeport, New 
Haven, and Other Parts 
of State 



The " Minute Women " of Bridgeport is 
an organization that is doing active and 
efficient war work. Among the valuable 
tasks they have performed are supplying 
icret service with volunteer office 
workers, assisting in the sale of thrift 
stamps and the management of the recent 
tag day in connection with the Salvation 
Army campaign. All work has been done 
under the leadership of Mrs. H. W. ' leek 

An efficient motor service for the use 
of the New Haven War Bureau and patri- 
otic organizations, has been established by 
the Volunteer Bureau in that city. The 
same organization has supplied a milk 
with volunteer workers. 

Social welfare work is being conducted 
at the Hartford railroad passenger station 
b the efforts of the Health and 
:ion department. Mrs. Grace R. 
Clifford who has received special training 
in Boston for Travelers' Aid work has been 
delegated to the task of giving. information 
and help. 

Miss Mabel C. Washburn has reported for 
the speakers' section that a woman speaker 
will he heard at the •■ Victors " War 
rallies to be held throughout the state. 

The recently appointed members of the 
Health and Recreation committee are: Miss 
Annie Bond of Niantic, chairman ; Mrs. 
Charles M. Andrews. New Haven: Miss 
Hall. Middletown; Miss Leigh, Newington; 
Mrs. W. S. Schutz, Hartford and Miss Chon. 
Hartford. 

Thirty thousand " Smileage Books " have 
been placed on sale in Connecticut towns 
through the assistance and initiative of 
tie various war bureaus and town com- 
mittees. 



MEETING OF MARCH 11, 1918 

Those presenl at the council n ting on 

March 11 were: J. W. Alsop, Dr. I). Chester 
Brown, Charles A. Goodwin, Judge George 
W. Wheeler of the council. Secretary W. 
V. Whitmore. and the following chairman 
and members of commit i i Bennett, 

B. Chandler, F. D. Cheney, B I; 
Freeman, Dr. c. c. Godfrey . E. P. 
Leo A. Korper, George M. Landers, A. ].. 
Maddock, Ira N. Ornburn. G. E. Meeeb. 
Samuel Russell, Jr., H. K. Smith. I 
G. Williams, F. A. Verplanck, Miss G 
and Dr. Valeria Parker. 

The council voted to approve House Bill 
No. Slit:!, now before congress, placing in 
the hands ,,f the commissioner of Education 
ai Washington the control of all ■ 
izations soliciting interstate aid and the 
of licenses by the commissioner to 
such organizations as he may approve. The 
tar) was directed to notify Conned 
icut representatives in congress of this 
n and to urge their approval of the 
hill. 

Reports of the committee on Man Power 
ami Labor and the Publicity Committee 
were accepted and filed. 

On recommendation of C. J. Bennett, 
reporting for the Transportation Commit 
tee, tin- Council voted to forward to it- 
War Bureaus a resolution concerning co 
operation in the prompt handling of 
freight. Reports of the Committee on Edu- 
cation and the Committee on Woman's 
Activities were received and filed. A com- 
munication from James J. Hammond, 
of the Waterford Town Com- 
mittee, was read and the council was much 
interested in the appropriation of $500 by 
the town of Waterford to further the 
activities of its local committee. 

'the appointment of a special committee 
of seven to report, on organization and 
establishment of clinics and dispensaries 
for treatment of certain diseases, in accord- 
ance with a vote passed by the council on 
January 30, was announced. The com- 
mittee consists of Morgan G. Brainard, 
Hartford: Dr. F. H. Coops. Hartford; 
Arthur R. Kimball, Waterbury: George 
Palmer, New London; Mayor George A. 
Quigley, New Britain: Professor C. E. A. 
Winslow, New Haven, and Judge Isaac 
Wolf, New Haven. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



War Bureaus Formed 
in Eighty-two Towns 
As Council's Agencies 



New Havi i! 
Waterbury, 

\\ oli Mil. 



Just - 1 '•.. Beai h. 

Judge W. D. Maki | 
W ilfred V. Warn*. 



HARTFORD ( OUNTY. 



SURVEY OF CONNECTICUT 
FARMS BEGINS MARCH 25 



(Continued from page 1 ) 



ngton, 

- atertown, 
Winsted, 
\\ oodl 



Thomas W. Bryant. 

S. M. Buckingham. 
Dudley L. Vaill (pi 

■•■ R. Mm 



NEW LONDON COUNTY. 
wet Bureaus. Chairmen. 
I. vine. ■ Selden. 

New London, Henry C. Chappell. 
Norwich, Arthur F. Lib 

i Hd Lyme, Thomas L. Ha \ 

TOLLAND COUNTY. 
War Bureaus. Chairmt n. 
Coventry, Dr. W. L. Higgins. 

Rockvillc, Rev. E. T. Mat 

Somers, Ernest S. Fuller 

WINDHAM COUNTY. 
War Bur> aus. Chaii men. 
Killingly, F. E. Cun 

Plainf Charles Bragg. 

Pomfret, John Ash. 

Putnam, H. C. Meinkin. 

Sterling, Harold B. Mowry. 

son, II. 0. Greenlaw. 

VI illimantic, Frank P. Fenton. 

Woodstock, Melanethon Reddick. 

MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 
War Burt aus. Chairmen. 
Cromwell, Dr. F. C. Hallock. 

Archie Lord. 
Middlefield, W. L. Morgan. 

Middletown, I . M. Russell. 

Portland, F. R. Goodrich. 

MOW HAVEN COUNTY. 
ll ar Bureaus. G\ 



War Bureaus. 
Avon, 
Berlin, 
Bristol, 
Broad Brook, 
Burlington, 
East Hart ford, 
Enfield, 
Hartford, 
Manchester, 
New Britain, 
Plainville, 
Rocky Hill, 
Simsbury, 
Suffield, 

Warehouse Point 
Wes1 Hartford, 
Wethersfield, 
Windsor, 
Windsor Locks, 



Sherman W. Eddy. 
1 1, F. Lewis (pro tern | 

Joseph II. Dill: 

Howard A. Middleti n. 
Elliot Alderman. 
Edward E. I 
John K. Bissland. 
Frank A. Hagarty. 
Frank H. Anderson. 
George A. Quigley. 
S. s. Gwill 
L. E. Taylor. 
Hem \ F. Ellsworl li. 
Samuel 1!. Speni 
Laurence F. Price. 
C. Edward Beach. 
i Hart I eim. 
William P. < ilder. 
Frank E. Healei 



FAIRFIELD COUNTY. 



Ansonia, 

( lie-hire. 

Derby, 

East Haven, 
Guilford, 

di n. 



Theodore L. Bristol. 
Frederick M. l'easele\ . 
Alton T. Terrell. 
John W. Doyle. 
F. H. Rolfe. 
Henrv T. King. 



War Bureaus. 
Bethel, 

port, 
Brookfield, 
Danbury, 
Darien, 
Easton, 

< ieorgetow n, 
( ireenwich, 
Monroe, 
New Canaan. 
Newtown, 
Norwalk, 
Redding, 
Ridgefield, 
man, 
Stamford, 
Stratford, 
I i imihull, 
Weston, 
Westport, 
Wilton, 



i men. 

eld. 

heel i . 
i iek 11. Beers. 
Arnold Tin 
Henry M. Baker. 

B Marsh. 
Bacon V\ i ' 'man. 
M. i lonnery. 
W. S. Meaney. 
Arthur J. Hull. 
llarr\ I'.. Tha \ i i . 
W. B. clover. 
Gen. Russell Frost. 
William C. Sanford. 
Setli Low Pierpont. 

. ichison. 
Edward E. Scoville 
Dr. DeRuyter J; 
Erwin Stickles. 
[. C. Fanton. 
W. H. Burr. 
W. K. J. Hubbard. 



MR. CONNING IN DEMAND 

Transportation Committee Man to 
Speak in Boston and Providence 

Meetings of I hambers of Commerce in 

the purpose of taking up the return load 
movement with William S. Conning, ch lir 
in ii of the transpoi ta1 ion eommil tee, of 
u1 State Council oi Defense, 
as the piii :aker. 

Mr. Conning has received a t 

n the Hig i\ i . rranspori i omm 
of i lie Conncii of \a< ional l advi iing 

him to get in touch with the < hambers of 
■ of Boston and I'mi idenee and 
offer Hem assistance in devising means of 
handling their freight problems, lie 
plied and a m Rhode I- land busi- 

ness men is now fanned under the 

auspices of the Proi i I er of 

I ollll: 

A similar meeting i- he 
Lost, ,n for In vi of thai city and 

easti l achusetts. Because of Con 
i. in the use of the motor 
truck for freight haulage on return I 
Rhode island ' setts are : 

ise in this state 
for all available information regarding the 
','. orkings of the plan. 



COUNCIL NOTES 

Julius C. Stremlau, a member of thi 

Coi ticuf. State Council of Defense, has 

been oui of the state the past four weeks 
addressing meetings of organized labor in 
the interests of the nt and the 

ful prosecution oi the war. Pari of 
the time he spoke to laboring men in New 
ii! ei, and vicinity and recently he 
ii touring New England. 



The campaign for more books for the 
soldiers and sailors has been approved by 
the state Council of Defense. Public 
Libraries throughout the slate are acting 
as agencies for the receipt of bopks passed 

on to w ar I ibraries both here and " i 

there" as gifts from persons who ■ 

help make the enlisted man's off-duty hours 

congenial. 



A call will be issued this month . 
newly created Emergency Farm Labor 
reserve tfnder Ihe direction of the United 
States Public Service Reserve. The move- 
ment is calculated to bring thousands of 
men into farm sen ice during I heir vaca 
tions ne\t summer and also many \vh i can 

spa ne in two days from their regular 

employmenl each week. 



Increased Production and Securing of 

Useful Statistical Information 

Purpose of Work 

COUNTY AGENTS SUPERVISING 



\ la mi survey will be conducted 
throughout the state, by counties, Eron 
March 25 to April 1 in behalf of increa 
food production this year and to secure 
useful statistical information for the si 
government . 

i he i onnecticut State Council of Defense 

irized the survey and the war bureaus 

and town committees are co-operating with 

county supervisors and their a and 

i el , i -. ( iiiiii j agent s of fa rm 

been appointed i nnti 

visers. 

A committer as takers will be 

anted by the local war bureaus oi 
town committees of the State Council of 
Defense from among the practical farm 
in each town. Information to be gathered 
in the agricultural survey, relates to the 
each farm, the crops in 1917. the 
ined for 1918, stock on hand, t . i i 
■■■■! in i- on hand and estimated 
ii operated for neighbors, 
under the heading of employei - the num- 
ber i t addit ional employ needed durin 
the entire summer, and the number of shi 
time employees needed for haying and other 
ting purposes. 
Connecticut has not had an agricultural 
L845. The Litchfield Counts 
farm survey authorized by the State Coun- 
cil of Defense and conducted last month 
uceess t hat it will bi u id ■ 
I by the other counties. The value 
of the agricultural census is estimated as 
two-fold. First, its object will be to bring 
about increased food production for the 
winning of the war and: second, it will 
supply the state with useful statistical 
I ion. 

assistant supervisor has been ap- 
pointed to direct the campaign in not more 
than two towns. Supervisors and assistants 
met Thursday. March 21 in their re - 
county f 1 1 in burea ' hi 
upon the campaign method- to 
in their separate counties. 

The chairman of the war bureau or town 
committee will be responsible for the sur- 
vey taken in his town. He will hive the 
appointment of the committee of census 
takers. The latter will receive their in- 
structions and survey blanks from the as 
sistant supervisers. The census of the 
of farms in the state will then 
proceed. 



SUGAR FOR CANNING NEEDS 

Connecticut fai I housewives were 

assured of an amide supply of sugai for 

hrough a report 
to the state Council of Defense by Chair- 
man George M. Landers ,,f the com 

id Supply and Conservation. The 
federal food adm ' guai anteed 

■ A and manufacturers of 
glass jars have been advised to proceed with 
their produi tion on a ba is of a su] 
sugar to meet all canning demands. 




Vol. I 



(Efltmgrttatt Bttlktttu 

Published BUWeekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, APRIL 5, 1918 




No. 23 



STATE WILL FINANCE 
MOVEMENT TO PROVIDE 
BOY LABOR ON FARMS 

Board of Control Authorizes Fund "Not 
to Exceed $25,000" for Organizing 
Army to Help Farmers Raise More 
Food in Connecticut This Year 



FARMERS APPEALIr^G FOR 

BOYS —SATISFIED LAST YEAR 



That tlie state is aware of the farmers' 
labor needs was demonstrated this week 
when the Slate BoaTd of Control authorized 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
" to expend in the promotion of hoy labor in 
agricultural occupations not to exceed 
$25,000." 

A campaign to enlist the services of boys 
between It! and 21 in farm labor has been 
in progress the past two weeks under the 
auspices of the United States Boys Working 
Reserve. Another force of boys between 
the ages of 14 and 10 is being raised for 
farm work under the name of the Con- 
necticut Junior Agricultural Volunteers. 
The state's money will be expended in 
organizing these two armies for greater 
food production. 

Plans for the enrollment and use of boys 
in agriculture during their school vacations, 
were outlined to the state Board of Con- 
trol by representatives of the Council. The 
board's approval nf such a large expenditure 
of money means that it will be possible to 
direct a large number of hoys into essential 
farm labor. The experiment of boy labor 
was tried out last summer by the Com- 
mittee of Food supply and Conservation of 
the State Council of Defense and good re- 
sults were obtained. Farmers were so well 
satisfied with the boys that they are ap- 
pealing for hoy labor for this year. 



SURVEY OF INDUSTRIES 



Shows Important Position of State as 
Center of War Time Industry 



The Committee on Industrial Survey has 
practically completed its work for the Con 
neeticut State Council of Defence and the 
federal government. Copies of its Limit- 
have been supplied to the Priorities I om 
mittee of the War Industries Hoard, Council 
of National Defense from whieh it 
important information concerning Connecti- 
cut industry. 

The fact that this important survey i- 
practically complete has been reported to 
the Defense Council by Frank D. Cheney, 
Chairman of the Industrial Survej Com- 
mittee. The survey includes essential in- 
formation concerning all industrial nlant= 
in the State. It is so tabulated as to be of 
great value to the State Council of Defense, 
as well as various important branches of 
the Federal Government. 



URGING OTHER STATES 
TO FOLLOW CONNECTICUT 

In Adopting Motor Truck for Widest 

Possible Use as Transportation 

Agency 



All the State Councils of Defense in the 
country arc being advised to put into effect 
Connecticut's " Return Load " plan. Recom- 
mendation^ have hern sent out by the State 
Council's Section of the council of National 
in the form of a resolution. Con- 
necticut's " Return Load " Movemi nt was 
inaugurated by the Transportation Com- 
mittee of the Connecticut State Council of 
I lefense. 
The national resolution follows: — 
"Resolved, that the Council of National 
Defense approves the widest possible use of 

the tor truck as a transportation 

agency, ami requests the State Councils of 
Defense and other State authorities to take 
all necessary steps to facilitate such means 
i f transportation, removing any regulations 
that tend to restrict and discourage such 



STILL RAISING MONEY 



Membership Campaign for County 

Farm Bureaus Progressing 

Satisfactorily 



County Farm Bureaus in making returns 
for the membership campaign, show that 
the state "ill give generous support to the 
n i vemeni for increased food production and 
a nser\ ai ion. 

Each county lias been developing its mem- 
bership campaign along individual lines and 
the campaign is more advanced in some 
counties than others. Membership fees 
are being solicited and collected or pledged 
I'm, in In tli men and women. The schedule of 
fees is: regular membership, $1; eontrihut- 
mbership, •'?10. and sustaining member- 
ship, $25. The money raised in each county 
will be devoted to the work of the county 
mil local farm bureaus in that county. 

Reports from all counties especially 
Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven and Hart- 
ford, are encouraging. The leaders in New 
London county will meet (his week to com- 
pile a report for the entire county. Wind- 
ham county has not undertaken an intensive 
membership campaign, having decided to 
spend it- efforts in working up a large 
permanent membership in the course of three 
or four months. Three towns in Litchfield 
county, Washington, Roxlmry and Water- 
town have the distinction of doubling their 
inota. The deferred campaign in the city 
of New Haven has lien unusually successful, 
rhe oit\ government has shown substantial 
lit the movement by appropriating 
*5,000 to be used by the County Farm 
Bureau for home garden purposes in the 
city. Fairfield ami Tolland counties arc 
devoting special effort to the campaign with 
good results anticipated. 



COUNCIL FAVORS PLAN 
TO SECURE LABOR FOR 
FARMERS THIS SUMMER 



Merchants and Manufacturers to be 
Called Upon for Men to Aid in Food 
Production — Industrial Survey is 
Practically Completed 



NEW COMMITTEE TO HANDLE 

COMMERCIAL ECONOMY WORK 



The Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense, at its meeting on Monday, discussed 
ami approved a plan of procuring labor 
from manufacturers and merchants for ser- 
vice in food production in the State this 
summer. It was voted, to refer the subject 
to Leo A. Korper, state director of labor, 
with power to act, and with the request 
that he co-operate with Chambers of Com- 
merce and manufacturing associations. The 
Council also voted, that its Committee on 
Commercial Relations be requested to pro- 
cure co-operation of Chambers of Commerce 
in this matter. 

Those present at the meeting were Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell. J. W. Alsop, Lucius 
F. Robinson, William R. Webster, George 
W. Wheeler of the Council; Secretary W. F. 
Whitmore, and the following Chairman and 
members of committees: F. D. Cheney, Rear 
Admiral W. S. Cowles, Harrison B. Free- 
man, Dr. C. C. Godfrey, E. P. Jones, A. L. 
Maddoek, Arthur L. Shipman. H. K. Smith, 
Miss Corwin, Dr. Valeria IT. Parker, and 
Miss Ruutz-Rces. 

Mr. Cheney reported for the Committee 
on Industrial Survey that the manufac- 
turers' industrial survey has been practical- 
ly completed and has already been made 
use of by official agencies. An informal 
report was made by H. K. Smith for the 
Committee on Man Power and Labor. 

"Sir. Jones reported for the Committee on 
Commercial Relations that it had taken up 
this work, and a meeting had already been 
held by the Chamber of Commerce officers 
from all parts of the State to plan its ac- 
tivities. It was voted, that the Commercial 
Economy Division, formerly under the 
jurisdiction of the Committee on Industrial 
Survey, he transferred to the jurisdiction of 
the Committee on Commercial Relations. 

Dr. Godfrey and Dr. Parker both made 
Reports. Arthur L. Shipman of the Legal 
Committee reported for his committee on 
several matters which had been referred 
(o if. 



MEETING OF MARCH 25 

Those present at the meeting of March 
25 were: Chairman Richard M. Bissell, J. 
W. Alsop. Homer S. Cummings, Dr. D. 
Brown. Adjutant General George M. 
Cole, Charles A. Goodwin, Lucius F. Robin- 
son, William R. Webster and Judge George 
W. Wheeler of the council; Secretary Wil- 
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Vol.1 HARTFORD, CONN., APE. 5, WIS. No.23 



WHEN JOHNNY COMES 

MARCHING HOME 



THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF 
WOMEN AS A WAR WORK 



An Editorial by 

Irene Nye, 

Dean of the Connecticut College 

for Women, New London 



An Editorial by 

Philip Curtiss, of Norfolk, 

Author and Journalist 



No matter when the war is over it will 
be only a short time now li 'fore Johnny 
conies marching home, first in ones and 
twos, then in larger bundles, and finally in 
one great, grand column. He may come on 
a sti etcher, he may come on crutches, or. 
through various chances of aimy life, he 
nay come home with no mirks at all — 
simply a tanned youth who looks funny in 
civilian clothes and is not quite certain what 
to do next. 

Now when Johnny comes marching home 
what are you going to do for him? You 
will of course stand on the curbstone and 
cheer; you will go to a banquet given in his 
honor and call him a hero; you will vote to 
remit his dues at the lodge; you will favor 
a pension bill; but what are you going to do 
personally? We Americans are great on 
organized charity, organized relief, organized 
enthusiasm, organized everything but, prob- 
ably for that very reason, in individual 
j 1 1 pithy we are behind every other nation 
on earth except possibly the English. We 
have the greatest freedom, the largest 
wealth, the best public institutions of any 
country in the world. We have also the 
rudest conductors, the most insolent hotel 
clerks, the most tactless policemen, the cold- 
est commercial manners, the most officious 
public officials. In congress assembled we 
are the most liberal people in existence; as 
individuals we are the hardest and the nar- 
rowest. And this Johnny is going to find- 
out ten minutes after he has taken off his 
uniform. 

The hardest year in a soldier's life is the 
year after he has returned home to safety. 
The very qualities which make a brave 



A teacher in a preparatory school for 
girls recently said that many of their 
seniors had serious doubts of their right to 
enter college and were contemplating rather 
juint; at once into war work. This is the 
generous and adventurous spirit of youth. 

Thousands of patriotic women and girls 
who have not had a college education can 
be of great use in taking the places vacated 
by men in factories, shops, etc., as well as 
by hours of work for the Red Cross. The 
question now before those young women, 
however, who have the opportunity to 
spend the next few years in college, is: 
Would my untrained labor now be of such 
value to my country that it would warrant 
me in postponing or renouncing entirely the 
opportunity of greater service as a trained 
worker cither in later years of the war or 
in the period of reconstruction? If I may 
seize possibly some opportunity of devot- 
ing myself to war work now, am I perhaps 
taking her only chance from another woman, 
who has not the possibilities of training 
which are before me? Miss Helen Eraser, a 
member of the National War Savings Com- 
mittee of England, who speaks from the 
depths of experience, says: " Full ■ service 
is only possible when training is finished; 
so equip yourself first ami then give all 
your service. — We have found that the 
women whose service is of greatest value to 
their country are the thoroughly trained 

(Continued on page 5) 



COLLEGES AND THE 

AGRICULTURAL PROBLEM 



An Editorial by 

Odell Shepard, 

Professor of English Literature, 

Trinity College, Hartford 



There has never been any question about 
the fundamental loyalty of our American 
colleges. East and west, north and south, 
books have been laid aside at the call to 
arms, cap and gown have given way to 
khaki. Nearly forty per cent, of last year's 
undergraduates are now engaged in some 
form of military service, and those who are 
not are straining at the leash. 

This remarkable record, dwarfing even 
that of our Civil War, has been made 
despite frequent statements from Washing- 
ton that most college men can best serve 
their country, in the long run, by remaining 
for the present at their studies. The spirit 
of youth is impatient of the long run and 
funis it hard to see that "they also serve 
who only stand and wait." It craves instant 
action. Many of the men to whom we 
should have looked for leadership in the 
trying years to come have chosen a more 
immediate service. All honor to them for 
it! But we shall have a heavy price to pay 
— a price the magnitude of which England 
i- just beginning to realize. 

This enthusiasm is not to be checked, 
even if we should wish it, but it may be 
directed. It cannot all be bottled up for 
future use. It is both the interest and the 
duty of the state to find for it some nor- 
mal and immediate outlet. This is not far 
to seek. Every one knows that our farmers 
must increase their acreage if America and 
(Continued on page 5) 



physical fighter do not accord with civil 
conventions, and from the day of his enlist- 
ment Johnny has been unfitting himself for 
civil occupations. He has been fed and 
eared for and worked on routine. Competi- 
tion, except in the excitement of battle, he 
has forgotten about. 

So when Johnny comes marching home 
are you going to stand and cheer and then 
call it a day? Or, even if Johnny becomes 
a problem are you going to remember " This 
man offered his life for me and mine?" It 
will have been a long time since Johnny 
has seen Hie bright lights and if he does 
make a lot of noise and excitement are you 
going to be one of the righteous little people 
who write letters to the papers and say 
" Ain't it awful, Mabel? " If Johnny has a 
note a little overdue at your bank are you 
going to put on that efficiency look and say 
"Business is business?" If Johnny (be- 



cause he went to the war) was the last man 
put on your pay-roll is he going to be the 
first you " let-go? " 

And before Johnny does come marching 
home? His wife or mother may not be in 
actual "need" but how about a ten dollar 
i bill slipped into an envelope without any 
name on it? A second lieutenant's pay was 
enough for a young couple to live on — 
once. But now with prices as they are! 
The wife of Lieutenant Johnny may want a 
new set of summer gowns as much as your 
own daughter. How about a little help 
there — not help but appreciation? 

We are fine to our heroes when we are 
gathered in bunches but what are we going 
to do for them all by ourselves when the 
bands have stopped playing? Johnny does 
not need your Smileage Books now half as 
much as he will need a job the day after he 
steps out. of uniform. 

PHILIP CURTISS. 



D. of D. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



HOW A RURAL MAIL CARRIER 

IS SELLING WAR SAVING STAMPS 



Patriotic Service Rendered by Guilford Man in Cam- 
paign — R. DeF. Bristol of Guilford Tells 
Plan of His Work 



Few rural mail carriers in Connecticut 
have been more successful in selling thrift 
and war savings stamps than R. DeF. 
Bristol of Guilford, who has been devoting 
a considerable part of his efforts since early 
in December toward furthering the War 
Savings Campaign. Mr. Bristol describes 
his plan as follows: 

•' When the War Savings Stamps 
wont on sale the Guilford carriers in 
common with others in other offices 
were advised through their Postmaster 
that they were expected to act as agents 
for their Government in the sale of 
them; were to exert every possible 
effort to effect their sale, and would be 
credited or discredited in proportion to 
their results, considering the territory 
which each carrier had to contend 
with. 

" We have at this office four carriers, 
two in the village and two on the R. 
F. D. The village boys began to get 
satisfactory results in December, with 
yours truly on R. F. D. 1 got going in 
January and R. F. D. Carrier No. 2 
showing up in February with a larger 
sale for one month than any of his 
contemporaries and we are all still 
going. In the first place each and all 
of us covered our trips with such 
printed matter as we received on the 
subject, following it up with personal 
interviews. 

" I airier on R. F. D. No. 2 had the 
hardest proposition to get his people 
going in good shape, and at his own 
expense got out a lot of circulars using 
information given on some data issued 
by the Post-office Department and an- 
nounced that he was to conduct a drive 
for War Savings beginning such a day, 
and started out to get their money with 
the result above mentioned. The boys 
have found that the only way to make 
sales is by personal interviews and 
some of them have spent their evenings 
in this way. Some of us have deter- 
mined to interview such a number each 
daj on the subject systematically. 

" When we received the information 
that we were supposed to do this work 
it never occurred to us but what it was 
as much our duty so to do as it. was to 
deliver our mail. Of course it takes 
some of our time and it means hard 
work to get results, but I don't believe 
that there is a member of our office 
force who feels that they have done 
their patriotic duty if they fail to land 
every single quarter there is to be had 
in this old town available for Uncle 
Sam's need. 

" Added to the sense of patriotic 
duty to dispose of these War Savings 
came a sort of competitive spirit in the 
work. If one of the force made a good 
sale they were not slow to let the rest 



know about it, and it was not long ere 
someone else was shouting about a sale 
just as good or perhaps a little bit 
better. 

" To my mind there is but one solu- 
tion to the problem of getting results 
from the carrier forces in this work, 
and that is in getting the whole force 
from the Postmaster down to the last 
man, to realize that it is just as much 
his or her duty to put across these sales 
as it is the soldiers' duty to do his part 
on the other side. We cannot all go 
" over there " and fight, but we should 
thank God for any opportunity to do 
our bit on this side. 

" Surely this is a work where no one 
person is in as good a position to put 
across War Savings sales as the letter 
carrier who knows his patrons as his 
own family; has served them in a 
capacity in which he gains their con- 
fidence; and beside is well acquainted 
with the temperament of each one of 
his possible purchasers and can best 
know how to approach them, when, 
and for what amounts." 



WAR SAVINGS SALES SHOW 
BIG INCREASE EVERYWHERE 



The War Savings fund now has $150,000,- 
000 to its credit on the books of the Treas- 
ury. The stream of small savings is now 
pouring into Uncle Sam's war chest at the 
rate of $700,000,000 a year, with every in- 
dication that the anticipated rate of 
$1,080,000,000 a year will be attained soon 
dlter the Liberty Loan drive, according to 
word received today at the office of the Con- 
necticut state direct"!'. 

The Treasury war savings figures record 
only the actual cash received, and not the 
pledged subscriptions for these securities, 
which, it is estimated, are now in excess of 
$500,000,000, or about one-third of the total 
issue. 

The $100,000,000 cash fund now in the 
Treasury is the equivalent of 24,000,000 of 
the $5 "baby bonds" or 400,000,000 of the 
" two-bit " thrift stamps. The government 
is printing 400,000,000 of the "baby bonds," 
enough to fill 20.000,000 War Savings 
Certificates. 

Although figures are not yet available 
as to the number of individuals who are 
carrying thrift cards in their pockets, and 
cutting down their own spending, in order 
that the government may spend more, the 
national war savings committee estimates 
that at least 5,000,000 Americans are now 
enlisted in the War Saving army. The 
minimum goal is 40,000,000 war savers. It 
is printing'400,000,000 of the " baby bonds," 
in the schools. 



SECT MCADOO APPEALS 
TO ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN 



Asks Young People to Save Their 

Quarters In Order to Help 

America Win This War 



In an appeal to the boys and girls of 
America to enlist in the army of workers 
and savers for the Nation, Secretary of the 
Treasury McAdoo points out that if every 
school child will invest 25 cents a week in 
Government thrift stamps, the Treasury 
will have $6,000,000 a week, or $300,000,000 
a year, to help pay the cost of the war. 

Mr. McAdoo, in his appeal to the boys 
.ird girls, say- : 

" I want to enlist you as volunteers under 
the Colors, to help the Government put the 
whole strength of the Nation behind our 
gallant fighting men. 

" Our soldiers and sailors must have 
countless cargoes of food and munitions. 
they must have a great fleet of ships to 
carry these cargoes across the Atlantic. 

"To perform this great task, costing 
every day millions of money and the labor 
of millions of men and women, the Nation 
must have the help of every one of you. 

" It is a splendid opportunity that you 
have to do your part in winning the war. 
Try eaeli day to find some useful thing to do 
— help at home in stopping waste and sav- 
ing food and all the materials now so sorely 
needed — be Workers and Savers for the 
Nation. 

" When you receive money, if only a few 
pennies, lend it to the Government by the 
purchase of Thrift Stamps. Twenty-five 
cents a week from every one of you will 
bring into the Treasury six million dollars 
a week — three hundred million dollars a 
year — to buy food and munitions and ships 
to win the War. 

" Will you all enlist in the Army of 
Workers and Savers? America is counting 
on you!" 

Through the work of the National War 
Savings Committee, it i- hoped that the 
great majority of the 22,000,000 school chil- 
dren will become Government bondholders 
in the forthcoming Liberty Loan. 

The $5 War Savings stamps — the " Baby 
Liberty Bonds" — have made a strong appeal 
to the rising generation, and many boys and 
girls are writing Secretary McAdoo to tell 
him they are saving their pennies to buy 
these new Government securities. 



DRY GOODS MEN BUSY 

To sell $100,000,000 of Government War 
Savings securities over the counters of re- 
tail dry goods and department stores 
throughout the country, merchants through- 
out the country will be organized throu ;h 
the National Retail Dry Goods Associatii n. 
E. L. Howe, an officer of the Association, has 
gone to Washington to direct the- work for 
the National War Savings Committee. 

A leading merchant in each State will 
be named as state director and every dry 
goods store from the big cities I" the coun- 
try crossroads will be asked to become a 
Government agency fm the collection oi 
small savings for Uncle Sam's war chest. 
It is estimated that 5,000,000 shopper, \i-it 
these stores every day. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



INSURANCE MEN 'HELP 

The majority of life insurance companies 
mi the country have agreed to have their 
solicitors take orders for War Savings 
Slumps through use of the Blue Post Card. 
Letters have been sent to the presidents of 
these companies asking them to set a quota 
. i $5,000 per agent during the year 1918. 
These insurance officials have also been 
asked to designate some office or manager 
in each state to line up and distribute Blue 
Post (arils, primers and instruction slips 
to their soliciting agents in that state. An 
estimate of the approximate number of 
agents in' each state has also been requested. 
As soon as this information is received the 
Section on National Organization will com- 
municate with each State Director, advis- 
ing linn of the headquarters established by 
each life insurance company within his 
state, the number of agents who operate 
from same ami an indication of the supplies 
which such agents will require. 



WAR SAVINGS SOCIETIES 
FOR ALL PARTS OF STATE 

State Director Issues Statement Urging 

that These Associations be 

Formed Everywhere 



PRESIDENT WILSON 

URGES SMALL SAVINGS 



A campaign for the formation of war 
savings societies in every city and town in 

( ecticut is now under way under the 

direction of the state director of war liv- 
ings, and progress is reported in many 
localities. The following salient facts re- 
garding these societies have been issued 
li\ the state director: 

Have I purchased a war savings certifi- 
cate or a thrift stamp this week? Why not? 
Because n<> one came and reminded me of my 
intention to buy. 

Have I pledged myself to buy weekly? 
Have I made good? No, because it was a 
matter of intention rather than definite 
nent. 

I ! . .\. may I avoid depending mi good in- 
tentions? By signing as a member of a 
war savings society, by which I will be re- 
in imled of my pledge. 

Why should I do this? Because some of 
the group witli which I associate are now 
in service. I want to get behind them. I 
want them to know we are supporting them. 

Must I form a new society? No, the old 
one will do. Bring lliis proposition before 
your society or lodge. 

What, can a society do that an individual 
cannot? It can provide machinery neces- 
sary for collections. It can induce mem- 
bers to do their best. It can induce us all 
to saie. 

Why is group saving more effective than 
individual? Because you pattern your ex- 
penditures in the fashion of your associates. 

What is hack of the war savings eam- 
paign? Saving and serving. Uncle Sam 
expects every citizen to serve by releasing 
his command of labor and materials and 
putting them back of cur boys in the 
trenches. The campaign means universal 
e and enlistment of all in the war. 

flow may I start a society? By getting 
leu or more persons to apply through your 
loeal war savings chairman to be affiliated 
with the national committee. He will do 
the rest. 



Statement Issued by Nation's Chief 

Executive asks All to Become 

War Savers at Once 

Urging all the citizens of the United 
States to become war savers, President 
Woodrow Wilson lias issued the following 
patriotic appeal: 

"I suppose not many by-products will 
come out of the war, but if this country 
can learn something about saving out of 
the war, it will be worth the cost of the 
war; I mean the literal cost of it, in money 
and resources. I suppose we have several 
times over wasted more than we are now 
about to spend. We have not known that 
there \\a- any limit to our resource-; we 
are now finding out that there may be if we 
an- not careful. • 

" One of the most interesting things to me 
about the recent loans that we have floated, 
is the extraordinarily large number of per- 
sons who have invested. The number of in- 
vestors in securities before these loans were 
made, was comparatively small, remark- 
ably small, considering our population and 
its wealth, and now it has swelled to the 
millions. — to almost one-tenth, I believe, of 
the population of the country. That is an 
extraordinary circumstance and it may have 
some very fortunate results. 

"But the thing that you are undertaking 
is more intensive and, in a sense, more im- 
portant still. It is the matter of small 
savings, the detailed thought of the matter 
of pi eventing waste and managing some 
sort of accumulation from day to day, that 
will fall to you; and I want to say that I, 
for one, warmly appreciate the number of 
volunteers of capacity and experience who 
are coming to your assistance at this time 
and doing things as interesting and im- 
l»n tant as this." 



PER CAPITA SALES IN 

STATE SHOW BIG GAIN 



LIBERTY LOAN COOPERATING 
WITH WAR SAVINGS WORK 



That instead of the Liberty Loan and the 
War Savings movement conflicting, as many 
persons suppose, they really supplement 
each other, according to a statement issued 
by the Connecticut War Savings Commit- 
tee. The statement is as follows: 

" The Liberty Loan campaign ami the 
War Savings movement are no more rivals 
than are the super-dreadnaughts and the 
destroyers of our navy. 

" The Liberty Loan and War Savings 
Stamps are two forms of the same financial 
operation of the United States government. 
They were authorized by Congress and are 
intended to supplement each other. They 
are both of paramount importance to the 
financing of the war. The Liberty Loan 
campaign is primarily to obtain the many 
billions of dollars necessary toward paying 
the expenses of war and lending to our 
Allies. 

"The peculiar significance of the War 
Savings movement i- to teach the nation 
to save and invest its savings in War Sav- 
ings Stamps in order that the government 
may not merely obtain money, but spend 
this money for the support of the army. 



Total Number of Thrift and War Savings 

Stamps Disposed of in Connecticut 

Amounts to $2,188,000 



Total sales of war savings and thrift 
-lumps in Connecticut up to the last week 
in March amount to $2,188,932.35, accord- 
ing to a statement issued from the office of 
the state director of war savings. These 
figures include the sales made through both 
post-offices and banks in all sections of the 
state. 

Estimating the population of Connecticut 
at 1,300,000, the per capita sales amount 
to $1.61, placing Connecticut above all 
other states in New England, with the pos- 
sible exception of Maine. 



CHILDREN INVESTING 

IN THRIFT STAMPS 



Encouraging Reports of Progress Re- 
ceived from all Sections of 
Connecticut 



Results of the state-wide' war savings 
drive in the schools are already surpassing 
expectations, and children of Connecticut 
every week are contributing thousands of 
dollars to the support of the government in 
time of war. Practically every city and 
town in the state has responded. 

" The object of the thrift drive in the 
schools," said the state director of war sav- 
ings, " is first to help the Government de- 
fray the enormous expenses of the war and, 
second, to encourage thrift among the chil-' 
dren by earning and saving. 

" Through the domestic science depart- 
ment of the schools we are teaching the 
children and also their parents how to con- 
serve food, how to make use of the meat 
and other articles of diet which are ordi- 
narily thrown away, how to make over ar- 
ticles of clothing that would otherwise be 
disregarded. 

" We are urging the discontinuance of cer- 
tain habits of extravagance. Last year 
$13,000,000 was spent on chewing gum in 
tin- country; $360,000,000 was spent for 
candy. We do not ask the children to give 
up these habits absolutely but we ask them 
to curtail their consumption of these lux- 
uries in order to release for Government 
work men and women needed in more 
essential lines of industry. 

" Some of the ways in which the children 
are taught to save are as follows: They 
are asked to bring to the school the news- 
papers when they are cast aside. In several 
of the schools $50 a month is raised through 
the sale of these old newspapers. They are 
asked to bring old rubbers and discarded 
kid gloves, which are sold and turned into 
useful articles. 

" With the money which the children 
obtain from the sale of these things that 
ordinarily go to waste, they are being 
taught to buy war saving stamps. It is 
also pointed out to them that many of the 
articles which they bring to the schools 
can be used by the Red Cross. In this way, 
they are taught mercy, side by side with 
' thrift,' " 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



ORGANIZE TO CONSERVE 

CHI LD LIF E OF STATE 

Department of Child Welfare formed 
By Committee on Woman's Activ- 
ities—State Conference Planned 



The special needs of Connecticut children 
were considered at a meeting of the Depart- 
ment of Child Welfare held March 12th at 
the Medical School of Vale University. 
This department of the Committee on 
Woman's Activities has for its object the 
protection of all children from the special 
dangers of war lime and assisting in the 
saving of the lives of 100,000 little children 
throughout the United States before April 
1, 1019. 

A state wide conference is planned for 
this month, the child conservation campaign 
dating from April 6. Where towns have not 
appointed a delegate to represent the 
Womanfs Committee, the local child Welfare 
Chairmen will be invited to attend the con- 
ference as well as all other persons inter- 
ested. Eminent authorities en the subject 
of child welfare will be invited to address 
the conference. 

The members of the Department of Child 
Welfare are: Dr. Walter H. Brown, direc- 
tor: Mrs. W. E. D. Scott, chairman, Miss 
Mary G. Harris, Dr. Kate C. Mead, Dr. 
Valeria H. Parker. Miss Eva Cohen, Mi«s 
Margaret T. Corwin. Henry C. Morrison and 
Dr. Charles W. Knapp. 

A contribution of $250 has been received 
by the department from the Connecticut 
Research association. Exhibition material 
has been placed at the disposal of the 
department by the association, and will prove 
of great value in the coming campaign. 

Leaders of the Groups of Foreign Born 
women held a meeting at the state capitol, 
Hartford on March 28. Stanley H. Holmes, 
of New Britain, chairman of the American- 
ization committee of the State Council of 
Defense, gave an address on the subjects to 
In- kepi in mind, methods of procedure and 
genleral advice on linking up this work 
with that of the Americanization Committee. 
Mrs. John Alf reported a successful Lithu- 
anian Rally held in New Haven. March 21 
at which a Lithuanian Bed Cross Auxiliary 
and a Lithuanian War Savings society was 
formed. The other chairmen reported pro- 
gress in starting Bed Cross auxiliaries. 
Thrift Stamp campaigns and English classes 
in their various communities. 



The members of the Executive Committee 
of the Woman's Land Army, a branch of the 
Committee on Woman's Activities, have been 
appointed ami will have the important work 
of organizing this new force for increased 
fend production.- The committee members 
are: Mrs E. O. Schenck. chairman Woman's 
Land Army; Mrs. Leo Korper, director of 
department of law; Allen B. Lincoln, Assist- 
ant director department of law ; David 
Elder, farm specialist; Miss M. Estelle 
Sprague, food conservation ; Mrs. Joseph W. 
Alsop, food production. 

A membership campaign has been started 
by the Woman's Committee in South Man- 
chetser. New members received on a mem- 
bership fee of 25 cents, receive a card on 
which is printed the names of the heads of 
the various departments so that they will 
know whom to offer their services In 
Waterbury, the Woman's Committee has dis- 
tributed pledge cards, every woman pledging 
her loyalty and stating in what way she 
wishes to offer her services. 



Higher Education 

(Continued from page 2. ) 

women. — We need every trained and edu- 
cated woman we can get in this great 
struggle." 

In federal and industrial research labor- 
atories, agricultural experiment stations, 
boards of health, hospitals, social service 
centers, government bureaus, in insurance, 
actuarial and census work, are opportunities 
for women wdio are properly trained. The 
college must supply the demand for women 
as institutional managers, dietitians, teach- 
er-, nurses, physicians, food and market 
inspectors, bacteriologists, chemists, sociol- 
ogists and economists. Nor is this all. If 
beauty and art and the inspiration they give 
were ever needed, they will be needed in the 
next generation, and more than ever must 
they come from the women. Poets and 
prose-writers, musicians, painter-, illustra- 
tors, sculptors, designers of all things 
beautiful, are needed not only to refresh 
and recreate a weaiy world, but to perpet- 
uate the bravery and sacrifice, the noblest 
part of Ibis great war. 

To help to win the war, to heal the 
wounds of war, to save the best that is and 
to bring about a better world, that is the 
purpose of our war work. 

IRENE NYE. 



Agricultural Problem 



(Continued from page '2. i 

her allies are to be fed and that they will 
not do this without some reasonable assur- 
ance that there will be hands enough to 
harvest the additional acres. Every one 
knows, also, that, just when we feel our 
dependence upon the farmer as never be- 
fore, men are being drained away from the 
farms in various ways and for various rea- 
sons. Plans for spring planting are now 
being made. The New England farmer is no 
fool. He expects no miracle. He will plant 
only what he sees prospect of harvesting. 

What is to prevent the men who have not 
yet left college from stepping into the 
breach? In the middle west the state uni- 
versities have conscripted their men for 
agricultural work. The high schools of the 
east have ;t coherent, plan. Some students 
wen' released from their studies early last 
spring and were admitted to classes some- 
what late last autumn, even in the New 
England colleges, so that they might be 
free to do farm work, but there has been 
little concerted action. 

The best results would be obtained under 
state supervision. A clear-cut plan, sent 
i nit from the national Bureau of Agricul- 
ture, for the utilization of all the able- 
bodied men still in our New England col- 
leges and universities would be met half way 
by the governing bodies of those institutions. 
Among the many other sacrifices and read- 
justments which they are making, they 
might be willing to extend the summer 
vacation to four months or more. The ad- 
vantage to the farmer and to the country is 
obvious enough. The advantage to the 
student workers would be at least as great. 
This would be a service less spectacular than 
the military, but it would be no les- im- 
portant and valuable. If such a plaji is to 
be put into execution, however, it must be 
done quickly. The time is short indeed. 
ODELL SHEPARD. 



DEFERRED CALL E0R 
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS 



Major Buckley Explains that Govern- 
ment Recognizes Shortage of 
Farm Labor 



Agricultural registrants in the next army 
quota will ml be called immediately to the 
colors according to a letter on the subjeel 
which Major John Buckley has written t<> 
Joseph \Y. Alsop, a member of the Con- 
nectieul State Council of Defense. B 
of the shortage of labor on the farms, the 
1 nment is defei i ing the call. 
Major Buckley's letter follows: — 
" l r OU are advised that the Selective Se] 
vice Regulations provide for the following 
classification of registrants engaged in 
agricultural pur 

" Class I unskilled laborer. 
" ( la-- H necessary -killed farm Iabi ret 
in necessary agricultural enterprise 
" (bis- 111 necessary assistant, associate 
or hired manager of necessary agricul- 
tural enterprise. 

" (lass 1\' necessary sole managing, con 
trolling or directing head of necessary 
agricultural enterprise. 
" While Coneie-- is determining the new 
national and state quota to be furnished 
under the new regulations, a call for 90,000 
men has been issued, to be distributed 
equally throughout the United State-. The 
quota allotted Connecticut to be furnished 
(luring the live days beginning March 29th 
is 903 men. Local Boards have been 
instructed that the situation arising from 
the scarcity of farm labor demands (hat tin 
call to the colors of men actively., completely 
and assiduously engaged in the planting or 
:ultivatii ii of a i rop, but who are in Class 
I and within the new quota, should be 
deferred until the end of the new quota. 
Local boards have been instructed that in 
lilling this emergency call, they shall pass 
the order numbers of such men and defer 
their call for the present, bearing in mind 
that this step is taken solely in the need of 
the Nation and not for the benefit of any 
individual. Therefore, while Boards are 
required to consider it a grave duty to 
ise this power to conserve and regulate 
the agricultural production, they also are 
required to observe closely the conduct of 
those deferred ami immediately upon becom- 
ing convinced that any person so deferred 
is ml giving his entire time and earliest 
attention to agriculture, or that he is tri- 
fling with the deferment thus granted hiiii^ 
the Boards haw 1. ■in required forthwith to 
call him for certification. The Department 
requests that all citizens should assist in 
making this expedient effective and in bring- 
ing to the attention of the Boards cases 
meriting deferment, as well as cases in which 
let'em cut i- being abused. 
"A ruling ha- been requested from the 
itn.ent to determine whether the above 
provisions apply to registrants engaged in 
the cultivation or the planting of tobacco. 
The above provisions concerning agricultural 
registrants apply to the current quota only, 
and it is impossible .it this time to state the 
attitude of the Department regarding certifi- 
cation of agricultural registrants in Class 
I." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Council Favors Plan 
To Secure Labor For 

Farmers This Summer 

(Continued from page 1 1 

Ham F. Whitmore, Treasurer John T. 
Roberts, Ira N. Ornburn, and the following 
chairmen and members of sub-committees: 
George G. Williams, Stanley H. Holmes, F. 
1). i heney, Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles, C. 
J. Bennett, F. A. Verplanck, Loo A. Korper, 
A. I.. Maddock, Miss Ruutz-Rees, Miss Cor- 
win, Dr. Valeria H. Parker, Federal Food 
Administrator Robert Scoville, and the 
following representing (he Committee on 
Food Supply and Conservation: Chair- 
man George M. Landers, Arthur Howe, L. 
IS. Cheney, X. II. Batchelder, Dr. E. H. Jen- 
kins, Prof. W. F. Kirkpatrick A. J. Brun- 
dage, Samuel Russell, Jr., Senator C C. 
Hemenway, 1. G. Davis, C. C. Beach, W. C. 
Cheney, Glen II. Campbell, Mrs. J. W. Al- 
sop, Miss M. Estelle Sprague, and Mrs. 
Saniuri Russeil, Jr. 

I l.r session was largely given over to 
hearing reports from various sub-eom- 
mittees of the Committee on Food Supply 
and Conservation. 

Mr. Howe spoke of LInited States Boys' 
Working Reserve, and Mr. Batchelder 
described the assistance given the under- 
taking by the various schools. 

.Mi-. Russell outlined the organization 
and work of the Junior Fond Army and the 
Council passed a resolution "that this 
Council request the United States Com- 
missioner of Education to recognize the 
Connecticut Junior Food Army and to co- 
operate with it wherever possible." 

William C. Cheney reported that his 
committee had been making efforts to 
further the use of jail labor on farms. 

Senator Hemenway told of the progress 
of the Home Garden campaign. 

Dr. Jenkins reported on the seed corn 
situation, and Mr-. Alsop described plans 
being made to obtain woman labor for agri- 
culture. She also outlined the general 
program of the Woman's Land Army Com- 
mittee. 

Miss Sprague reported on food conserva- 
tion work. 

Mr. Scoville described a conference to be 
held in Chicago by poultry organizations, 
and it was voted that an appropriation be 
made toward the es of a delegate to 

this convention. 

Professor Kirkpatrick reported on patri- 
otic poultry rallies held in Connecticut. 

There was a general discussion concern- 
ing farm bureau finances and the crop 
-n u ition. 



COAL REGULATIONS 

LIMIT CONSUMERS 



SHIPYARD ENROLLMENT 



Director Korper Enrolls 4,194 Skiled 
Workers 



Federal Director Leo A. Korper of the 
United States Public Service Reserve has 
received the enrollment of 4,194 skilled 
workmen who have volunteered to work in 
the United States shipyards. These figures 
cover the enrollment period which began 
two months ago. The War Bureaus and 
Town Committees of the Connecticut State 
( ouncil of Defense have secured results in 
thirty-three communities. 



To Normal Requirements of Coal — 

Year-Heavy Penalty for 

Infraction 



INVITE EARLY PURCHASES 



Domestic consumers of coal are urged to 
make early purchases in the coal year 
beginning April 1, according to regulations 
iffecting the retail distribution of coal and 
coke issued by the United States Fuel Com- 
mission through Thomas W. Russell, fuel 
administrator for Connecticut. 

In announcing the genera] plan of dis- 
tribution the fuel administrator declares 
thai consumers of coal and coke are limited 
lliis year to their normal requirements to 
insure the broadest and most equitable dis- 
tribution in every community. Early pur- 

1 i ■ ' ■ ■ I A i '■ ' 

will assist in avoiding many of the trans- 
portation difficulties of next winter . The 
regulation's will be strictly enforced and are 
compulsory for both retailer and consumer. 

Unlier the general plan local fuel com- 
missions should urge every consumer to 
place at an early date with his regular 
dealer his written order for his reasonable 
requirements for the year ending March 31, 
1919. Deliveries will be made en such orders 
until the consumer has received two-thirds 
if his normal requirements, provision being 
made that orders of six tons or under may 
be filled in full. When all consumers, who 
are willing to accept delivery, have received 
two-thirds of their annual requirements, 
dealers will be permitted to deliver the bal- 
ance of such orders. Bituminous coal for 
domestic use may be delivered up to the 
consumers' normal annual requirements, the 
two-thirds delivery provision applying only 
to anthracite. 

The consumer who cannot place an order 
with any dealer is advised to communicate 
with the local fuel committee who in such 
cases will endeavor to secure a supply. A 
weekly statement of deliveries is required 
of the retailers, the statement to be filed 
with the local fuel committee. 

Under tile regulations there are six dis- 
tinct provisions affecting dealers and con- 
sumers. The consumer is forbidden to 
-ec-ure more coal or eoke than his normal 
needs for the year and the retailer is for- 
bidden to supply coal or coke beyond the 
normal need of the consumer. 

The written statement from the consumer 
regarding his fuel needs must specify (1) 
hi- supply on hand; (2) the amount of coal 
he has on order and the name of the person 
from whom ordered; (3) the amount of coal 
he received the year ending March 31, 1918; 
and (4) the amount needed prior to March 
31, 1919. 



TAX ON CERTIFICATES 

In order to clear up misundestandings 
which have been in evidence in various parts 
of Connecticut in regard to the taxation 
of war savings certificates, the state di- 
rectors office has issued the following 
statement: "The stamps are exempt, both 
as to principal and interest, from all tax- 
ation, except estate or inheritance taxes, 
graduated additional income taxes, and 
excess profits and war profits taxes." 



COMMUNITIES ADOPT 

COMMERCIAL ECONOMY 

Local Chambers of Commerce Co- 
operating in Putting Government 
Recommendations in Force 



The commercial economy recommendations 
of the Council of National Defense have 
been adopted in many Connecticut towns, 
resulting in economies in retail merchandis- 
ing which will release man power and ma- 
terials for more essential industries. The 
war economy propaganda has been effective- 
ly spread by the local Chambers of Com- 
merce, and where such commercial organiza- 
tion does not exi-t the merchants have 
banded together to support the government's 
program. 

The task of bringing this matter before the 
people of Connecticut was delegated by the 
State Council of Defense to a division of its 
committee on Industrial Survey with Alton 
T. Minor of New London as chairman. 
This division was elected on recommenda- 
tion of the Conned icut Chamber of Com- 
merce. The active co-operation of the Con- 
necticut Chamber of Commerce in council 
of defense work has now been made pos- 
sible through the appointment by the 
council of a Committee on Commercial Rela- 
tions, and according to announcement made 
today the commercial economy division has 
now been put under its jurisdiction. The 
essential features of the commercial econ- 
omy recommendations were pointed out by 
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb in a recent 
statement urging Connecticut people to 
support this work. 



SMILEAGE BOOKS ARE 

GOOD IN MANY CAMPS 



Coupons Being Used in 26 Places — 
New Bookings Announced 



Ten suggestions for pushing the sale of 
" Smileage Books" in the various com- 
munities throughout Connecticut were sent 
recently to War Bureaus and Town Com- 
mittees of the State Council of Defense in 
the expectation that some or all of the 
recommendations might prove of value in 
the local campaigns. 

The Military Entertainment Council 
declares untrue the report that books were 
being used by soldiers in the canteens of 
some camps and the. practice was to be 
extended to other camps where Liberty 
theaters have not been constructed. Rela- 
tives and friends of American soldiers in 
France are informed that " Smileage " 
hooks cannot be used in France. 

" Smileage " coupons are good in the 
following twenty-six camps wdiere perform- 
ances are now running: 
Devena, Mass. Grant, 111. 

Dix, N. J. Funston, Kan. 

Meade, Md. Sheridan, Ala. 

Lee, Va. Sevier, S. C. 

Gordon, Ga. Shelby, Miss. 

Sherman. Ohio Johnston. Fla. 

Taylor, Ky. Travis. Tex. 

I uster, Mich. Hancock, Ga. 

Dodge, Iowa Wheeler, Ga. 

Pike, Ark. Wadsworth, S. C. 

Lewis, Wash. Ft. Riley, Kan. 

Jackson, S. C. Oglethorpe, Ga. 

Upton, N. Y. Green, S. C. 




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Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, APRIL 19, 1918 



No. 24 



MAJOR GIDDINGS FOUND 
ACUTE FOOD SHORTAGE 
ON VISIT TO EUROPE 



WAR TRADE BOARD PROPOSE EMERGENCY 



England and France Suffer Severe Re- 
strictions on Food — norale of 
People Splendid However — Con- 
necticut Han Ran Oauntlet of 
War's Perils 



VISITED FAMOUS BATTLE 

SCENES WITH LOAN HISSION 



The food situation in England and France 
i~ acute, according to the report brought 
back to America by Major Howard A. 
Giddings, a member of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, who went abroad 
last February as a member of the Library 
Loan Mission and a special representative 
of Governor Marcus H. Holcomb and the 
stote defense council. 

'• Only two ounces of meat four times a 
week is the allowance given the people in 
England," said Major Giddings. 

" Meat is sold or served only upon pres- 
entation of a meat card. Travelers and 
guests at hotels must have cards and any 
one attending a dinner or banquet where 
meat is served must take his meat card 
with him. Tne food situation in England 
is much more serious than America real- 
izes. 

" France has plenty of meat but suffers 

(Continued on page 5) 



Limitation of imports and exports to ab- 
solute necessities is the condition enforced 
by the War Trade Board to release tonnage 
for war purposes. The importance of the 
work being done by Dean Gay and the 
Board lias been received in communication 
form by the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense. 

Mi. Gay's problem .is to permit the im- 
portation and exportation of only bare ne- 
cessities, and it is said officially that he is 
carrying on his work in the face of consid- 
erable pressure from business interests. 

There has been considerable speculation 
as to the reason why the list of imports 
which must be restricted has not been pub- 
lished, and the answer is declared to be 
found in the fact that it is being withheld 
in order that publication may not result 
in running up prices and in profiteering. 
In coder io secure imports, the receiver and 
not the shipper must show the necessity 
for the products. 



ORGANIZATIONS FOR 

MEETING DISASTERS 

Council Will Suggest Adoption of 

*"°* Bridgeport and New Haven Plan 

by Other Cities — New Source of 

Farm Labor Found by Waterbury 

League 



BUSINESS MEN REGARDED 

AS AVAILABLE FOR FARMS 



CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE 

INFANT MORTALITY 



Child Welfare Department to Protect 

Children from Dangers of 

War Time 



TRAINING CAMPS FOR BOYS 



Employment lias been provided for about 
400 Connecticut boys on farms by the 
United States Boys' Working Reserve of 
the Department of Labor. The enrollment 
of boys for the great food army is still in 
progress in the High schools, the private 
schools and the Y. M. C. A. Vacation time 
will be the working period and the farms 
of this state form the battle area for the 
new land warriors of whom there are now 
approximately 1,000 enrolled. 

The future activities of the Reserve in 
tliis state will be handled by a newly-organ- 
ized executive committee. Members of this 
Committee arc Colonel Louis R. Cheney of 
Hartford, chairman of the Committee of 
Boys for Farm Service; N. IT. Batchelder of 
Windsor and C. L. Kirschner, of New 
Haven, state director of the Reserve. Ar- 
thur Howe, chief enrollment officer of the 
Reserve, is an ex-officio member of the 
committee. 

Plans for establishing training camps at 
the Connecticut Agricultural College at 
Storrs and the T.oomis Institute at WindsoT 
are being considered and investigated. The 
proposal is to give special training to boys 
.who need it before they are assigned to 
work with farmers. Men of hierh character 
and ability will be appointed inspectors to 
look after the welfare and interests of the 
bovs on the isolated farms. 



A movement to reduce the number of pre- 
ventable deaths of children under five years 
of age has been started by the Child Wel- 
fare Department of the Committee on Wo- 
man's Activities as a part of the national 
campaign to conserve America's child life 
from April 6, 1918 to April 6. 1919. 

The plan.-- for the first year's effort pre- 
pared by the Children's Bureau of the 
United States Department of Labor include 
activities designed to protect all children 
from the special dangers of war time and 
to save the lives of 100,000 little children 
before April 6. 1919. Connecticut has been 
asked to do its share by saving the lives 
of 1,065 children who under ordinary con- 
ditions would be deprived of life through 
lack of preventative measures. 

That much of the infant mortality can 
be prevented is the belief upon which the 
child conservation program is founded. The 
first requirement is the weighing and meas 
uring test of children under five years of 
age. Instructions for this work were sent 
out today from headquarters at Washing- 
ton and the record cards will follow after 

word is r ived of the exact number re 

quired by each state committee. 

The Child Welfare Committee for Con- 
necticut has been organized with the fol- 
lowing members: Dr. Walter 11. Brown of 
Bridgeport, director: Mrs. W. K. D. Scott 
of Greenwich, chairman; Mi-s Mary G. 
Harris. Hartford: Dr. Kate Campbell Mead. 
Middletown; Dr. Valeria H. Parker. Hart- 
ford; Miss Eva Cohen, Hartford; Miss Mar- 
garet T. Corwin, New Haven: Henry C. 
Morrison. Hartford: Dr. Charles W. Knapp, 
Greenwich and Mrs. A. A. Anderson. Green- 
wich. 



Emergency organizations to cope with 
disasters, great or small, in the larger cit- 
ies of Connecticut, were the subject of dis- 
cussion by the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense at its meeting on Monday. 
Bridgeport and New Haven have organ- 
ized through their War Bureaus, a trained 
force to give instant service in the event 
of catastrophe, while Hartford is perfect- 
ing such a plan. The various units of the 
two former organizations were described 
and the practical operation of the emergency 
plan outlined to the council. 

It was voted " that the council endorse 
and strongly urge the extension of emer- 
gency organizations in Connecticut cities 
so situated as to make them desirable, and 
that the executive department of the coun- 
cil be instructed to call, after a conference 
with representatives of the Bridgeport and 
New Haven emergency organizations, a 
conference of proper representatives of 
Waterbury, Hartford. New Britain, New 
London and Stamford, to take action as 
follows: 1. To prepare plans for similar 
emergency organizations in other cities; 2. 
to provide plans for co-operation between 
the several cities in the state in the event 
of an emergency: 3. to arrange a definite 
plan of action should aid be asked by a 
neighboring state in the event of an emer- 
gency." 

Those present at the meeting were Chair- 
man R. M. Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Dr. 
D. Chester Brown, Homer S. Cummings, 
Howard A. Giddings, Charles A. Goodwin, 
Lucius F. Robinson and George W. Wheeler 
of the Council; Treasurer J. T. Roberts, Ira 
N. Ornburn. the following chairmen and 
members of sub-committees: C. G. Bill. 
Dr. J. T. Black, Dr. H. A. .brown, George 

B. Chandler, Louis R. Chenev, Rear Ad- 
miral W. S. Cowles, B. F. English. Dr. C. 

C. Godfrey, Arthur Howe, Edward P. Jones, 
i.eo A. Korper, Allen B. Lincoln, A. L. 
Maddock, Howard C. Morse, Samuel Rus- 
sell, Jr., Herbert Knox Smith, Professor 
J. C. Tracy. Richard Wayne, Dr. F. H. 
Wheeler, George G. Williams, Mrs. H. A. 
ttumstead. Miss Corwin, Dr. Valeria H. 
Parker. Miss Ruutz-Rees; the following 
representatives from Waterbury: Ralph 
Budd. Thomas Kelly, W. D. Makepeace, 
Louis M. Raffel. Hans Rasmussen, Senator 
C. Tracy, and William Shepperson of Mid- 
nlehurv: and the following representatives 
from Bridgeport: Dr. W. A. LaField and 
Angus P. Thorne. 

CContinued on page <l> 



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Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
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Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
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Vol.1 HARTFORD. CONN.. APR. 19. 1918. No. 24 



AMERICANS AND 
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS 



An Editorial by 

William Edward Mead, Ph.D. 

Professorof the English Language, 

Wesleyan University, 

Middletown 



The outstanding fact in American history 
is that for the past twenty years the 
United States has been a world power and 
has stood in a new relation to the other 
greal nations of the world. Lp to the 
outbreak of the war with Spain, except for 
a few minor conflicts, such as the war with 
Englanu in 1812-1814 and the war with 
Mexico, we had, in the main, successfully 
avoided trouble with foreign nations. And, 
moreover, we had actually come to think 
that we could hold a great place in the 
world and go our way without interference 
from the Great Powers of Europe. A fa- 
vorite question of our legislators used to be, 
What have we to do with abroad? 

Fortunately, we are beginning to see our 
mistake. We are coming to realize that 
the ocean is no longer a safe barrier shut 
ting us off from the dangers of an armed 
and hostile Europe. We arc daily seeing 
more and more clearly that whether we 
will or no the ambitions of Germany ami 
the progress of the present war compel us 
for our national prosperity and safety to 
grasp the significance to us of events re- 
mote from us by the circumference of half 
the globe. In other words, we must, as a 
people, give our attention more and more 
l" international politics. 

By this term is meant here an insight into 
the foreign policy and the foreign com- 
of I he gre it powers of the 
world. Not that we wish to be perpetually 
suspicious, but we must not again be taken 
unawares, as we have been in the course of 
this war. While we are yet in the midst 
of the most tremendous conflict in the his- 
tory of the world we should prepare our- 
selves by the closest study to understand 



the pressing questions of international in- 
terest. Such are the following, selected al- 
most at random : 

The Pacific and the Aims of Japan. 

The Interest of the United States in Asia. 

China and World Peace. 

The Panama Canal and World Commerce. 

German Influence in South America. 

German Domination in Russia. 

German Aims in Asia. 

Ten ih. rial Adjustment in Africa. 

Questions of this sort must increasingly 
occupy the attention not only of a few 
keen-eyed thinkers but of the plain voter, 
who must enlarge his vision so as I" have 
an intelligent opinion of their bearing upon 
our own national welfare. We are now 
actively engaged in the great war for the 
freedom of the world, but it is safe to say 
that if we had realized three years ago 
the true international situation as we now 
do, we should long since have been ready 
for the inevitable conflict. Who can doubt 
that we should by our foresight have saved 
thousands of lives and billions of treasure? 
We have too long lived in a fool's paradise, 
and because we have had no sinister design 
upon other countries we have assumed that 
we could allow the rest of the world to go 
its way without interference on our part. 
But we have had a rude awakening, and it 
is to be hoped that we have learned our 
lessons never again to be caught napping. 

We should understand that the United 
States must have a definite policy — mainly 
one of non-interference with tne peaceful 
evolution of other countries. But we should 
lie quick to discern the international moves 
in the political game throughout the world 
and ready to play our part as one of the 
greatest of the world powers. 

WILLIAM EDWARD MEAD. 



JUNIOR FOUR MINUTE MEN 
NOW HOLDING A CONTEST 



Public Schools of Connecticut Partici- 
pating In an Unusual Compe- 
tition 

The Junior Four Minute Men war-savings 

contest is now under way in many of the 
public schools throughout Connecticut, and 
the rivalries are growing keener among the 
different grades as the abilities of their 
"star" orators are- developed. 

It is expected that local interest in war- 
savings will be most materially augmented 
by this concentration of the children's at- 
tention upon the matter; and that the re- 
sult will be a greatly increased sale of 
Thrift Stamps and of War-Savings Stamps 
to the credit of this community. 

Not the least valuable effect of the move 
ment, however, will be the stimulation of 
interest in ami knowledge of the responsi- 
bilities of the war which will be brought 
home to the cnildren, and through them to 
ti eir homes, because of the study neces- 
sarily required to produce a mode] four 
minute speech or four hundred word essay. 
upon this topieJD. Of D* 

APR 29 1918 



AMERICAN SONGS 

OF THE WAR 



An Editorial by 

John Milton Berdan, 

Assistant Professor of English, 

Yale Univerbity, New Haven 



There is no American whose heart has 
not been thrilled and whose imagination 
has not been touched by the great war — 
whose dearest wish is not to do his part. 
An appreciation of this fact is shown by 
the clever posters of the Marines, " Pre- 
miers au feu,'' means in French " first to 
tight," in English, " U. S. Marines;" 
" First to fight in France for Freedom," we 
all recognize the force of such appeals. But 
there is also the other side, the greater side, 
the moral side. Not merely to be actors 
in world-shaking events do men give up 
their holies and their homes, their wives 
and their lives. Aside from romance and 
story, most men have a distinct disinclina- 
tion to be killed, and curiosity is not a 
sufficient motive to lead them to place 
themselves where such a contingency is 
probable. The reason why they are going 
is the reason why our country entered the 
war — because it is right. They are going, 
perhaps to die, in the belief that the world 
will be better for their sacrifice. It is the 
altruistic optimism of the American race. 

But equally, of course, we will not say 
so. We do not cheapen our ideals by shout- 
ing them out on the street corner. Of 
course we smile and joke; our words camou- 
flage our hearts, and our lips deny our 
deepest aspirations. Here, then, since we 
are naturally inarticulate, is the function 
of our song writers. We will sing what 
we cannot say. Our war songs should voice 
our real selves. But the present songs do 
not; they express only the superficial. 

" We're going over, we're going over. 

They want to settle up that muss 

So they put it up to us. 

But what do we care; what do we care?" 

We do care. We care to the extent that 
things which but a few years ago seemed 
the most desirable in life we now throw 
away like dross in the pan. 
" Johnny, get your gun, get your gun, get 

your gun ; 
Johnny, show the Hun you're the son of a 
gun " 

Rut we are not going over to prove our 
own superiority. This war is not the op- 
portunity for a display of national vanity. 
Wc are going, not because we are sons of 
gnus, but because thru our veins pulses the 
blood of our Puritan forefathers, men who 
dared to live for their freedom and dared 
die for their faith. What we need in our 
songs is less sound and more sense. Even 
today the race is not always to the swift, 
nor the battle to the strong. Where, oh, 
where is the man that can give our soldiers 
something real to sing? JOHN M. BERDAN. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



SALES OF WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS 

ARE REPORTED BY EACH COUNTY 



Gratifying Progress Reported in Different Localities 
in Reports Submitted to State Director 



The city of New London is still leading 
in per capita sales, according to the latest 
reports of sales received at the uftice of the 
State Director of War Savings. New Lon- 
don shows the way with $6.09, closely fol- 
lowed by Manchester, with $5.62. Competi- 
tion between Hartford and Bridgeport con- 
tinues, with Hartford leading by a single 
penny. The sales by towns and counties 
are as follows: 





Total P 


t capita 


Fairfield County 






♦Bethel 


1,790.57 


.58 


Bridgeport 


308,580.53 


2.02 


Brookfield 


371.60 


.37 


Danbury 


20,430.50 


.84 


Darien 


2,570.03 


.31 


Easton 


281.70 


.22 


Fairfield 


3,921.50 


.32 


Greenwich 


18,683.72 


1.00 


Huntington 


14,540.10 


1.67 


* Monroe 


611.60 


.44 


New Canaan 


14,265.47 


2.94 


Newtown 


4,7,2.15 


1.57 


Norwalk 


36,214.99 


1.26 


Redding 


818.21 


.37 


Ridge field 


4,697.27 


1.31 


"Sherman 






Stamford 


73,727.62 


1.80 


Stratford 


9,790.48 


.75 


♦Trumbull 






Westport 


5,577.23 


1.04 


Wilton 


1,160.79 


.62 


Habtford County 






Avon 


3,390.:) 1 


2.03 


♦Berlin 


4,000.iio 


.75 


Bloomfield 


1,106.69 


.33 


Bristol 


57,528.31 


2.90 


♦Burlington 


4,226.50 


3.39 


Canton 


7,804.81 


3.03 


♦East Granby 


218.17 


.17 


East Hartford 


4,212.61 


.38 


East Windsor 


4.177.15 


1.06 


Enfield 


15,365.17 


1.29 


Farmington and 






Unionville 


6,800.35 


1.75 


Glastonbury 


9,659.00 


1.53 


♦Granby 


502.80 


.35 


Hartford 


263,000.00 


2.03 


Hartland 


49.95 


.09 


Manchester 


93,785.25 


5.02 


♦Marlborough 


175.00 


.41 


New Britain 


108,601.69 


1.85 


Newington 


2,815.00 


1.14 


Plainville 


3,965.18 


1.01 


♦Rocky Hill 


420.00 


.25 


Simsbury 


11.793.42 


3.29 


* South ington 


8,784.03 


.04 


South Windsor 


1,654.18 


.47 


Suffield 


6,366.92 


1.49 


West Hartford 


1.500.00 


.20 


*\\ ethersfield 






♦Windsor 


22,540. 68 


3.43 


Windsor Locks 


14,983.90 


3.58 


Litchfield County 






Barkhamsted 


919.99 


1.13 


Bethlehem 


287.12 


.45 


Bridgewater 


396.29 


.75 


Canaan 


1,065.54 


1.46 


♦Colebrook 


746.10 


1.45 



Cornwa II 

Goshen 

Kent 

Litchfield 

Morris 

New Hartford 

New .Mil ford 

Norfolk 

North Canaan 

Plymouth 

Roxbury 

Salisbury 

Sharon 

Thomaston 

Torrington 

Washington 

Watertown 

Winchester 
♦Woodbury 
Middlesex Coin i v 

( 'heater 

Clinton 

Cromwell 

Durham 
♦East Haddam 

East Hampton 

Essex 

Haddam 

Middlefield 
♦Middletown 

Old Saybrook 

Portland 

Saybrook 

Westbrook 



1,682.61 

249.22 

798.01 

6,881. SO 

535.73 

1,412.50 

6,853.98 

1.504.38 

5,498.03 

3,709.44 

035.75 

8,740.00 

6,099.4 

9,640.00 

54,796.41 

4,035.54 

17,877.98 

32,303.36 

4,318.80 

981.97 
1,169.84 
2,430.00 

810.03 

816.22 
5,350.06 
4.516.21 
1,059.48 

565.42 
44,802..., 
2,279.34 
3,194.82 
2,550.53 
1,033.70 



1.96 
.41 

.64 

2.31 

.87 

.06 

1.31 

1.07 

2.30 

.52 

.79 

2.51 

3.42 

2.40 

2.55 

1.92 

2.91 

3.25 

2.32 

.57 

.83 

.99 

.76 

.28 

2.66 

1 .02 

.86 

.41 

1.66 

1.23 

1.04 

.93 

.87 



(Continued on page I I 



AGAINST CHAIN SALES 



An emphatic stamp of disapproval has 
been placed by the state director of war sav- 
ings on the numerous chain plans for tin- 
sale of War-Savings and Thrift Stamps 
which are constantly appearing in differ- 
ent sections of the state. Citizens are urged 
to refrain from buying stamps under those 
conditions, and to do all within their power 
to prevent their spread. 

h was said at the office of the state di- 
n-elm today that practically all these chain 
schemes were originating in New York City, 
and that it was impossible to stop them 



lie- fust meeting of the representatives 
of "Return Load Bureaus" throughout tie- 
state was held recently at the state capitol, 
Hartford, for the purpose of securing 
greater activity in promoting the efficiency 
of the new transportation system to meet 
war conditions. About fifteen bureaus were 
represented. More thorough cooperation 
between the local units of the system ami 
also between them and the Transportation 
Committee of the State Council, was ar- 
ranged by the conference. Closer relations 
between the shippers and motor truck 
owners is another ;< i in being sought by tin- 
bureaus and the Transportation Committee. 



TIME TO START THAT WAR- 
SAVINGS GARDEN 

It is time to start that War-Sav- 
ings Garden. The War-Savings Com- 
mittee urges boys and girls to plant 
vegetables with the double purpose 
of raising more food and of raising 
money, bj tie- sale of the food, for 
investment in Thrift and War -Sa\ 
ings Stamps. 

It urges adults who plant war gar- 
dens for home use to keep account 
of how much money they save there- 
in and invest the saving in War 
Savings Stamps. 

Ml together now for a million 
\\ a i Savings < fardens. 

WHY STATE OF NEBRASKA 
IS LEADING COUNTRY 



State Director Burgess Reports 
Methods Which Accomplished 
Remarkable Results 



of 



Nebraska, the state which leads the na- 
tion in actual per capita sales of War-Sav- 
ings Stamps, has secured signed pledges for 
$30,000,000 worth, or some $4,000,000 more 
than the state's quota for the entire year. 
These pledge- were obtained in an inten- 
sive drive which ended March 23, and Ward 
M. Burgess, the State Director, has issued 
a statement telling how the work was done. 

When the campaign was opened three or 
four good organizers were sent out over the 
state to build up the various county organ- 
izations. Then a general letter was sent 
to all retailers, asking them to become 
agents, and the publicity department sent 
out letters to all retailers asking them to 
donate advertising space to the campaign. 

All banks in the state were asked to be- 
come agents for the sale of stamps, and each 
bank was requested to establish at least 
ten sub-agencies. Practically every bank 
in the state responded. 

All the schools in the state were organ- 
ized, the pupils l>< ming salesmen for the 

stamp- as well as buyers. 

With this preliminary work accomplished 
an intensive campaign was begun. The 
state was divided into six districts, and a 
statewide drive for all-year pledges was 
conducted. The governor of the state issued 
a proclamation setting aside March 22 as 
Nebraska War-Savings Day, and a public 
holiday was declared. On that day meet- 
ings were held in every school house of 
the Mate. 

Every week a report was issued from the 
office of the state director, showing the 
progress in each county in the state. In 
this way rivalry was stimulated and sales 
were boosted. The final step was the for- 
mation of War Saving- Societies, in which 

the all-year pledges ol i pie who work and 

earn money were obtained. 



\n appeal was recently issued to the men 
and women of Connecticut by the State 
Council asking them to volunteer in the 
iption and transmittal of occupa- 
tional cards for the exemption boards hav 
ing charge of the -elective draft in Con- 
necticut. The need arose because the na- 
tional government through Provost Mar- 
shal E. II. t row del- was calling for a 

pr pi supplying of specially qualified 

workmen which the government vitally 
needs. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



HOW YOU CAN FORM A 

WAR-SAVINGS SOCIETY 



TAXES OR INVESTMENTS 



Plans Under Way for Enrollment of 
30,000,000 Savers in Such Asso- 
ciations Within Next Few Weeks 



It is the desire of the government that 
a War-Savings Society be formed among the 
employees of every commercial and indus- 
trial establishment — in every office, store, 
factory and plant. This is believed to be 
the most practical method of creating and 
keeping up interest in the War-Savings 
Campaign; of encouraging people to avoid 
competing with the government for the 
things needed to win the war, of developing 
the habit of regular saving and investing 
in government securities. 

The chief purpose of the War-Savings 
Societies is to put team-work into a plan 
for bringing every man, woman and child 
into a relationship of personal responsibil- 
ity and personal service for the nation's 
welfare. 

It is expected that at least 30,000,000 
men, women and children will be enrolled 
as members of War-Savings Societies be- 
fore the end of the year; — that means the 
enlistment of 30,000,000 of men, women and 
children of America in the greatest thrift 
organization the world has ever known ■ — 
the binding together of the people of Amer- 
ica for the purpose of systematically saving 
to help win the war, and at the same time 
becoming ever-increasing holders of gov- 
ernment securities. This is more vital than 
the raising of money. 

Call a meeting of your employees. Have 
the War-Savings Society plan explained to 
them. (If you like call upon the War- 
Savings Society Bureau for a speaker.) 
Point out to your employees that in organ- 
izing a War-Savings Society they are en- 
listing as members of a company of savers, 
which is to back up the boys who have 
gone from their own group to fight for 
them. 

Explain to them, that in joining a War- 
Savings Society, they agree to try to spend 
less for things they do not need now, and 
loan their savings to the government, in 
order that the boys at the front may be 
supplied with what they must have if their 
bodily health and fighting efficiency is to 
be maintained. 

Get each employee enrolled. 

Have a treasurer named. 

Have a name chosen for the War-Savings 
Society, identifying it with the establish- 
ment, or better still — suggest that it be 
named after one of the boys in France. 

If there are a large number of employees, 
get a number of War-Savings Societies or- 
ganized, one in each department or bureau, 
and let competition and rivalry between 
War-Savings Societies be developed. 

Ask the War-Savings Society chairman 
at Hartford, for all material and help 
needed, including pamphlets, membership 
cards, advertising matter, speakers, sug- 
gestions, etc. 

Many other methods of getting employees 
to buy War-Savings Stamps have been in- 
stituted. Each is producing results, but it 
is confidently believed that the War-Savings 
Society plan will not only expedite the sale 
of War-Savings Stamps, but will lay the 
ground-work tor continuous saving more 
effectively than any other plan so far de- 
vised. 



Will you volunteer your dollars or wait 
for them to be drafted? 

The government must have the money to 
prosecute this war to victory. Not only 
that, but it will have it. If the money does 
not enlist it will be drafted. If you won't 
lend the government the money it needs, 
you will have to give the money in the 
form of taxes. 

Don't think for a moment that taxes are 
something the average man should not 
worry about — something that the rich 
alone must pay. Every man, every woman, 
every child in its cradle even will have to 
pay these taxes. They are being placed not 
only on incomes and on excess profits, but 
on checks, telephone messages, tobacco, per- 
fumes, and all sorts of articles. When the 
government needs more money than it can 
get by voluntary loans, it will look about 
for other articles to tax. You don't pay 
the tax directly, but you pay it indirectly 
through the increased cost of every thing 
you buy. 

The Liberty Loan drive in Illinois is ap- 
proaching a triumphant conclusion. County 
after county has gone over the top. But 
the War-Savings Campaign remains. It 
will continue every day of the year. The 
government needs the money from that, too. 
What is more it needs the materials and 
labor and railroad transportation which 
would be used if the money invested in 
War-Savings Stamps were spent for lux- 
uries. 

The government must not only have this 
money, but it must have the labor and the 
materials and the transportation. It wants 
you to provide these things voluntarily. 

Will you do your part? 



Sales of War Savings 

Reported by Committees 

(Continued from page 3) 
New Haven County 



WAR WORK OF SCOUTS 



Boy Scouts of America Helping Gov- 

ernment Win War Says Chief 

Scout Executive 



Earnest efforts are being made by the 
Boy Scouts of America to help win the 
war according to a letter received by Gov- 
ernor Marcus H. Holcomb from James E. 
West, Chief Scout Executive of that or- 
ganization. 

Mr. West's letter follows: 

" Unfortunately the very success of the 
Boy Scout Movement has led to imitation 
and many people have innocently been mis- 
led through appeals for financial help, es- 
pecially from the U. S. Boy Scouts. We 
know many instances where names of prom- 
inent people have been used by that organi- 
zation without authority, and in some cases 
through confusion with the genuine organ- 
ization. 

■' We have been reliably informed that 
the U. S. Boy Scout organization has paid 
commissions, ranging from 40% to 70% 
for financial solicitation. Just at present 
they are engaged in a campaign to under- 
mine the strength and success of the Boy 
Scouts of America. 

" As much as we regret to write in this 
way, we feel duty bound to have these facts 
brought officially to your attention in or- 
der that you and those in your office may 
be fully warned and at the same time in- 
formed about the earnest efforts of the Bov 
Scouts of America to help win the war and 
its standing with, the United States Govern- 
ment." 



Ansonia 
'Beacon Falls 

Bethany 

Branford 

Cheshire 
'Derby 

East Haven 

Guilford 
'Hamden 
*Madison 

Meriden 

Middlebury 

Milford 

Naugatuck 

New Haven 
*North Branford 

North Haven 

Orange 
Seymour 

Southbury 

Wallingford 

Waterbury 



78,529.70 

926.45 

1,118.50 

7,014.68 

5,768.42 

46,618.00 

4,311.74 

7,275.68 

3,674.75 

1,399.44 

55,544.58 

1,704.07 

6,463.84 

31,237.70 

298,738.46 

56.11 

1,370.12 

324.71 

19,080.51 

2,460.00 

11,398.75 

173,979.23 



4.46 

.58 

2.02 

.96 

2.17 

4.65 

1.08 

2.60 

.39 

.80 

1.72 

1.35 

.62 

2.28 

1.85 

.05 

.48 

.01 

2.98 

2.25 

.96 

1.7 1 



New London County 






*Bozrah 






Colchester 


570.bi 


.24 


East Lyme 


782.92 


.39 


'Franklin 






'Griswold 


5,349.01 


1.30 


*Groton 


3,257.59 


.46 


Lebanon 


729.81 


.40 


*Ledyard 


111.30 


.10 


"Lyme 


363.44 


.41 


•Montville 


970.86 


.34 


New London 


156,274.61 


6.09 


*North Stonington 


759.48 


.63 


Norwich 


44,930.65 


1.53 


Old Lyme 


2,741.92 


2.40 


* Preston 


235.49 


.11 


'Sprague 


2,646.25 


1.05 


'Stonington 


8,404.62 


.79 


'Voluntown 






'Waterford 






Tolland County 






Andover 


62.26 


.14 


Bolton 


342.42 


.76 


* Columbia 


413.46 


.60 


Coventry 


1,855.06 


1.15 


"Ellington 


130.68 


.06 


'Hebron 


93.21 


.08 


*Mansfield 


3,517.84 


1.50 


Somers 


2,261.65 


1.58 


Stafford 


17,666.14 


2.83 


'Tolland 


375.00 


.31 


Vernon 


14,711.07 


1.66 


'Willington 


257.99 


.14 


Windham County 






'Ashford 






'Brooklyn 


117.80 


.06 


'Canterbury 


450.44 


.39 


'Chaplin 


30.00 


.08 


'Eastford 


369.26 


.(3 


'Hampton 






Killingly 


10,227.00 


1.36 


Plainfield 


29,100.00 


3.52 


'Pomfret 


827.29 


.44 


Putnam 


18,966.22 


2.27 


Scotland 


111.52 


.22 


Sterling 


2,083.33 


1.57 


'Thompson 


6,954.14 


1.49 


Windliam (W'mantic) 


73,952.22 


5.21 


'Woodstock 


1,424.3/ 


.72 



* Last report earlier than March 30. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



VICTORY CONFERENCES 

FOR WOMEN OF STATE 



Interest in War To Be Aroused by 
Meetings in Fourteen Towns 
, In April and May 



A series of fourteen Victory conferences 
in various sections of the state, have been 
planned by the Committee on Woman's Ac- 
tivities of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense. The towns selected and the dates 
of the conferences follow: 
Williinantic, Monday, April 29 

Putnam, Tuesday, April 30 

l'lainnehl, Wednesday, May 1 

Norwich, Thin-. lav. May 2 

New London, Friday, May 3 

Clinton, Saturday, Maj 4 

Middletown, Monday, May 6 

Waterbury, Tuesday, May 7 

Danlmry, Wednesday, May 8 

Litchfield, Thursday, May 9 

Winsted. Friaay, May 10 

Canaan, Saturday, -May 11 

Windsor Locks, Monday, May 13 

Roekville, Tuesday, May 14 

The state lias been divided into fourteen 
zones and the town in each zone which offers 
the best strategic advantage in accessibil 
itv and accommodations lias been selected 
for the victory conference. It is expected 
that women in every other township in that 
zone will find it convenient to attend. 

Town chairmen of women's committees 
in all zones have been requested by the 
Committee on Woman's Activities to stim- 
ulate interest among the womanhood of 

their coi unity. Special effort will be 

made to secure the attendance of mothers 
who have sons in the fighting forces, visit- 
ing nurses, librarians, teachers, wives of 
members of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense, heads of committees, Red Cross 
workers ami others engaged in war work. 

A tentative program for these Victory 
conferences has been worked out as follows: 

11 to 12 a. m. Roll Call of Towns. 

Exhibits representing the work of each 
of the woman's departments of the Com- 
mittee on Woman's Activities, particu- 
larly as they apply to the rural communi- 
ties, also such things as England's war 
rations, what thrift stamps can buy in 
trench tools, socks, tent pins. etc. 

12 to 1 p. m. Informal Luncheon. Each 
woman is expected to bring her own 
lunch. 

1 to 2 p. m. Address by Mrs. Edward W. 
W. Hay-ward of Hartford on the work of 
the Committee on Woman's Activities. 



Litchfield county's recent survey is be- 
ing followed up by having an expert in farm 
machinery visit the farmers who have grain 
harvesting and threshing machinery. TTe 
is learning about the condition of the ma- 
chinery as to whether it is in need of re- 
pairs ami in addition how- much outside 
work the owner can do for his neighbors. 
Reports from the Litchfield county sur- 
vey indicate that the farmers will make 
a "ratifying increase in the area of grain 
to be planted. 



Major Giddings Found Acute 
Food Shortage in Europe 

(Continued from page 1) 

from restrictions on other foods. Both 
countries are on a rigid war bread basis. 
Butter and sugar are never seen in the best 
hotels and restaurants in London. The 
absence of butler, sugar and pastry is also 
noticeable throughout France. Potatoes 
and fruit are scarce ami of poor qualitj in 
England and the same is true of the milk. 
The supply ot milk in France is so limited 
that it canni t !«• served after 9 A. M 
Eggs are plentiful in England but thej 
cos! $1.50 a dozen." 

In spite of the alarming shortage in food 
and the consequent sacrifices demanded of 
the people of England and France, Majoi 
Giddings says he found them cheerful and 
confident. Their morale is splendid. He 
and the othei members of the Libertj I oar 
mission are convinced that the plight of 
America's allies i- not realized by the 
American people. Amei ica, in their opin- 
ion, must wake up to the need for haste, 
particularly in building ships. 

'■Tin' winning of the war depends il| 

ships, men and money and upon bringing 
them into effective service before it is too 
late." was the emphatic declaration of Ma- 
jor Giddings. 

Major Giddings left Hartford on Janu- 
ary 20. taking with him a special message 
to the Connecticut troops in France from 
Governor Marcus II. Holcomb. lie was un- 
able to visit the state troops because the 
great offensive was just beginning and all 
permits to visit the front lines had been 
revoked. However, he forwarded the mes 
-age to the front by courier. 

Arrangements for the overseas visit id' 
th.' Liberty Loan mission were made by 
Oscar T. Crosby, assistant secretary of the 
United States treasury and president of 
the Inter-Ally Commission on War Pur- 
chases and Finance. The commission has 
taken over for it- use the Sunderland House, 
the home of the Duchess of Marlborough, 
in London. 

While abroad Major Giddings ran the 
gauntlet of the perils of war. Tie and other 
members of the mission were in Paris din- 
ing the first few days ot the shelling of that 
city by the Hun's famous seventy-five mile 
gun. During their stav in Paris the city 
was visited six times by air raider-, and 
100 people were killed in one of the raids. 
While in London there were two air raids 
and 30 people killed in one. 

The bloodie-t battlefields of the war were 
visited by the American mission. They saw 
the ruination and desolation at Messines 
Ridge. Ypres. Arras. Baoaume and Peronne. 
They walked over the famous battleground 
of the Somme since wrested from the Brit- 
ish in the greatest battle of all history. 
They saw a great deal of the French front 
and spent two nights in the citadel of Ver- 
dun which has stood like the Rock of Gib- 
raltar against the onslaught of the Teuton 
invaders. 

They hoped to see General Pershing at 
American headquarters, but he was on b 
tour with Secretary of War Raker. It was 
their privilege to see a great deal of the 
remarkable work being done by the Amer- 
ican troops at the base camps where prep 
nations are being made nil a mammoth 
scale for the greater army to come and the 
supplies to maintain them. 



COUNTIES FINISH 

SURVEY OF FARMS 



Immediate Benefits Gained by Census 

in the Interest of Greater 

Food Production 



Four Connecticut counties completed ■< 
war emergency farm census of all farms 
last week as a vital step in preparation 
for greater food production and conserva 
tioii tin- year. A -tall' of 1,000 volunteer 
eeiisii- taker- were engaged in the work 
which had been authorized by the Con 
neeticut State Council of Defense upon rec- 
ommendation of the Committee of Food 
Supplj and Conservation. The farm sur- 
vey was conducted In Fairfield, New- Haven. 
Tolland and Hartford counties. Litchfield 
county completed its survej earlier in the 
year. 

Efficiency and speed characterized the 
work in each county. The farmers showed 
splendid cooperation by readily filling out 
the census flank-, llius giving the state 
government needed information regarding 
their resources in labor, livestock and ma- 
chinery, together with their plans for 1918 
crops. 

The thousands of census reports col 
leeted since the fist day of the campaign 
March 2."i. have been assembled at the 
State Library in Hartford. This week the 
extension livestock men of Connecticut Ag 
ricultural College are doing important sta- 
tistical work with the individual census 
return-. The\ are coding the various breeds 
of horses, cows, sheep, swine, poultry and 
fee- so. that the state will possess a live- 
stock census classified by breeds. Upon com- 
pletion of their work. State Librarian 

I ■■. - lard will set in motion the 

tabulation machinery which performed a 
great service for the state last year in the 
tabulation of the state military census. 

Fairfield, Hartford. New Haven and Tol- 
land counties conducted the agricultural 
survey through their county farm bureaus. 
Each town had from six to fifteen practical 
fanners making the canvass in their neigh- 
borhood. They received their appointment 
from the chairman of the local War Bu- 
reau and were under the supervision of the 
county farm agents and their assistants. 
Litchfield county's survey was taken ear- 
lier in the year and served as a working 
model. Middlesex, New London and Wind- 
ham counties will take their farm census 
next fall. 



While in Paris, members of the mission 
were received bv President Poincaire and 

Marshal .Iodic at the Palace of the Elysee 
Bonar Law. Britain's chancellor of the ex- 
chequer, received and talked with the mis- 
sion in London. They also wine entertained 
by Lord Xorthcliffe. Considerable time 
was spent with sir Robert Kindersley, 
chairman of the British War Bond and 
Saving- Committees. 

" England and France rely upon the 
United States," Major Giddings told the 
interviewer. " It is our job. We have 
tackled the biggest job in the history of 
the world. It is a case of go on or go 
under." 

Major Giddings will make a report of 

nis trip to Governor Hoi f and the 

State Council of Defense and will then 
devote considerable time speaking during 
the Liberty Loan Campaign under the di- 
rection of the New England Liberty Loan 
Committee. 



( 'OlSTN-ECTICtTT BULLETIN 



Proposed Emergency 



ORGANIZATION UNWORTHY 



Organization for 

° _. Woman's National League Meets With 

Meeting Directors 0fficia , Disa p pr o V ai 



(Continued from page 1) 



Mr. Alsop reported for Howell Cheney, 
state director of the War-Savings Cam- 
paign, who was out of town. The council 
voted its approval of Mr. Cheney's plan of 
setting aside a day for a War Savin-- I en 
bub and a preparatory campaign. Mr. 
Chandler reported the various activities of 
the publicity committee. 

The statewide campaign to reduce in- 
fant mortality during "Children's Year" 
was approved by the council and the Com 
mittee on Woman's Activities was author 
ized to go ahead with plans for this work 
in co-operation with the State Department 
of Health. 

"The Victory Farm Helpers' League" 
of Waterbury, an organization to secure the 
voluntary enlistment of business and pro- 
fessional men for farm labor, without re- 
muneration, was described to the council 
and its statewide adoption urged. Several 
Waterbury men spoke for the project. Ap 
proval was given the plan, and it was rec- 
ommended for adoption by (lie various War 
Bureaus. Mr. Korper, state director of the 
United States Employment Service, was in 
structed to prepare a report of farm laboi 
activities in Connecticut, and send the same 
to the Department of Labor at Washington. 

Mrs. Bumstead gave a statistical report 
of the voluntary and paid women workers 
secured from the women's registration con- 
ducted in New Haven. 



MEETING OF APRIL 8 

Those present at the meeting of April 8 
were: His Excellency, Marcus H. Holcomb, 
Governor; Chairman Richard M. Bissell, 
Joseph W. Alsop, Dr. D. Chester Brown, 
Adjutant-General George M. Cole, Charles 
A. Goodwin, Lucius F. Robinson, William 
R. Webster, of the council; Treasurer John 
T. Roberts, Ira M. Ornburn, and the fdl- 
lowing Chairmen and members of sub-com- 
mittees: Charles J. Bennett, Charles G. 
Bill, Lucius F. Burpee, George B. Chandler, 
Colonel C. D. Cowles. Howell Cheney, Rear 
Admiral W. S. Cowles, L. S. N., Retired; 
Frank D. Cheney. Dr. C. C. Godfrey, Stan- 
ley H. Holmes, Leo i\. Korper, T. W. Rus- 
sell, Robert Scoville, Arthur L. Shipman, 
Henry E. Morrison, Herbert K. Smith, 
Richard Wayne, George G. Williams, A. 
L. Maddock, Miss Ruutz-Rees, Miss Cor- 
win and Dr. Valeria H. Parker. 

Mr. Korper, state director of the United 
States Employment Service, reported on the 
work of the committee on Employment Ser- 
vice. 

Mr. Russell, federal fuel administrator 
for Connecticut, reported for that office and 
the council's coal committee. He outlined 
the regulations governing the retail distri- 
bution of coal to domestic consumers dur- 
ing the fuel year 1018-1919. Mr. Bill made 
an informal* report for the Committee on 
Coal Conservation. 

Mr. Chandler reported on the conference 
held at Boston by representatives of the 
State Defense Councils of New England. 
Plans for a series of war conferences were 
explained and following Mr. Chandler's re- 
port it was voted to accept the suggestion 
of the Council of National Defense and Hie 
Committee of Public Information for a 
conference of war workers in Hartford in 



Investigation of the Women's National 
League at Washington, D. ('.. has been 
made by the Connecticut State Council of 
Defen e and the facts have warranted that 
Connecticut women be advised that the 
league is unworthy of support. Connecticut 

wo have been invited to become founders 

of local branches of this organization. The 
Women's Committee of tin- Council of Na- 
tional Defense lias issued the statement 
(hat (he league is not deserving of support. 

The Woman's National League wrote from 
headquarters in Washington on stationery 
containing the names of Mrs. Woodrow 
Wilson, Mrs. William G. MacAdoo, Dr. 
Anna H. Shaw, Mrs. Mabel T. Boarclman, 
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan and others 
'"nominated" for the Executive Council for 
101 s. The aims of the league were set 
forth as being three, embracing educational, 
social and financial betterment. Club 
houses for local organizations baving 150 
members, exclusive use of " a great national 
educational institution" to be established 
ami dividend sharing certificates, "which 
will pay an income to the holder for life" 
are promised in the League's literature. 
The requirement is that each founder must 
obtain twenty other members who must 
each become a subscriber of the Woman's 
Magazine at 25 cents per year. 

It is stated in eorres] lence received at 

the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
that the Woman's National League has been 
reported to the Department of Justice and 
to postal authorities. 

Under its plan of giving out information 
to its local agencies throughout the state 
of war funds which arc worthy of support, 
the State Council of Defense conducts many 
investigations of this character. Its pur- 
pose in passing resolutions several months 
ago advising people of the state against con- 
tributing to unauthorized causes and funds 
was to protect them from fraud and make 
it possible for them to lie certain, before 
making contributions, that their gifts would 
be devoted to a legitimate cause. 



The first formal report of activities of the 
1 Employment Service was made by 
I, eo A. Korper. the state director at a re- 
cent meeting of the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense through which organization 
this work was instituted and Mr. Korper 
was nominated to have charge. Satisfac- 
tory progress was reported by Mr. Kor- 
per. 



LEGAL PROTECTION 

FOR MEN IN SERVICE 



the afternoon and a mass meeting in the 
evening of May 11. 

Reports on the Americanization confer- 
ence held in Washington, were given by 
Mr. Bissell and Mr. Holmes, who repre- 
sented Connecticut. Judge Burpee, Mr. 
Holmes, Mr. Verplanck, Mr. Shipman and 
Mr. Morrison were appointed a committee 
to consider and report a plan of action on 
this matter. 

By vote of the council, the proposed plan 
of removing the food administration's of- 
fice and allied departments to the State 
Capitol was endorsed. 

Miss Ruutz-Rees reported that the Com- 
mittee on Woman's Activities had planned 
for fourteen rural exhibits. The council 
approved the plan. 



War Bureaus Informed of Recent Act 

Passed by Congress — Outline 

Circulated 

WORK OF LEGAL COMMITTEE 

A brief outline of the protection afforded 
soldiers and sailors by the Civil Pvelief Act 
recently passed by Congress has been sent 
out by the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense to its weir bureaus and town commit- 
tees throughout the state. This action was 
recommended by the State Council's Legal 
Committee, of which Arthur L. Shipman, 
of Hartford is chairman, succeeding Lucius 
l/. Robinson, of Hartford, who was added 
to the membership of the Council itself by 
appointment by. Governor Marcus H, Hoi- 
comb. 

Local auciicies nf the council have been 
asked to distribute copies of the act and 
copies of a statement outlining its pro- 
visions prepared by Major Wigmore of the 
staff of the Judge Advocate General of the 
Army. These copies are to be supplied to 
trial justice's and judges of city courts as 
wcdl as legal members of the draft exemp- 
tion hoards and members of the legal pro 
fession who are identified with the war bu- 
reaus and town committees. 

The council's communication to its lo- 
cal agencies says: "Plans should be de- 
veloped and carried out for a local legal 
coi ijlec to care for the interests of sol- 
diers and sailors and their families af- 
fected by the Act." 

A brief outline of the provisions of the 
Soldiers 'and Sailors' Belief Act as prepared 
by Major Wigmore is as follows; 

" The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief 
Act. recently passed by Congress, aims to 
protect soldiers and sailors from undue 
hardship due to their inability to bring or 
defend lawsuits and to attend to their busi- 
ness obligations or property rights, during 
their absence in military service. 

" A soldier or sailor may owe money on 
a note. Or he may have bought or leased 
land or tools or furniture on which an in- 
stallment is yet due. Or he may have mort- 
gaged his home, and be liable to foreclosure 
for non payment. Or he may have started 
a homestead or mining claim and be unable 
to continue the necessary occupation in the 
required period of time. Or he may have 
carried life insurance for several years and 
now be unable to keep up the premium pay- 
ments. Or he may have a money claim 
against some one and during his absence 
the lapse of time may raise a legal bar 
against suing for it wnen be returns. Or 
he may be sued on some claim in his ab- 
sence and may be unable to defend the 
suit effectively while absent. 

"In these and other ways he may suffer 
undue hardship. The object of the Act is 
to give relief from such hardship." 




(Eonn^ritrut Bttlbtttt 



Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



II LRTFORD, CONNECTICUT, -MAY 3, 1918 



No. 25 



GOVERNOR CONDEMNS 
RENT PROFITEERING 
AND SHOWS REMEDY 

Recommends to Courts that Civil Ac- 
tion Against Tenant Victims be 
Postponed Until After the War — 
Adoption of Plan Prop sed by State 
Council — Report of Waterbury Sit- 
uation. 

RENTS HAVE ADVANCED 

80 PER CENT. IN PRICE 

A remedy for " rent profiteet inq bj 
landlords in fast growing industrial com 

munities has I n recommended to court-* 

and court officials by Governor Marcus II 
HoJcomb following a report on the inves 
tigation of excessive rent charges in Water- 
hurj. The investigation showed an approx 
,:,:,, i,. inn r,i -, 1. 1 eighty per cent, in rent il 
charges Votes were taken by the State 
ineil requesting the governor 1" instruct 
i he courts to protect i he tenants oi - 
landlords in case of eviction proceedings. 
The course decided upon by the goi 

and the defens luneil, after consideration 

oi the commission's report, includes move? 
to prot eel truants in all pari s of i he stat. 
from profiteering such as the commi 
found has been practiced by a small group 
of Waterburj landlords. The remedy de 
cided upon has resulti d in < (overnor Hoi 
comb writing to judges of courts througl 
out i he state, as Eollov - - 

•• The extraordinary demands upon our in- 
dustries i'"i production of munitions and 
other war material has created verj 
ioui in some of our cit ies because 

of inadequate housing facilities. The great 
body of our citizens is endeavoring to meet 
the situation in a patriotic spirit but 
property owners Beek to take an undue ad 
\ .mi age in I- I "it [on of unre isonable and un 
conscionable rents and in some instances 
by failure to comply with sanitary laws 
and regulations. Their unpatriotic conduct 
is seriously affecting our industrial wo) 
and is detrimental to the interests of the 
eminent in the present emergency and 
against the public welfare. 

"The Slate Council of Defense, upon in- 
vestigation and careful consideration ha 
with my approval taken action in this mat- 
te] and among other things has passed the 
follow in"; votes : 

"'VOTED: Thai the council request 
the governor to request the courts appoint- 
ing prosecuting officials that they require 
such officials to see that till laws and munic- 
ipal ordinances, relating to the public 
health he rigidly enforced, and that the 

■ . i in r be i equested to notify all 
prosecuting attorneys and all Grand .fur- 
or- that they make -t ial pndeavors to 

have all laws and municipal ordinances re- 
lating to the public health, rigidly enforced, 
and tli. it he w ill hold them t > a -I ricl per 
formance of this public dut y. 

"'VOTED: Tint the Governor be re- 
quested to issue a request to all courts hai 
ing jurisdiction of actions of summary 
(Continued on page 6) 



PROMINENT SPEAKERS 

FOR WAR CONVENTION 



A war convention and mas- meeting will 
|,e held at Fool Guard Hall, Hartfoi 
Saturday afternoon and evening ot 
1 lth under t he auspices of the Connect icut 
State Council of Defense. Repri 
of n 1 1 Ian eaus and tow n committees of I he 
council have been invited to attend. 
Speakers of prominence in war work and 
government affairs have been assigned to 
tin- convention by the Council of National 
Defense at who,,- request the event is be 
in"; held. 

St ile i 'ha irinii a Richard M. Bissell, of the 
council, will preside at both the conference 

in II fternoon and the mass n ting in 

i he e\ ening. 

The program follow s: 

VFTERNOON CONFEREN< I 

2 P. M. 

Governor's Foot Guard Band 
2: 15 P. M. 
The Message oi I lie ' ouncil 

J\idge George \\ . Wheeler, 
Bridgeport, Conn 
3:15 P. M. 

Public Speaking and Rallies as a Force 
in Winning the War 
Arthur E. Bestor, Director of 
Speaking Division 

i ill tee on Public Informal ion, 

Washington, D. C. 
Singing: " Battle Hymn of the RepuDlic" 
Audience with Band 
l DO P, M. 
The ' From Our " Four- Vj inute 

Men " 
Rev M. E. Ailing, State Chairman 
l 15 P. M. 
Addre I one of Pershing's Men, just 

returned from France 
Name cannot he published at this time) 
Singing: " Keep the Home Fires Burning " 
Audience with Band 
l : ::ii P. M. 
Connecticut and the National Council 
Major L^utledgi National 

Council of Dei 

EVENING MASS MEETING. 
P M. 
Musical Program 

Choral Club of Hartford 
Ralph I.. Baldwin, Director 
8:00 p. \i 

Addi e 

Governor Marcus T-T. Holcomb 
Mrs. August Belmont 
Frederick C. Walcott 
Usl to Herbert C. Hoover, U. S. Food 
Administrator 
l.ane-lilin Maclean Watt 
I., rdon Highlanders and Black Watch 



Professor Henry P. Fairchild, of Yale 
University, has been appointed superintend- 
ent of tne New Haven office of the United 
stni es Emploj men! Set \ ici D 

re in Leo A. Korper. Mr. Fairchild is as- 
sistant professor of Science and Society at 
Vale 



1,218 WAR RALLIES 
IN STATE SINCE 

FIRST OF JANUARY 



Council Receives Interesting Report 
From Division of War Rallies— 400 
Speakers Used — Junior Food Army 
Enrolls 10,000 Children — Expects 

40,000 More 



SALE OF "SMILEAQE BOOKS" 

UOING ON IN 119 TOWNS 



War rallies have been conducted suc- 
cessfully throughout the state as shown in 
,ni inter- ting report submitted to the Con- 
necticut state Council of Defense at its 
id iy by Harrison B. Frei 

, director of the Division of War Rallies 

council's Committee on Publicity. 
Since January I, a total of 1,218 war rallies 
has been held and 4.00 speakers, son 
these being foreign language speakers. 
i .1 the division has 000 men and L00 
women on the speakers list and the patri- 
ot i - re pon -ailed upon ha 
splendid. 

'those present at the meeting were Chair- 
man Richard M. Bi -ell, Joseph W. Alsop, 
Dr. D. Chester Brown, Lucius F. Robinson, 
Howard \. Giddings, Charles A. Goodwin 
and Judge George W. Wheeler of the Coun- 
cil, Miss Anna B. Sands and the following 
chairmen and members of sub-committees: 
G. Williams, Han ison B. Free nan, 
er, \. B. Lincoln. Richard 
Dr. C. C. Godfrey, Edward P. I 
Admiral W. S. Cowles, Louis T. Smith, Ar- 
thur L. Shipman, A. L. Maddock, Miss 
Ruutz-Rees, Miss Margaret Corwin, Dr. 
Valeria Parker; and the following members 

of the !■' I Supply ( omii. ;aniza- 

tion: Arthur Howe, Colonel Louis R. 

. S. F. Willard, W. Jr., I. 

rge M. Lan- 

enator C. C. Hemenway, William C. 

Cheney, W. F. Kirkpatrick, Jam 

Whittlesey, Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., Mrs. 

J. W. Birdsie. 

The Committee on Education was in- 
structed by vote of the council to take up 
the matter of the contents of text books 
for teaching the ' fermar language w it h t be 
State Board of Education and the princi 

--I I 3 and |n L\ S I hOOls 

with a view of having such books examined 
and improper material eliminated. 

Con 
servatii its various 

Air. Howe, stat eni officer of the 

Working Reserve re- 
ported an - i 1,000 hoys 

for fai - 

■ I the recruit in 

n's Land \iniy for 

at Storrs fOT unit. The 

state w ill no cont ribute monej 

for this work. Sin- reported thirty-three 

(Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



M 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1 HARTFORD. CONN., MAY 3, 1918. No. 25 



BRINGING IN CATTLE 



Five Carloads Distributed by Depart- 
ment of the Council 



Five carloads of cattle have come into 
the state during the last few weeks as a 
result of the activities of the Live Stock 
Department of the council's Committee of 
Food Supply. These cattle were purchased 
by Professor II. L. Garrigus of the Con- 
necticut Agricultural College, who acted 
as purchasing agent for the Committee. 
Funds were loaned by the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense. While being brought 

in, the cattle were insured and a con a 

sion was charged to cover the expense of 
handling them, to insure that no lo-s was 
incurred by the state. 



SOME ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN'S COMMITTEE 



Two meetings under the direction of the 
Committee on Women's Activities of the 
council have been held to discuss the distri- 
bution of the pamphlet " Women and War 
Work," which is to be published by the 
council for the Committee on Woman's Ac- 
tivities. The distribution is to be under- 
taken by the publicity chairmen of the 
woman's committee in the larger towns or 
by the town chairmen. Special effort is 
being made to distribute this pamphlet 
through new channels and to reach women 
and girls who have not been reached here- 
tofore. 

The first meeting was held at the State 
Capitol on April 10. Mrs. Ernest Thomp- 
son Seton presided and Mrs. Charles M. 
Andrews, president of the Girls' Patriotic 
League in New Haven, explained ways 
found most effective in reaching the work- 
ing girls. 

The second meeting was held in the head- 
quarters of the Girl's Patriotic League in 
Xew Haven on April 20th. Mrs. Seton pre- 
sided, and Professor Tracy, chairman of 
the New Haven War Bureau, spoke. It was 
decided to carry out plan for short speeches 
in the factories and stores and to dis- 
tribute the pamphlet wherever that seemed 
best, and in other cases to distribute it 
through organizations such as the Girls' 
Patriotic League, District Nurses, Work- 
ing Women's Social Clubs and through 
leaders of groups. When the pamphlet is 
distributed there will be a short speech 
showing how the outcome will directly af- 
fect each and every woman, and an effort 
will be made to make them realize the im- 
portance of individual effort. 

Motor Messenger Service 

The Committee on Woman's Activities 
is planning to establish Motor Messenger 
Service in many of the towns throughout 
the state, similar to that in New Haven. In 
New Haven they have an enrollment of 
about seventy-five cars, about forty of these 
pledging time for a full morning or after- 
noon each week. There is an adjutant, two 
first, and two second lieutenants. All ap- 
pointments are confirmed by the Woman's 
Committee. The women all wear uniforms 
and have an insignia for their cars. 



EDUCATIONAL PROPAGANDA. 

Miss Mabel C. Washburn has accepted the 
Chairmanship of the Educational Propa- 
ganda Department. Her committee is Miss 
Mary T. Blauvelt, Miss Helen T. Bunce, 
Miss Mary Bushnell, Miss Caroline M. 
Hewins, Mrs. C. A. Jackson, Mrs. Chas. G. 
Morris, Miss Raehael Stone and Miss Ethel 
Walker. 

CHILD WELFARE CONFERENCE. 

\ conference under the auspices of the 
Child Welfare Department of the Woman's 
Committee will be helu in the Hall of the 

House of Representatives at the State Capi- 
tol on May 8th. The program for the con 
ference is as follows: 

MORNING SESSION. 
11:30 Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, Chair- 
man Woman's Committee, intro- 
ducing Dr. Walter H. Brown. 

Dr. Walter H. Brown, Director of 
Child Welfare. 

Dr. Jessica Peixotto, Chairman of 
Chila Welfare Department, Wo- 
man's Committee, National Coun- 
cil of Defense, 

"The Nation's Program for Saving 
100,000 Babies in tile United 
States During 1918." 

Professor C. E. A. Winslow, Yale 
University, 

"Children in War Time." 

Dr. D. Chester Brown, Com tieul 

State Council of Defense, 

■' The Part of Child Welfare in the 
Program of Defense." 

AFTERNOON SESSION. 
2:00 to 3:00 Dr. John T. Black. State 
Department oi Health. 

"How the State Department of 
Health Plans to Co-operate in the 
Campaign." 

Mrs. William E. D. Scott, Chairman 
Child Welfare Department, 

"The Child and the Community." 

Miss Margaret Stack, 

"The Role of the Visiting Nurses." 

Mr. John P. Sanderson. Jr., Con- 
necticut Children's Aid Society, 

" The Importance of Other Social 
Agencies." 

Discussion. 



J^tl — 



MUST USE ENGLISH 
IN SCHOOLS OF STATE 
FOR REGULAR STUDIES 



Use in Elementary Instruction Prohib- 
ited by Governor — bnemy Aliens 
Barred From Teaching 



EDICT EFFECTIVE 

AFTER JULY 1ST 



English will be the only language used 
for elementary instruction and purposes 
of administration in the public and private 
schools in Connecticut after July 1 under 
the terms of a proclamation issued by Gov- 
ernor Marcus H. Holcomb. Enemy aliens 
are prohibited from teaching in the public 
and private schools. The governor's action 
was based on a report received from the 
Committee on Americanization of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense. 

The governor's proclamation follows: 

" Whereas the statutes of the State of 
Connecticut require all children over seven 
and under sixteen years, with certain ex- 
ceptions as to those over fourteen years, 
to be instructed in reading, writing, spell- 
ing, English grammar, geography, arith- 
metic and United States history, and to at- 
tend a public day school regularly during 
the hours and terms of such public school 
unless the parent or person having control 
of such child can show that the child is else- 
where receiving regularly thorough instruc- 
tion during said hours and terms in the 
studies taught in the public schools, and 
makes the failure to comply therewith an 
offense punishable by prescribed penalties, 
and 

" Whereas the manifest purpose of such 
requirements is to ensure the education 
of said children in said enumerated studies 
for their own benefit and to prepare them 
to become useful, intelligent and safe citi- 
zens of this state and nation, and our consti- 
tution provides that every person, as a 
condition of being admitted as an elector 
must be able to read our constitution and 
statutes in the English language, and 

•■ Whereas this is an English-speaking na- 
tion, and it is clear that to comply with 
the obvious intention and spirit of these 
statutes, the required instruction of chil- 
dren should be given in the English lan- 
guage, and it requires no argument to prove 
that this is necessary for the safetj of 
the state and nation, and 

"Whereas it has come to my knowledge 
that in some public and private schools 
in this state, said instruction in the above 
enumerated studies is given by using lan- 
guage other than the English language in- 
eluding the language of certain foreign 
powers with whom the United States is now 
at war: 

" Now. therefore, by virtue of the au- 
thority vested in me as Governor of this 
-tate. r hereby order all persons having 
charge, supervision or control of public .ml 
private schools in which the above cam 

(Continued on page 5) 



D. of D. 

MAY 14 191R 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Negotiated Peace With 

Germany is Impossible 

Former United States Attorney General George W. Wickersham so Says at 
War Savings Conference at Capitol 



WHAT THRIFT STAMPS WILL 
PURCHASE FOR SOLDIERS 



" There is only one way to negotiate with 
Germany; that is with the biggest gun, 
and the most highly perfected system of 
modern warfare," said George W. Wicker 
-inn, formerly attorney-general of the 
United States, during an address on April 
25 at a conference held by the Connecticut 
War-Savings Committee at the Capitol, for 
the purpose of raising the $1,200,000 in 
thrift and war-savings stamps allotted to 
this state to be sold in the retail stores 
before December 31 of this year. 

'■ Negotiated speech with Germany," said 
Mr. Wickersham, " is as possible as a nego- 
tiated speech with the devil. Even more 
impossible, as I am told that his Satanic 
majesty has some slight signs of the quali- 
fications of a gentleman. The present is 
not a time for the upbuilding of political 
machines. It is time to get busy and win 
this war. Freedom is at stake. Wherever 
you follow the trail of the German serpent 
all that you find is bad. German propa- 
ganda ruined Russia. Caesar's dream of 
dominion did not compare in magnitude 
with that of Germany for the past 25 years. 
It is a glory to the rest of the world that 
we failed to take this vision seriously. How- 
long will we protect ourselves behind the 
wall of our allies, France, England, and 
Italy? How long will it be before we take 
the part of a great world power in this 
war?" 

During his remarks Mr. Wickersham said 
that it was time that we " rid ourselves of 
the mediocre ex-professors" at Washington 
and filled their places with manufacturers 
and business men. He added that he did 
not refer to the President in this statement. 
then paid a glowing tribute to the nation's 
chief executive. 

Mr. Wickersham began his remarks by 
stating that the war-savings campaign was 
organized to offset the slogan of " business 
as usual," which was much in evidence at 
the beginning of this war. He continued: 
" Business cannot be carried on as usual 
in time of war. There must be a readjust- 
ment. Business as usual means waste as 
usual. Some wise man then evolved the 
war-savings plan. The idea of accumulated 
wealth had to be changed in England. 
Wealth was nothing unless it was produc- 
ing something. The war-savings idea was 
to place the golden stream of earned wealth 
:it the disposal of all the people. 

" When we came to this war a year ago 
it was thought by four fifths of our people 
that the end was near. It was thought that 
we would be in at the finish, have an im- 
portant part in the peace negotiations and 
finish in a triumphant manner. How' dif- 
ferent are our feelings at the present time. 
Hermans are as near Paris today as Tren- 
ton is near New York. Her favorite tar- 
gets are the things which stand for a higher 
object than brute force. We would like to 
think that we had enough men on the other 
side so that we might be a deciding factor 
in the war. We now have as many men in 
action as Portugal or possibly poor little 
Belgium. We must have a clearer and 
bigger vision of the conflict. We must 



throw 5,0110,000 or 10,000,000 men into the 
conflict, and we must have ships to cur) 
them." 

Mr. Wickersham was introduced by Gov 
ernor Holcomb, who in a few words paid 
eloquent tribute to the war-savings cam 
paign and the war-savings idea. 

Howell Cheney, state director for Con 
aecticut of the National War-Savings Com 
mittee, presided at the conference, and made 
the opening appeal. At the conclusion of 
Mr. Wicket'sham's appeal the session was 
taken in charge by Joseph T. McWeeney of 
Hartford, state director of the retail mer- 
chants section of the National War-Savings 
Committee. li. L. Howe, federal director 
of that branch explained the war savings 
campaign as applied to the work of the aver 
age merchant. 



Connecticut Director of War Savings 

Committee Prepares List Showing 

What May be Bought 



WOMEN ARE HOLDING 

VICTORY CONFERENCES 



War Savings, Child Welfare, and Food 

Exhibits are Shown in Many Towns 

and Cities of State 



POSTERS A SPECIAL FEATURE 



A series of victory conference- are 
being held in different . parts of tin- 
state, starting last Monday, conducted 
by Mrs. E. W. W. Hayvvard, of the 
v. omen's committee of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense, ana head of the House- 
wives League of Connecticut and by .Mrs. 
J. B. Wilbur, Jr. of Hartford, who has been 
actively engaged in war and food conserva- 
tion work for some time. 

The first conference was held in Willi- 
mantie, Monday, starting at 11 a. m. and 
continuing until 3 p. m. From Willimantic 
the women went to Putnam. The object 
of this campaign will be to illustrate va 
rious phases of work which are now promin- 
ently before the public. Among the ex- 
hibits shown will be those pertaining to 
child welfare, nursing, food conservation, 
food production, and other matters. 
rs illustrating various subjects are in 
evidence and large audiences are greeting 
the women wherever they go. 

One of the principal subjects considered 
by the crusaders is the war savings run 
paign. In each town visited four minute 
men an- speaking for war savings. Thrift 
posters are in evidence everywhere Of 
decided interest is an exhibit of military 
paraphernalia which may be purchased with 
thrift stamps, each article suitably labeled 
and showing its value in these stamps. 
There is a complete military equipment 
from shoes to rifle shown. 

In every town visited members of the 
Home Guard have been ordered to report for 
duty during the hours of the exhibit, and 
will remain on guard over the thrift ex- 
hibit, which will be of considerable mone- 
tary value. 



Just what thrift stamps and war-savings 
certificates will purchase for a soldier is 
indicated in the following list which has 
been prepared by the Connecticut Director 
of War Savings, with the cooperation of 
local military authorities: 

ONE THRIFT STAMP. 

A comb, a tooth brush and a cake of shav- 
ing soap; or 

Four dozen small coat buttons; or 

Four cakes of soap; or 

Eight dozen shirt buttons; or 

Eight cakes of shaving soap; or 

A dozen pairs of shoe laces; or 
\ pair of suspenders, and a pair of cotton 
socks ; or 

A pair of light woolen stockings; or 

A denim hat; or 

i)nr gallon of gasoline; or 

a tube of tooth paste or tooth powder; or 

Two boxes of shoe polish ; or 

A knife, fork, and a spoon. 

TWO THRIFT STAMPS. 
A pound of smoking or chewing tobacco; or 
Chevrons, and a pair of shoe laces; or 
A canvas basin, a comb, and a cake of soap ; 

or 
A shaving brush; or 
A hair brush; or 

A bath towel and a face towel ; or 
A pair of knit woolen gloves; or 
A pipe; or 
A pillow; or 
A chambray shirt; or 
A First Aid Packet. 

THREE THRIFT STAMPS. 

An oilskin jacket; or 

A light woolen undershirt and a shoe 

brush ; or 
A pair of overall's; or 
Two pairs of winter drawer-; or 
A hairbrush, a toothbrush, and a shoe 

brush ; or 
A woolen service cap; or 
\ pair of khaki breeches; or 
A pair of oilskin pants; or 
A canvas oucket ; or 
\ mess kit. 

FOUR THRIFT ST Wll's. 
A razor strop and a slia\ ing brush; or 
A pair of convas Ieggins and a belt; or 
A winter cap and ;i pair of heavy woolen 

stockings: or 
A pair of knit woolen drawers; or 
A bed sack; or 
A woolen undershirt. 

FIVE THRIFT ST LMPS. 

A housewife (consisting of a scissors, spool 
of thread, package of needles, and a 
dozen buttons) ; or 

A pair of denim trousers; and four pairs 
of shoe laces; or 

A pair of cotton breeches: or 

A pair of horsehide gloves; or 
\ service hat. 

SIX THRIFT STAMPS. 
Fresh bread for a soldier for one month; or 

A whole day', subsistence of soldier travel- 
ing alone; or 

(Continued on page 4) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



McADOO MAKES APPEAL 
TO FARMERS OF NATION 



Head of U. S. Treasury Department 

Calls Attention to Importance of 

Financial Questions in War 



What Thrift Stamps Will 

Purchase for Soldiers 



William McAdoo, secretary of the treas- 
ury, has issued an appeal to the farmers 
of the United States, calling their attention 
to the financial needs of the country and 
asking for their cooperation. The appeal 
is as follows : 

" It is a matter of supreme national im- 
portance that the Treasury of the United 
States shall be supplied at all times with 
the amount of money needed to furnish tlie 
food, the clothing, the guns, the ammuni- 
tion required by our soldiers to fight suc- 
cessfully for the safety and liberty of Am- 
erica. To pay the allowances made by the 
Government to the dependent wives and 
children of these soldiers and to pay the 
life insurance which the Government per- 
mits every soldier to buy from it, the Treas- 
ury must also have the necessary money to 
extend credit to the valiant Britons, Bel- 
gians, French and Italians who are light- 
ing alongside American soldiers on the 
bloody battlefields of France, Belgium and 
Italy. If the American people fail to lend 
their money to their Government for these 
noble purposes, how can we gain a victory 
in this glorious cause ? Every one can help 
by lending their. money to the Government. 
They do not make a gift of their money, 
they merely lend it on impregnable security 
and are paid interest on the loan at the 
same time. 

" I rely upon the farmers, than whom 
there are no more vitally interested in pro- 
tecting America's future and the liberties 
of the world, to do their utmost to help in 
this great Liberty Loan work. The farmers 
are already performing patriotic service of 
the highest value in raising the food stuffs 
needed by our own military forces and citi- 
zens at home and by the soldiers and civil- 
ian populations of the great nations associ- 
ate! with us but they have a further duty 
to perform. They should invest all of their 
available money in the obligations of their 
government. In doing so they will not only 
benefit themselves by saving this money but 
will be helping to defend their liberties, 
their rights and their farms against the 
threatened aggressions of the most power- 
ful autocratic and military government ever 
created. 

"The farmers of the nation traditionally 
are freedom loving people. One hundred 
and forty-three years ago on the nineteenth 
of this month the farmers at Lexington and 
Concord fired the first shot for libertj and 
ii was heard round the world. I know that 
the American farmers of today are just as 
liberty loving as their heroic ancesto 
know that they will join with other 
Americans of every business and profession 
in providing the money which will enable 
their government to fight to a victorious 
conclusion this great war for liberty, jus- 
tice and America's sacred rights." 



(Continued from page 3) 
A pair of cotton trousers and a muslin 

shirt; or 
A pocket knife. 

SEVEN 1 II U I II STAMPS. 
Turkey for Christmas dinner for five men 

and a package of smoking tobacco; or 
-i tent stove: or 
A pair of riding gloves; or 
A suit of winter underwear. 

EIGHT THRIFT STAMPS. 

A shelter tent, and a dozen of overcoat but- 
tons; or 

Subsistence for one soldier for five davs- 
or ' ' 

A fountain pen. 

NINE THRIFT STAMPS, 
i pair of rubber boots and a ha1 cord; or 
A pair of leather leggins; or 
An Army cot. 

TEN THRIFT STAMPS. 
Bacon for one soldier for a whole month; oi 

A sweater; or 

A pair of arctics; or 

A pair of winter gauntlets. 

ELEVEN THRIFT STAMPS. 
a pair of woolen olive drab trousers; or 
A pair of woolen olive drab breeches. 

TWELVE THRIFT STAMPS. 
An olive drab flannel shirt. 



THIRTEEN T 1 1 1; I FT STAMPS. 
A mattress for a hospital bed. 

FOURi'EEN THRIFT STAMPS. 

A poncho (rubber cape) for the soldier 

when it rains. 



FIFTEEN THRIFT STAMPS. 
A pair of campaign shoes; or 
A standard safety razor. 

SIXTEEN THRIFT STAMPS. 
A slicker (oiled coat i . 

ONE WAR-SAVINGS STAMP 
One hundred rifle bullets; or 
A steel helmet to protect his head from 

shrapnel; or 
A woolen blanket; or 
Fresh potatoes for four soldiers for a whoh 

month ; or 
A pair of campaign she,-. a shaving brush, 

and a cake of shaving soap; or 
A clothes roll and a' pair of canvas h ins- 

or 
A coffee mill, to grind the coffee for the 

soldiers at the front; or 
An iron hospital bed for a wounded soldier. 

TWO WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS 
A blanket and a pair of field shoes; or 
A bedding roll and a bed sack; or 
An olive drab woolen coat and an olive 

dial) woolen shirt; or 
A blanket lined overcoat; or 
A pair of field shoes and a pair of russet 

shoes; or 
A ton of anthracite coal 

THREE WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS. 
A gas mask for the soldier in the trench- or 
A blanket, a flannel shirt, and a pair of 

hiking shoes; or 
A pistol ; or 
A locker trunk each for two men- or 



SMILEAGE BOOKS 

I'll buy a dozen Smileage Books, 
and then a dozen more, gadzooks! 
and send them to some soldier chaps, 
and help to brighten up their maps. 
• Hi, anything that I can do, to keep 
the boys from getting blue, to keep 
them cheerful, bright and sane, and 
drive the fantods from the brain, I'll 
do with forty kinds of glee, so you 
hi always count on me. I am too 
fat to scrap, myself; old age has 
placed me on the shelf; I'm wedded 
to my easy chair, I couldn't whip a 
Belgian hare. The younger men must 
fight for me, and see that I have 
liberty, and all the blessings I de- 
sire, while I sit dozing by the fire. 
For me they've lett their homes and 
friends, to go where bloodshed never 
ends; for me they march on soggy 
moor, and pains and weariness en- 
dure: for me to France they will re- 
pair, perhaps to fail and perish there. 
For me the brave young men go forth, 
from east and west from south and 
north, with buoyant hearts that must 
not tiiv, while I sit dreaming by the 
lire. And am I such a tinhorn skate 
that I won't help to ease tne weight 
of dreary hours the boys must know? 
He is a fake who tells you so. Bring 
on your Smileage Books, my friend. 
I'll buy till my resources end. 
— Walt Mason. 



Subsistence for one soldier for a whole 

month; or 
An overcoat. 

FOUR WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS. 

Government monthly allowance for the wife 
of a soldier in his country's service; or 

A rifle: or 

Completely clothe a soldier for field service. 
FIVE WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS. 

Government monthly allowance for a sol- 
dier's wife and dependent mother; or 

Forage to feed a horse or mule for a whole 
month. 

SIX WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS. 

Government monthly allowance for a sol- 
dier's wife and child. 

SEVEN WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS. 
A medium sized pyramidal camp tent. 

EIGHT WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS. 
Government monthly allowance for a sol- 
dier's wife and two children: or 
The monthly pay of a private * Idier on 
duty in the trenches. 

TWELVE WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS. 
A large Army camp tent. 

ONE WAR-SAVINGS CERTIFICATE. 
Subsistence for a company of 200 men for 

one day; or 
A change of woolen socks for 330 tired 

soldiers. 

TWO WAR-SAVINGS CERTIFICATES. 

A cavalry horse to lead the charge. 
THREE WAR-SAVINGS CERTIFICATES. 

A hardy mule, and feed him a month. 
FIFTY WAR-SAVINGS CERTIFICATES. 
A motor ambulance to c.irrv wounded sol- 
diers to the hospital. 

SIXTY WAR-SAVINGS CERTIFICATES. 
A motor truck to rush 40 soldiers to the 
aid of their comrades. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



SHOULD MARK TIME 

ON WAR CHEST PLAN 

Communities Advised to Abandon 
Definite Campaigns 



Che advisability of organizing Commun- 
ity War Chests in this state is being inves- 
tigated by t he Connecticut State Council 
of Defense through its Committee on Com- 
mercial Relations. A meeting of the com- 
mittee, together with representatives of all 
t lie Chambers of Commerce in Connecticut, 
will be held next. Tuesday for discussion 
of the war chest plan. 

Addison B. Colvin, of (lions Falls, V V.. 
will describe the (ileus Falls Community 
War Chest at the conference to be held at 
2 p. in. at tin- state capitol, Hartford. 
I lie lied ( hiss and Y. M. C. A. have been 
invited to send representatives. On account 
of the far reaching effects of (he conference 
the attendance of all persons interested 
is earnestly desired. 

In tin' meantime, tie- state Council is 
opposed to definite plans for war chest cam- 
paigns on the part of any community until 
tne subject has been carefully studied and 

i i ndauons adopted by the Council. 

A letter to E. Kent Subbard, of Middletown 
from the council and signed In J. W. Alsop 
for the Council, explains the position of 
that body. 

The text of the letter follows: 
" Hon. E. Kent Iiubbai,.. 

'* Middletown, Connect inn. 
" My dear -Mr. Hubbard : 

" After talking with you this morning in 
regard to the War < hes1 project, it seems 
to me that you might like to have a letter 
from me stating the views of the Connecti- 
cut State Council of Defense in regard to 
this matter. 

" In the first plaee, the Council considers 
that the War Chest movement should only 
he undertaken after an agreemeni has been 
reached with the Council of National De- 
fense, also tne Y. M. C. A., (he Red Cross, 
and other federal authorities. The council 
considers that a War Chest campaign which 
has not been thoroughly planned and pre- 
ceded by a strong campaign of education. 
and which is not carried out in an abso- 
lutely thorough manner, would he a grave 
misfortune, further than that, the conn 
eil feels that if we are to undertake War 
Chest campaigns in this state, il will prob- 
ably he wise to set aside a certain period 
of lime during which all the principal cities 
in the State should undertake it, and that 
this period should he preceded by an ex- 
tremely thorough, and widespread public- 
ity campaign throughout the state. Every 

man. woman and child should 1 Incited 

before such a campaign begins as to whal it 
means. 

"This whole matter has been in process 
of investigation by the Committee on Com- 
mercial Relations of the council, and sev- 
eral delegated from this committee recently 
attended a conference in Chicago at which 
it was discussed, and they are proceeding 
with meetings and with discussions will 
persons who have had actual experience in 
War ('host work, and after their report is 
rendered, the council will he ready to make 
recommendations in regard to the mattei 

"Do not understand that at the present 
time the council disapproves of if as a pro 
lect. but it does disapprove of communities 
which nave not already made definite and 
final plans for War Chesl campaigns, tak- 
ing up tin's matter in tin- immediate future. 



Must Use English in 

Schools of State 



i ( lontinued from page 2.) 



merated studies are taught, and all instruc- 
tors and teachers in the public and private 
schools ill this -late, on and after duly 
l-i. 1918, to comply with the following: 

"' 1. That in the instruction of the chil- 
dren therein in reading, writing, spelling, 
English grammar, geography, arithmetic 
and United Slates history, the English 
language shall he used exclusively, both for 
the purposes of instruction therein and for 
purposes of general administration, except 
that a language other than English may he 
used for purely devotional purposes in pi i 
vate schools. 

"2. No a lien enein\ shall! mployed as 

teacher or instructor in our public or pri- 
vate schools. 

" ■'!. I hereby require all public officials 

to give sp ly information of the violation 

0. any provisions of this proclamation that 
may come to (heir knowledge. I further 
require all members and employees of the 
state Hoard of Education; of all school 
committees, of Boards of School Visitors, 
and of other like officials, assist mce in 
the execution of this order. 

"Given under my hand and seal of the 
-♦ate at the I apitol, ill Hartford, t his 
twenty-fifth day of April in the yen of our 
Lord one thousand, nine hundred and eight 
ecu. and of the independence of the United 
states the one hundred and forty-second. 
" MARCUS II. llci.coM,;, 

" Governor. 
" By His Excellency's command: 

" Frederick L. Perry, 
" Secretary." 



VOLUNTEER SERVICE 

New Haven women have volunteered in 
large numbers for various kinds of war 
work according to a report just issued cov- 
ering the past, seventeen weeks. 
The work was divided as follows: 
War Bureau. 263% Ins.: Woman's ( om 
mil tee, Tic. hrs. ; ( lommittee on W ar v n 
ings Stamps, 97 hrs.; Army and Navy in- 
formation Service, tio 1 , hrs.; Aviation Ex- 
aminations, bin hrs.: Home Service De 
partment of the Red Cross. 213% hrs.; 
Red Cross, 1263% hrs.; Farm Bureau, 200 
hrs. Total war work. 2344% hrs.. and also 
40] hrs. for social work. The Motor Me 
senger Service is providing transportation 
for General Mercer, (he head of (bo Re- 
cruiting Bureau, taking him to all 11 1 

lying districts, as well as giving (own 
service. 



and especially until the coming Red (loss 
campaign and the probable coming Y. M. 
1 '. V. campaign are out of the way. 

If the council decides to recommend 
this matter, they will he prepared alter 
these two campaigns are finished to launch 
a thorough advertising campaign conducted 
by skilful advertisine men, to cover all 
parts of the -late. This camp ii<jn should 
cover at least eight to ten weeks, and there- 
after (he War Chesl campaign should lie 
undertaken by various cities after equally 
thorough preparation in respect to organi- 
zation. 

" Faithfully vours, 

■ ( ONNECTICUT ' i OUNCIL OF 

DEFENSE. 

"By .T. W. Alsop." 



WOMAN'S LAND ARMY 



New Organization Being Formed to 

Meet Farm Labor Shortage 

This Summer 



Woman labor is contemplated fur the 
farms of Connecticut in the organization 
of a Woman's Land Army. The existing 
laboi shortage on the farms i> a problem 

approached by the Con ttee on Woman's 

Activities earlier iii the year and an effec 

tive way I et it i- proposed in the new 

organization. 

The investigation work was assigned to a 

aub-committee, the Committee on F 1 Pro 

duel ion and the organization work now 
falls to an Executive Committee recently 
formed. .Mrs. E. G. II. Sell, nick, of Wilton 
is the Connecticut representative of the 
Woman's Land Army of .America and is 
serving in the capsfcitj of chairman of 
the newly created executive committee. 

The other members are: Leo A. Korper, 
state director of department of labor; 
Allen ]',. Lincoln, assistant director of de- 
partment of labor; David Elder, special 
field representative of department of la- 
bor: Miss Estelle Sprague, chairman of 
food conservation and .Mrs. Joseph Alsop, 
chairman of food production. The Woman's 
Land Army of Connecticut, will work in 
complete co-operation ami under the direc 
tion of the Committee on Food Supply and 
Conservation of the State Council of De- 
fense, (he Department of Labor and the 
County Farm Bureaus. 



CENSUS OF NURSES 



State Report Shows Three Thousand 

Are Available for Emergencies 

Due to the War 

Three thousand Connecticut nurses arc 
available for emergencies arising from the 
war as shown by the report on the military 
census of nurses and nursing resources 
made to Governor Marcus II. Holcomb by 
State Librarian George S. Gbdard. 

Through the census it was learned that 
of the Iota] of 22SU graduate nurses in the 
-tale. 1052 will respond to a call for ser- 
' ice am -, lew ■ 326 are w illing t,, respond 
in the state only, and 42 will serve outside 
the state only, of the total number of pu- 
pil nurses in training, approximately three- 
quarters of the number indicated their wil- 
lingness to respond for service on comple- 
tion of training. 

A total of 1277 practical nursea were 
enrolled, approximately 500 of whom will 
he available for supplementary service in 
our civil hospitals and public health organ- 
izations, if a demand came for the release 
of senior pupils. 

The Red Cross Nursing service hid en- 
rolled 229 registered nurses for service on 
January 1. 1918 and since that dale 125 ap- 
plications have been filed and are now in 
process of enrollment many nf which have 
already been called to active service. 

All information was seemed by a system- 
atic canvass of (he stale, questionnaires 
being used. A mailing list ,,f organiza- 
tions and institutions of the state were 
compiled a]-,, from available resources in 
the stale library. The report includes sta- 
fistics relative to nursing in institutions. 
special hospital and sanatoria, public health 
nursing, nursing organizations, alumnse as- 
sociations and nurses registries. 



i ONJSTECTICUT BULLETIN 



1,218 War Rallies 
In State Since 

First of January 



I ( iontinued from page I 



SPEED UP GARDENING 

Special Call Issued by Department of 
Food Supply Committee 



i I exhibit - nad been lield and i welve are 

to be held. These exhibits have been uni- 
formly successful. 

Mr. Whittlesey reported tor Samuel S. 
Russell, Jr., thai 144 head of cattle have 
been imported into the state since April 
6 bj the live stock department. Orders 
fn r additional head of cattle have been re 
ceii ed. 

Mrs. Russell reported that 138 town 
have appointed chairmen for the Junii r 
Food Army and that 10,000 children have 
enrolled. A total of 1,400 girls have en- 
rolled in the girls' cookery classes. I hi 
Junior Food A r m \ will have an official shite 
exliil.it at the Berlin Fair and count} ex- 

■ ■■■ :ii -Hi; fairs. The appropri ition 

of $400 lias been expended and the chair- 
men asked for an addit ional appropi iation 
of $500. 

The council recommended that this re- 
quest for $500 be included in the budget 

of i he i <. littee on Food Supply and < on 

servation. 

Professor 1. G. Davis, state leader of 
County Farm Bureaus reported on the co 
operation between the farm bureaus, the 
agricultural college and tin 1 Emergency Seed 
i loi ii i ommittee n it h the Committee on 
Food Supply and Conservation. The farm 
bureau membership campaign raised about 
$37,000. 

Reports were submitted by Mr. Lincoln 
on the farm labor situation and ivhat thi 
federal employment service is doing. \\ 
r. Chenej reported on the efforts to secure 
prison and jail labor for farm service. The 

work of the Home Gardens C mittee was 

reported bi Senator Hemenway. Mr. Wil- 
lard reported an ample supply of all es 
sentia) seeds for Connecticut this sea on 
Professor Kirkpatrick, of the poultry de- 
partment, and Professor Slate, of the Small 
Grains Committee, made reports. Mr. 
Landers reported that a farm machinery 
department and dehydrating department is 
to be added to the organization of the Foi d 
Supply Committee. 

MEETING OF APRIL 22 

Those present at the meeting of April 22 
were Chairman I"!. M. Bissell, J. W. Alsop, 
Dr. D. Chester Brown, Howard A. Giddings, 
Charles A. Goodwin, Lucius A. Robinson 
and Judge Geo. W. Wheeler of the council, 
fra N. Ornburn, and the following chair- 
men and memners of sub-committees: Judce 
I F. Rurpee. George R. Chandler, R. F. 
English, Dr. C. C. Godfrey, S. II. Holmes, 
K. P. .Tones. Leo A. Korper, George M. Lan- 
der-. \. L Maddock, (.'. K. \i di, Robert 

Scoville, \. L. Shipman, H. K. Smith, F. 
A. Verplanek, Richard Wayne. G. G. Wil 
liams, Miss Corwin and Plr. Valeria H. Par- 
ker. 

Mr. Williams, chairman of the Comn i i ■.- 
mi Co-ordination of Societies reported an 
investigation of the application of the 
American Alliance and Institute of Free- 
dom, of WaTlingford for endorsement of 
the movement and co-operative action to 
finance Mr. Solandt, the director. The 

moil voted that Mr. Solandt be requested 

to co-operate with the Publicity Committee 
and the Americanization Committee ainl dis- 



\ special call has been issued by Senator 
C. C. Hemenway, chairman of the Home 

nt of the Committ i 

r I Supplj of the i onnecticut Mate ' oun 

cil of Defense, asking that gardening ac- 
tivities be immediately speeded up. Sena- 
tor Hemenway [mints out that it is not ab 
solutely necessary to • are a vacant lot 
ni i to become a member of any org 
gardening movement to do effective work 
as a producer of food. " Simply spade up 
the backyard or any other available land." 
says Senator Hemenway, "and get some- 
thing growing on it at once. Remember 
that Germany i bolsti i ing b i Eoi 
pl\ through the use of home gardens. For 
months 25' - to 3595 of 1 he food supplj of 
a large pari of her people comes from hei 
war gardens i mei ica must do as well or 
better." 



I be l H'dn mce office of the War Depart- 
ment is calling for competent men through 
the ' ivilian Personnel Division cf which 
Leo. A. Korper is state director. A large 
number of positions are open to the right 
men. These positions are: assistant in 
business administration, expert in business 
administration, statistical expert, clerks 
who are qualified i» statistics or account 
ing or business administration, clerk-book- 
keeper, cost accounting supervisor and jun- 
ior accountant. ( andidates should make 



application at 

state capitol. 



Mr. Korper's ollice in tin; 



the 
dis- 



Plans for reaching and interesting 

working girls of Connecticut, were 

at i meeting of the Publicity chair- 
men of the Committee on Woman's Activi- 
ties held last week in the state capitol, [i 
was voted to conduct meetings during the 
last three weeks of May in factorie and 
stores employing large numbers of wills. 
; minute speeches will be made b\ 
speakers provided by the Speakers' Bureau. 
\ pamphlet. "Women and War Work," 
will be distributed. 



;ippro\ eil of i he project of solicit inj 
scriptions for the World Free 
men! . 

Mr. Wayne reported that " Smileage 
Books" were on sale in 119 towns in the 
state through the co-operation of the coun 
cil tvar bureaus and town committees. 

Mr. Chandler, chairman of the Publicity 
('ommittee reported that the General War- 
Time Commission requests the opportunity 
to participate in the War Convention Mai 
11. 

After a report from Dr. Parker, the coun- 
cil voted to recommend that a policewoman 
be assigned to duty in Norwich and that 
she be appointed under the same conditions 
as other policewomen, now in the service of 
iate. 

Reports were submitted by Mr. Landers, 
chairman of the Committee on Food Sup- 
ply and Conservation; Miss Ruutz-Ri 
the Committee on Woman's Activities; Dr. 
i '. ( . Godfrey, of the Committee on STnita 
lion and Medicine; Judge Burpee, of the 

special mittee on Americanization 

Work and Mr. .Tones, of the Committee on 
Commercial Relat inns. 



Governor Condemns 
Rent Profiteering 

And Shows Remedy 

i Continued from page 1. i 

process that they cause prosecuting attor- 
neys or Grand .Jurors in their jurisdiction 
to lie given notice of BUch actions within 
i hen jurisdiction and bj requiring such 
officials to appear in said action, investi- 
gate each case and if it appears that the 
national interests or public safety is seri- 
ously jeoparded by unreasonable and exor- 
bitant rent charge for the non-payment ol 
which eviction is sought, that such officials 
mme for the continuance of the ease until 
the present emergency is passed, provided 
the tenant shall tender to his landlord in 
full payment of rent due. such amount as 
said official shall determine to be the fair 
rental value of said premises due.' 

"in compliance therewith t hereby re- 
quest that you adopt the course indicated 
in nil of these votes in so far a the 
ject matter is within your jurisdiction. 

" In this connection 1 beg to call your 
attention and through you to the attention 
of the appropriate prosecuting officers the 
provisions of Section 44 of the Public Acts 
of 1917 under which I am directed to render 
to the Government of the United states in 
the present crisis any assistance within the 
power "f the state, and to that end and for 
i he purpose of providing for the public 
safety 1 am authorized to exercise anj 
and ti powei convenient or necessary in 
i;\ judgment, and under which it is the 
duty of every public official in the state to 
furnish to me such information and assist- 
ance as I may require in the execution 
t hereof. 

Respectfully, 
"MARCUS II. HOLCOMH, 

" Governor." 

1 'he report of the commission declared 
that a "small group" of Waterbury land- 
cn Is has, in "cold blood" extracted the 
full advantage for themselves out of the 
omie situation and the imperative needs 
of the workmen. It also said that 
while a majority of Waterbury landlords 
have, to their credit, refused to take ad- 
vantage of the situation, a few " have 
charged extortionate rents far above any 
i in level, have failed to make elementarj 
repairs, have maintained disgracefully un- 
healthful conditions and have furnished a 
housing not worth even a normal rent." 

A summary of rent increases found by the 
commission as a result of an investigation 
in Waterbury, follows: Taking 102 cases 
together without regard to the number of 
rooms in the particular tents, the averages 
were as follows. Average first rent, $15.16; 
average last rent. $27.96; average increase. 
1 ! so : percentagi of increase 82; average 
number of rooms per rent 5. '2. 

The percentage of increase in 7 cases of 
three room rents was S4 : the percentage 
of increase in 17 cases of four room rents 
was 7(5; the percentage of increase in 34 
cases of five room rents was 81; and the 
percentage of increase in 20 cases of six 
room rents was 82. 

The report of the commission also showed 
that a survey of rent conditions in several 
lilies made in 1912 by the Bureau of So 
cial Research of Providence. R. I. showed 
that rents in Waterbury then were higher 
than in three other cities studied, there- 
fi re, showing the uselessness of an allega- 
ii"ii that the "first rentals" used In the 
commission were abnormally low. 




(ton tgrttnrt Sullrtm. 

Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, MAY 17, 1918 



No. 20 



War Workers Receive Timely Messages 
At Council Convention Held in Hartford 



RED CROSS ASSURED 
EFFECTIVE SUPPORT 
FROM CONNECTICUT 

Strong and Well Organized Appeal To 
Be Made in This State for Second 
War Fund of $100, nOO, 000 — Meet- 
ings and Rallies Planned 

HEADQUARTERS SENDS 

IMPORTANT STATEMENT 



CONNECTICUT PRAISED 

FOR INITIATIVE SHOWN 



Speakers Stress Need of Building 

Up People's Morale to Carry On 

A Winning War 



The American Red Cross will receive 
well organized and generous support 
from Connecticut in its nation wide drive 
fcr a Second War Fund of $100,000,000 it 
needs to " Carry On " its work of human- 
ity and mercy overseas and in this coun- 
try in connection with America's war. 
Meetings and rallies and various effect- 
ive forms of appeal to the public for 
help, have been perfected in this state 
and those in charge are confident that 
results will far exceed expectations. 

Secretary of the Navy, Josephus 
Daniels, will fire the opening gun of the 
American Red Cross second war fund 
drive in Bridgeport on Monday, May 20. 
Secretary Daniels will visit Bridgeport 
on that day and among other engage- 
ments will address Red Cross workers 
at the dinner at the Stratfield Hotel. 
Similar dinners are to be held in each 
district as the opening of the Red Cross 
drive. 

The following statement from the head- 
quarters of the American Red Cross in 
Washington lias just been received by 
those in charge of Red Cross work in 
Connecticut: 

"Announcement is made of a g.ft of 
10,000,000 francs ($1,750,000) to the 
French Red Cross, from the war fund of 
the American Red Cross. The action 
involved is one of the resu ts of the 
visit to France of Henry P. Davison, 
chairman of the War Council, and other 
American Red Cross officials who have 
been inspecting the Red Cross activities 
abroad. A cabled recommendation from 
Chairman Davison that the money be 
made available immeliately was ap- 
proved by the War Council. 

" In a cablegram to one of his col- 
leagues a few days ago. Mr. Davison ex- 
pressed the opinion that everything 
which the American people could do 
should be done at this time to assist, 
alleviate, and give courage in France. 

" The French Red Cross, a voluntary 
organization, has been so preset for 

(Continued on page 6) 



SOME RESPONSIBILITIES 

War Workers' Duties Defined = Fully 
1,500 People Hear Addresses By 
Distingushed National And State 
War Workers = Connecticut's Posi- 
tion As Munition Making State 
Makes War Work Vital. 



The war spirit, of Connecticut was solidi- 
fied more than ever at the successful war 
convention and mass meeting held last 
Saturday afternoon and evening at Foot 
Guard Hall, Hartford, under the auspices 
of the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense. War workers representing the va- 
rious agencies of the council in nearly every 
community, and other patriotic workers, 
heard inspiring addresses by distinguished 
men and returned to their homes eager to 
spread the message of steadfastness and 
victory. 

Fully 1,500 people attended the two ses- 
sions which were characterized by an en- 
thusiasm and interest that left no doubi 
about Connecticut's devotion to the cause. 
The event was held at the request of the 
National Council of Defense and was one 
of similar war conferences that are be- 
ing held throughout the Union. It was 
Connecticut's privilege to have three war 
workers of the national administration 
present to deliver timely war addresses for 
the government. In performing this duty 
they paid warm tribute to the initiative 
and success which has been noteworthy -if 
Connecticut's war work. 

Chairman Richard M. Bissell of the coun- 
cil was the presiding officer at both the war 
conference in the afternoon and the mass 
meeting in the evening. The afternoon con- 
ference commenced at 2. .30 o'clock with a 
concert by the Foot Guard band, of Hart- 
ford. Miss Geraldine E. Marwick, of Hart 
ford, sang "My Own Unite 1 States" and 
" Pack Up Your Troubles." Mrs. Harriet 
l . Pitblado was accompanist. 

Mr. Bissell in his address referred to the 
Russian collapse, the German offensive and 

i ( lontinued on page 2) 



GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 
FINDING EMPLOYMENT 
FOR MANY APPLICANTS 

Employment Offices Now in Operation 
in Larger Cities — 399 People Pro= 
vided With Work —Farms Receive 
163 Workers — Large Orders For 
Cattle 



LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT 

MAKES SALES UP TO $10,000 



Efficient service is being performed 
by the Committee on Employment as 
shown by a report of the results in the 
newly opened employment offices sub- 
mitted by Leo A. Korper to the Connecti- 
cut State Council of Defense at its meet- 
ing last Monday at the state capitol, 
Hartford. 

Offices have been opened by the United 
States Employment Service in New 
Haven. Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury 
and Willimantic. The number of appli- 
cants provided with employment by this 
governmental agency up to May 4th were 
as follows: Bridgeport, 4S; Hartford 
21S; Waterbury 125; Willimantic 8; total 
399. The field agent of the department 
has placed 163 men on farms. 

Those present at the meeting were: 
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, Chairman 
Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Dr. 
D. Chester Brown, Lucius F. Robinson. 
Judge George W. Wheeler and Charles 
A. Goodwin, Ira N. Ornburn, Anna B. 
Sands, Treasurer John T. Roberts, Assist- 
ant Treasurer C. G. Frisbie, of the Coun- 
cil and the following Chairmen and mem- 
bers of sub-committees; Admiral Cowles, 
Leo A. Korper, Arthur L. Shipman, Sam- 
uel Russell, Jr.. George M. Landers, C. C. 
Elwell, Aubrey L. Maddock, Herbert 
Knox Smith, Frank D. Cheney, Elijah 
Rogers, Dr. C. C. Godfrey. Howell 
Cheney, Stanley H. Holmes, Edward P. 
Jones, Prof. Guy C. Smith, F. A. Ver- 
planck, Fred B. Griffin, Harrison B. Free- 
man, Louis S. Smith. 

Cattle have been sold to a total selling 
price of $10,225 by the Live Stock De- 
partment of the Committee on Food Sup- 
ply and Conservation. The department 
has orders for nearly $20,000 additional 
cattle. Samuel Russell submitted this 
report for the department. The Council 
voted to appropriate $20,000 as a further 
loan fund for the use of this department 
subject to the approval of the Board of 
Control. 

The Council adopted the report of the 
special committee on emergency organi- 

( Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol. 1 HARTFORD. CONN.. MAY 17, 1918. No. 26 



War Workers Receive 

Timely Messages 






STATE LEADS AGAIN 



First in the Union To Start Plan of 

Using Industrial Workers on 

The Farms 



Connecticut is hailed as the first sta'.e 
in the Union to put into operation a plan 
for the use of industrial workers as part 
time emergency workers in food production 
by an article in the current issue of the 
"U. S. Employment Service Bulletin," the 
official publication of the United States De- 
partment of ^abor. 

Added praise is accorded to Connecticut 
because the manufacturers and merchants 
of this state are the first to endorse of- 
ficially the plan and release employees. The 
state also has perfected a release system 
which is the first of its kind and which is 
considered better and more effective than 
the excellent plan employed by the Ca- 
nadian manufacturers last year. 

State Director Leo A. Korper and Asso- 
ciate Director Allen B. Lincoln, of the 
United States Employment Service work- 
ing in co-operation with the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, are organizing the 
new group of workers for farm service 
Pledges are being obtained from employers 
to release men during the period extra 
labor will be needed on the farms. The 
regular employer will continue to pay wages 
to the men released while die farmers will 
pay the wages due the men to their em- 
ployer. A patriotic sacrifice is thus being 
made by the manufacturer who willingly 
pays the difference while the employees 
remaining in the plant carry on the tasks 
temporarily left by their comrades enlisted 
in the cause of greater food production. 



BOOK DRIVE A SUCCESS. 



The book-drive for the war libraries has 
resulted in the donation of 100,418 books 
by Connecticut people. A report compiled 
by the Connecticut Library Committee 
showed that the campaign begun last March 
has been successful throughout the state. 
The books will be sent to war libraries and 
will be read and enjoyed by the men over- 
seas and those aboard the army transports 
and those quartered in the army camps and 
naval stations of this country. Books are 
still being received by the public libraries 
of the state. The campaign had the ap- 
proval of the Connecticut. State Council of 
Defense. 



(Continued from page 1) 

our own lack of preparedness as factors 
that had brought discouragement since the 
hist stale war conference in January. One 
of the chief duties of the men and women 
engaged in war work is to keep up the 
morale of the people. The speaker ex- 
pressed the hope that the faith and confi- 
dence of the audience would be stimulated 
by the addresses. He urged tnat letters to 
soldiers and sailors be cheerful and that 
the words spoken by war workers be cour- 
ageous. The people must acquire the in- 
domitable spirit that characterizes our 
Allies. Connecticut's record in the war 
has been wonderful and the speaker hoped 
that the state would maintain its leader- 
snip in morale and spirit the same as ac- 
quired in performance. 

Praises The Governor 

Justice (ieorge W. Wheeler, of Bridge- 
port, a member of the .State Council an i 
chairman of the Bridgeport War Bureau, 
delivered an address on " The Message of 
the Council." The judge, early in his ad- 
dress said that he would ratner take full 
responsibility for what he saiu than char- 
acterize it as official, but Chairman Bissell 
in complimentine the sneaker later said 
that Judge Wheeler's statements could we'l 
bear the council's endorsement. 

The judge praised Governor Holcomb for 
his epoch-making proclamation requiring 
all public and private sehoois to instruct in 
English. He said: "We must make the 
English language the language of every 
foreign born person residing in our coun- 
try. Citizenship should be conferred by our 
state. Tn no other way can it be taught 
to think in English and to comprehend 
our institutions, laws, history, and our 
ideals. The state performs its duty, when 
it compels all our schools to instruct their 
mipils in the elementary branches of En ;- 
lish, so that they may be readv to become 
electors of the state." 

In emphasizing the foreign born problem, 
the speaker used a few figures. There arc 
five million foreign speaking people in this 
country and two million illiterates. Tn the 
first army draft there were 4^,000 foreign 
speaking men and in the second draft 69.- 
000 foreign speaking men. Fifteen hundred 
newspapers are published in foreign lan- 
guages and have a circulation among eleven 
million people. Thirty per cent, of the 
readers of these newspapers are German. 
For the safety of the republic it is necessary 
to make the foreign born. American think- 
ing, Americn acting and American in citi^ 
zenship. 

The state can promote no greater cause 
than the Americanization of the foreign 
horn. The speaker said: "It should put 
behind it its authority, its intelligence, its 
experience and its ample means. It should 
teach not only the English language but 
American government. American civiliza- 
tion and American ideals." 

Pope Cannot Mediate 

Referring to peace propaganda he said 
that with the appearance in the press in 
May 1st of a proposed resumption of peace 
efforts on the part of the Pope that the 
time had come for plain and sincere speak- 



ing. As a result of violent German peace 
propaganda, the brave and seasoned Italian 
army had broke with great losses. 

The question of cessation of arms is not a 
matter that rests with religious or spiritual 
bodies but with the governments involved. 
The speaker said: "With every deference 
for the Holy Father, the present occupant of 
the high seat, with every feeling of cordial 
respect for that faith, we insist that the 
American people must regard any offer 
of mediation by any religious body as an 
interference of the church with the state. 

" But America goes further than that. 
Cost what it may. she will never compro- 
mise this war. Brute force shall not tri- 
umph. Might shall not prevail over right. 
We are determined to win though it takes 
yens of warfare, decimates our man-power, 
and exhausts our physical and financial re- 
sources. America will have no peace con- 
ferences now. She will have no peace talk, 
now. She will have no peace that is not 
upon her own terms, or one won in decisive 
victory on the field of battle. Our blood 
is up and neither prince, potentate or pope 
can mediate." The speaker declared em- 
phatically for a " Peace with victory ami 
without compromise or bargain." 

American Apathy 

That America does not know there is a 
war oil and that the people must come to a 
realization of it and that this is our war, 
was the vital point in the message delivered 
by Arthur E. Bestor a director of the 
Speaking Division of the Committee on 
Public Information, Washington, D. C. 

He said that nothing was so important 
as mobilizing puolic opinion back of the 
government in tue prosecution of the war. 
His division lias been occupied with the 
problem of getting the government's mes- 
sage over. Connecticut knew its own prob- 
lems best and the men looking after war 
activities in this state had been entrusted 
with the speaking division's tasks and had 
efficiently managed them. 

"Is there any danger to our morale?" 
was the speaker's searching question. He 
then referred to the insidious pro-German 
propaganda in France resulting in the exe- 
cution of Bolo Pasha and the imprisonment 
of a former premier, Joseph Cailleux. Great 
Britain is so situated that she has not 
dared to put conscription into effect. Our 
difficulty is that we are 3,000 miles from 
the firing line. 

People Must Believe in War 

The only way the war can be won by the 
Allies is for America to put every ounce 
of strength and mobilize all her power to 
bring unanimous public opinion back of the 
war. We cannot end the war until 90 to 
95 per cent, of the people believe in the 
war as strongly as the loyal war workers 
of Connecticut. The business of people in 
position of responsibility and leadership is 
to carry the war message of America and 
carry it so persistently that prejudice, ig- 
norance and tradition will fade away and 
all the people will stand shoulder to shoul- 
der seeing the goal, sacrificing and giving 
self devotion so that America will do the 
thing she started out to do. 

The audience sang, " The Battle Hymn of 
the Republic," led by Miss E. Grace Gilmore. 

State Is Melting Pot 

Major Rutledge Smith, of Tennessee a 
member of the National Council of Defense, 
was the next speaker, his subject being, 
(Continued on page 5) 



D. of D. 
MAY 24 1918 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Manchester Still Leading The State 
On Per Capita Sales of War Stamps 

Hartford County Town On Top With $7.49 — Ansonia second With $6.96 And 
Willimantic Third With $6 80 — Encouraging Reports Everywhere. 



The town of Manchester is still lead- 
ing the state in the per capita sales of 
thrift and war savings stamps, according 
to the monthly report of sales issued at 
the office of the State Director of War 
Savings. In Manchester the sales 
amount to $7.49 for every man, woman 
and child in that community. Next in 
line is Ansonia, with per capita sales 
of $6.95. Willimantic is third, with $6.80. 

Of the large cities of the state Bridge- 
port is lealing with sales of $3.08. Hart- 
ford is next with $2.66, followed by 
Waterbury with $2.48 and New Haven 
with $2.37 The sales in the different 
towns of the state are as follows: 



FAIRFIELD COUNTY 



Bethel 

Bridgeport 

Brookfleld 

Danbury 

Darien 

Easton 

Fairfield 

Greenwich 

Huntington 

Monroe 

New Canaan 

Newtown 

Norwalk 

Redding 

Ridgefield 

Sherman 

Stamford 

Stratford 

Trumbull 

Westport 

Wilton 



$2 
470 : 

30 
4 

6 

19 
22 

1 
17 

5 
53 

1 

6 

99 
12 



,324.10 
,530.79 
670.18 
,485.56 
.001.73 
365.94 
,976.64 
,891.74 
,906.41 
,048.55 
,397.37 
,505.20 
,850.66 
,260.76 
.650.43 
500.00 
,795.92 
,922.36 
54.00 
,151.88 
306.80 



HARTFORD Clll'NTY 



Avon 

Berlin 

Bloomtield 

Bristol 

Burlington 

Canton 

East Granby 

East Hartford 

East Windsor 

Enfield 

Farmington 

Glastonbury 

Granby 

Hartford 

Hartland 

Manchester 

Marlborough 

New Britain 

Newington 

Plainville 

Rocky Hill 

Simsbury 

Southington 

South Windsor 

Suffield 

Unionville 

Wethersfield 

Windsor 

Windsor Locks 

West Hartford 



4,272.71 
5.321.87 
1,408.70 

77,672.66 
4,226.50 

10,261.11 
326.37 

7,326.95 

17,574.64 

1,341.43 

13,563.19 

1,211.68 

344,500.00 

50.45 

125.175.48 

175.00 

171,056.75 

4,011.24 

5,932.09 

1,369.00 

16,936.78 

12,795.05 

2,387.58 

10,077.71 

7,015.22 

1,493.35 

24,825.91 

20.930.98 



LITCHFIELD COUNTY 

Barkhamsted 1,493.27 

Bethlehem 546.44 



$.76 
3.08 

.68 
1.27 

.48 

.27 

.58 
1.06 
2.67 

.76 
3.60 
1.84 
1.87 

.57 
1.86 

.95 
2.44 

.99 

.02 
1.52 

.70 



2.56 

.98 

.42 

3.88 

3.39 

3.98 

.26 

1.85 
1.48 

.67 
2.15 

.85 
2.66 

.09 
7.49 

.41 
2.92 
1.63 
1.52 

.83 
4.72 
1.37 

.69 
2.36 
3.89 

.35 
3.77 
5.00 



1.84 
.87 



Bridgewater 

Canaan 

Colebrook 

Cornwall 

Goshen 

Kent 

Litchfield 

Morris 

New Hartford 

New Milford 

Norfolk 

North Canaan 

Plymouth 

Roxbury 

Salisbury 

Sharon 

Thomaston 

Torrington 

Washington 

Watertown 

Winchester 

Woodbury 



680.35 

1,183.83 

804.13 

2,547.03 

578.23 

1,412.27 

8,480.94 

754.30 

2,184.24 

9,010.79 

1,976.63 

5,498.03 

5,840.47 

923.83 

12,887.35 

9,019.07 

12,555.55 

100,525.04 

5,849.99 

23,902.88 

39,064.01 

5,550.96 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY 



Chester 

Clinton 

Cromwell 

Durham 

East Haddam 

East Hampton 

Essex 

Haddam 

Middlefield 

Middletown 

Old Saybrook 

Portland 

Saybrook 

Westbrook 



2,127.64 
1,523.71 
3,170.60 
1,101.28 
1,012.26 
7,837.02 
6,432.41 
2,085.88 
1,058.49 
81,907.76 
2,763.13 
4,527.07 
3,202.88 
1,163.53 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY 

Ansonia 122,489.20 

Beacon Falls 1,443.71 

(Continued on page 4) 



1.08 
1.62 
1.56 
2.96 

.96 
1.13 
2.85 
1.20 
1,02 
1.72 
1.40 
2.30 

.81 
1.15 
3.70 
5.05 
3.25 
4.68 
2.78 
3.89 
3.94 
2.99 



1.23 
1.08 
1.29 
1.03 

.35 
3.90 
2.31 
1.09 

.77 
3.04 
1.49 
1.47 
1.18 

.98 



6.96 
.91 



LIBERTY BOND INTEREST 

An appeal has been sent by the Con- 
necticut War Savings Committee to 
every town and city in this state asking 
that holders of Liberty Bonds invest 
their interest coupons in war savings 
and thrift stamps, thereby allowing the 
Government to retain the interest as well 
as the principal of their accumulated 
savings. 

This plan to buy war savings stamps 
with the interest on Liberty Bonds was 
first suggested several weeks ago, and 
it is being carried out in every state of 
the union next week. Chairmen of the 
various town and city war savings com- 
mittees in Connecticut arranged to post 
tickets at the various banks where the 
interest is paid, and to personally urge 
those cashing in their coupons to immedi- 
ately re-invest the proceeds in war sav 
ings stamps. 

It is estimated that amount of interest 
to be paid on Liberty Bonds in Connect!- 



MERCHANTS ASSIST 

WAR SAVINGS DRIVE 



Business Men in Every City in 
Connecticut Named As Chair- 
man in $1,300,000 
Campaign. 

Beginning on May 6, an intensive drive 
for the sale of $1,300,000 in war savings 
and thrift stamps in the retail stores of 
Connecticut was started. Every retail 
store in the state has been assigned its 
quota according to the number of its 
employees, and when any establishment 
" goes over the top " proper credit will 
be given through the press and in other 
ways. 

One of the faatures of the campaign 
will consist in clerks asking a customer 
to accept at least a part of his or her 
change in thrift stamps. Where the pur- 
chaser's change is less than 25 cents, 
the salesman is to ask the customer to 
make up the difference and buy a stamp. 
If a woman enters a store and purchases 
a 20 cent article and hands the clerk 
half a dollar, the clerk will ask her if 
she will accept a 25-cent Stamp as part 
of her change. If she assents the clerk 
will hand her the article purchased, a 
Thrift Stamp, and five cents in change. 

If she makes a 25-cent purchase and 
hands the clerk a quarter, the clerk 
will ask her if she will include a 25-cent 
Thrift Stamp with her purchase. If she 
acquiesces, she must of course hand the 
clerk an extra quarter for the Thrift 
Stamp. If a man enters a store and buys 
a $2.00 article and hands the clerk a 
$5.00 bill, the salesman is expected to 
ask him how many Thrift Stamps he will 
accept as part of his change. If he re- 
plies " a dollar's worth," the clerk hands 
him the $2.00 article, four Thrift Stamps, 
and $2.00 in cash. 

A list of chairmen of the retail mer- 
chants committees to supervise the sale 
of $1,300,000 worth of war savings stamps 
in the stores of Connecticut has been 
announced by Joseph T. McWeeney, 
state director of the retail merchants 
division of the National War Savings 
Committee as follows: — 



cut will be in excess of $100,000, and it 
is hoped that the patriotic owners of the 
bonds will at once turn over this money 
again to the Government in its hour of i 
need. 



Andover, 

Ansonia, 

Avon, 

Berlin, 

Bethel, 

Branford, 

Bridgeport, 

Bristol, 

Canaan, 

Canton, 

Cheshire, 

Chester, 

Colchester, 

Danbury, 

Derby, 

East Haddam, 

East Hampton. 

East Hartford. 

East Haven, 

Enfield. 

Essex. 

Groton. 

Guilford, 

Hampton, 

Hartford, 

Killingly, 

Killingworth, 



Hazel Carey 

Theo. K. Bristol 

R. E. Case 

E. E. Honiss 

F. B. French 
Marcus S. Tuthill 

Isaac Moss 

J. T. Chidsey 

A. W. Holsapple 

A. W. Dawson 

C. H. Jackson 

Simon LePlace 

Harry Elgart 

Nathan Spiro 

F. S. Valentine 

W. C. Reynolds 

N. B. A. Carrier Co. 

W. B. Noble 

H. P. Johnson 

Arthur Leet 

F. W. Edwards & Co. 

H. L. Bailey 

Edmund F. Dudley 

A. N. Rowe 

E. N. Allen 

N. L. Greig 

P. E. Parmalee 



(Continued on page 4.) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



POSTER CONTEST IN 

HARTFORD SCHOOLS 



Miss Doris Clark Awarded First Prize 

In High School Group And 

Edward A Powell In 

Grammar Grades 



A war savings poster contest in which 
schools of Hartford and in the High 
School took part was brought to a suc- 
cessful conclusion when the prizes were 
awarded after the best examples had 
been decided upon by a committee of 
judges. The prize winners will be ex- 
hibited on Saturday morning at 10 
o'clock at the High School as a part of 
the exhibit of the best posters made by 
school children in all parts of Connecti- 
cut. Next week the winning posters of 
Connecticut will be shown as a part of 
the exhibit of all the New England 
states, together with New York and New 
Jersey. 

In the grade schools of the city the 
contest was started several weeks ago 
so that all the children might have an 
opportunity to participate. First and 
second prizes were given in each dis- 
trict, together with two posters given 
honorable mention. The judges in this 
preliminary contest were the drawing 
teachers of the district, one judge 
selected by the drawing instructor, and 
Miss Frances H. Batchelor and Miss 
Iva Abbey, the High School drawing 
teachers. The winning posters were as- 
sembled yesterday for exhibition in the 
art room of the High School. 

There was also a contest for pupils 
of the High School, and the best ex- 
amples of poster art were shown to the 
judges in the final contest yesterday. 
These judges were Howell Cheney, state 
director for Connecticut of the National 
War Savings Committee, M. C. Manter- 
nach, president of the Manternach Com- 
,pany, Robert T. Tobin, superintendent 
of the Ansonia Public Schools, and 
Ralph M. Lowry, state war savings pub- 
licity director. 

Two items were considered by the 
judges in deciding the winners. Thd 
first was the skill and originality of the 
contestant in designing the poster, and 
the second was the adaptability for gen- 
eral distribution throughout the country 
in the war savings campaign. 

The first high school prize was unani- 
mously awarded to Doris A. Clark, and 
the second to Norma C. Toothaker. The 
vote of the judges was unanimous. Hon- 
orable mention was given to Leonora 
J. Doggett, Rose A. Newberry, Hans A. 
Walleen and Frances E. Dennison. 

In the grade school contest the first 
prize was unanimously awarded to 
Edward A. Powell of the Chauncey Har- 
ris School and the second to Henry Sea- 
man of the Northeast School. Honorable 
mention was given to Alice D. Talcott 
of the Noah Webster and Virginia 
McNamara of the Alfred E. Burr School. 

In the opinion of the judges the poster 
submitted by Edward Powell was de- 
clared to have been the best, both in 
thought and design of Imth the high school 
and grammar grades classes. Handsome 
medals with attached ribbon, will be 
given to the winners of the first and 
second prizes in the two classes. 



Manchester Still 

Leading the State 



(Continued from page 3) 




Bethany 


1,555.74 


2.81 


Bran ford 


10,054.68 


1.40 


Cheshire 


9,297.72 


3.50 


Derby 


57,158.13 


5.67 


East Haven 


4,815.56 


1.21 


Guilford 


9,370.03 


3.35 


Hamden 


7,295.98 


.78 


Madison 


1,769.72 


1.01 


Meriden 


94,533.33 


2.95 


Middlebury 


2,034.41 


1.61 


Milford 


9,770.58 


.93 


Naugatuck 


42,730.46 


3.21 


New Haven 


384,275.85 


2.37 


North Branford 


162.04 


.14 


North Haven 


1,952.15 


.69 


Orange 


12,662.91 


.76 


Seymour 


21,964.11 


3.43 


Southbury 


3,108.60 


2.84 


Wallingt'ord 


27,425.10 


2.31 


Waterbury 


252,648.53 


2.48 


NEW LONDON COUNTY 




Bozrah 


444.92 


.53 


Colchester 


1.365.96 


.57 


East Lyme 


927.93 


.46 


Franklin 


203.29 


.32 


Griswold 


6,926.04 


1.68 


Groton 


4,600.53 


.63 


Lebanon 


745.81 


.41 


Ledyard 


168.56 


.15 


Lyme 


554.12 


.63 


Montville 


1,646.87 


.58 


New London 


191,465.48 


7.46 


No. Stonington 


1,141.48 


.95 


Norwich 


56,882.15 


1.94 


Old Lyme 


3,865.22 


3.38 


Preston 


733.63 


.35 


Sprague 


4,446.66 


1.77 


Stonington 


13,588.46 


1.27 


Voluntown 


247.37 


.33 


Waterford 


2.140.75 


.51 


TOLLAND COUNTY 






Andover 


373.83 


.88 


Bolton 


839.34 


1.84 


Columbia 


809.05 


1.17 


Coventry 


3,222.30 


2.00 


Ellington 


418.13 


.20 


Hebron 


300.27 


.28 


Mansfield 


3,541.78 


1.51 


Stafford 


12,037.49 


1.92 


Somers 


2,896.26 


2.03 


Tolland 


454.00 


.37 


Vernon 


30,258.66 


3.42 


Willington 


1,538.84 


.87 


WINDHAM COUNT'S 






Ashford 


37.81 


.04 


Brooklyn 


238.67 


.12 


Canterbury 


1.272.05 


1.11 


Chaplin 


411.25 


1.08 


Eastford 


541.75 


1.07 


Hampton 


25S.27 


.58 


Killingly 


12,334.12 


1.64 


Plainfield 


37.332.60 


4.52 


Pomfret 


1,540.20 


.83 


Putnam 


28,342.77 


3.39 


Scotland 


151.17 


.30 


Sterling 


2,539.97 


1.91 


Thompson 


8,447.39 


1.80 


Willimantic 


96,441.47 


6.80 


Woodstock 


2,152.16 


1.10 



Willimantic 

Derby 

New London 

Sharon 

Windsor Locks 

Simsbury 

Torrington 

Plainfield 

Canton 

Winchester 

East Hampton 

Unionville 

Watertown 

Bristol 

Windsor 

Salisbury 

New Canaan 

Cheshire 

Seymour 

Vernon 

Burlington 

Putnam 

Old Lyme 

Guilford 

Thomaston 

Naugatuck 

Bridgeport 

Middletown 



6.80 
5.67 
6.70 
5.05 
5.00 
4.72 
4.68 
4.52 
3.98 
3.94 
3.90 
3.89 
3.89 
3.88 
3.77 
3.70 
3.60 
3.50 
3.43 
3.42 
3.39 
3.39 
3.38 
3.35 
3.25 
3.21 
3.08 
3.04 



Merchants Assist 

War Savings Drive 



(Continued from page 3) 



STANDING OF 30 LEADING TOWNS, 

APRIL 27. 

Manchester $7.49 

Ansonia 6.96 



Meriden. 

Litchfield, 

Lyme, 

Madison, 

Manchester, 

Mansfield, 

Marlborough, 

Middletown, 

Milford, 

Montville, 

Naugatuck, 

New Britain, 

New Canaan, 

New Haven, 

New London, 

Newtown, 

Norfolk. 

No. Stonington, 

Norwalk, 

Norwich, 

Orange, 

Plainfield, 

Putnam. 

Salisbury, 

Scotland. 

Seymour. 

Sharon, 

Somers, 

Southbury, 

Sterling, 

Stratford, 

Suffield, 

Thomaston, 

Thompson, 

Torrington, 

Wallingford. 

Warren, 

Watertown, 

Waterbury, 

West Hartford. 

Wethersfield, 

Winsted, 

Willimantic, 

Windsor, 

Windsor Locks, 

Woodbury, 



C. L. Upharn 

M. V. Moraghan 

W. L. Sheffield 

F. H. Holbrook 

Geo. E. Keith 

Homer N. Beebe 

H. Dorman 

F. A. Beach 

W. A. Rose 

R. C. Dart 

W. G. Hard 

D. McMillan 

Edw. Burdett 

Henry Shartenburg 

Henry Chappelle 

John L. O'Neil 

Harry L. Cook 

George H. Stone 

Samuel Keeler 

Will L. Stearns 

C. R. Treat 

A. C. Tillinghast 

Miss Clara Larned 

Geo. H. Clark 

Jas. H. Johnson 

Clarence G. Smith 

Harold B. Lakin 

Raymond S. Bugbee 

C. W. Tyler 

Frank Chamberland 

Frank B. Sammis 

Alfred M. Gay 

A. M. Flint 

Dr. R. C. Paine 

H. J. Wylie 

B. F. Lewis 

R. H. Perkins 

Harry F. Atwood 

John R. Hughes 

M. J. Burnham 

A. W. Hammer 

Geo. W. Gage 

Valentine L. Murphy 

John Garvan 

Jas. D. Phelps 

F. F. Hitchcock 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



MANUFACTURERS START 
FOOD PRODUCTION WORK 



Engage Senator Rogers, of Southington 
To Promote Co-operation With Em- 
ployees And Farmers 

A greater crops movement in Connecticut 
has the solid backing of the Manufacturers 
Association and ways and means of secur- 
ing increased food production will be pro- 
moted through the services of Senator 
Elijah Rogers of Southington who is to 
act in the capacity of " Agricultural Coun- 
sel." The co-operation of the Manufactur- 
ers' Association in this type of war work 
means that the government is being as- 
sisted not only by the 525 members of the 
association Dut also by a large proportion 
of the army of 250,000 employees they 
represent. 

Senator Rogers will be available to mem- 
bers of the association wistung to work out 
community gardening plans among their 
employees. He will also assist manufactur- 
ers in developing and putting into opera- 
tion plans tor co-operation with the farmers. 
He will have the co-operation of the Com- 
mittee on Food Supply and Conservation 
of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
as well as the Connecticut Agricultural 
College and the several farm bureaus. 

The directors of the Manufacturers' As- 
sociation of Connecticut have authorized 
this action, which they believe marks a 
new and advanced step in co-operation by 
manufacturers in food production work. 
E. Kent Huobard of Middletown, president 
of the Mamifacturers' Association of Con- 
necticut, is an enthusiastic supporter of 
this new enterprise and expects that mem- 
bers of the association will grasp i..e op- 
portunity presented to participate materi- 
ally in the Connecticut's "Greater Crops 
Movement." 



War Workers Receive 

Timely Messages 

(Continued from page 2. ) 

" Connecticut and the National Council." 
He said of Connecticut, " One of the great 
units in war work is the state of Connecti- 
cut. I say seriously and without embellish- 
ment that it has one of the greatest war 
machines that exists in the Union. You have 
put the war work in the hands of men who 
are patriots, who have the welfare of the 
nation at heart and have organized the 
state for war. The National Council of De- 
fense is particularly proud of this organi- 
zation. 

" Lest you be lolled to sleep, however, 
you must keep up your work because it is 
nowhere near done. Your state is one of 
the important melting pot units with a 
large foreign population. You produce 
more munitions than any other state and 
as munitions are more essential for the pros- 
ecution of the war you have a serious duty 
to perform. Y 7 ou must guard well against 
pro-German propaganda and Anti-Ameri- 
canism." 



Rev. Morris E. Ailing, state chairman of 
Four-Minute Men, gave an address on " The 
Message of Four Minute Men." He said 
the Four-Minute men were beginning to 
understand their joo and were putting more 
study into their speeches. Professional men 
have learned that it is possible to make 
a good speech and get on and off the stage, 
all within three and one-half minutes. 
People are giving respectful and undivided 
attention to the speeches. Speaking is in- 
creasing also in the factories. Mr. Ailing 
publicly thanked The theatre men for their 
cordial treatment of Four-Minute Men. The 
Four-Minute Men do not talk about sac- 
rifice. That is a word that is only for 
those who go overseas or for the fathers 
and mothers of boys " over there." The 
Four-Minute men simply invest their effort. 

Frederick G. Walcott. assistant to U. S. 
Food Administrator Hoover expressed the 
personal thanks of his chief for the extraor- 
dinary work done in this state in behalf 
of the food administration. He compli- 
mented Chairman Bissell, George M. Lan- 
ders, chairman of the Committee of Food 
Supply and Conservation, Joseph W. Alsop 
of the State Council, and Food Adminis- 
trator Scoville and the devoted women un- 
der the leadership of Miss Caroline Ruutz- 
Rees, Miss Sprague and Mrs. Joseph W. Al- 
sop. Of Governor Holcomb he said that 
he seemed to be inspired for the great task 
of war governor and his indomitable will 
and courage were a splendid example. 

Coming Through Famine Year 

One of the statements made by the 
speaker in connection with his description 
of the grave food conditions in Italy, Ru- 
mania and Greece, France and England 
was that Lord Rhondda, or England hid 
cabled that France and England must have 
25.000,000 bushels of wheat a month or the 
Allies would not be responsible for continu- 
ing the war. Figures have shown that the 
American farmer has planted twenty per 
cent, more acreage this year and that Amer- 
ica will have plenty oi wheat not only for 
its own people but also for the Allies. If 
the well-to-do people go on with their volun- 
tary rationing as they have done the past 
three months America will come through 
almost a famine year because tne war cre- 
ated an alarming shortage in sugar, wheat 
and meat. The idea of the voluntary ra- 
tion originated, the speaker said, with a 
Connecticut woman, Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop. 
Those who have subscribed to it will eat 
no wheat until the next harvest and will 
limit themselves as to beef. The idea has 
spread all over the country. 

The woman power of America must re- 
place the man power. The women of Eng- 
land and France are saving those nations. 
In America the skirt must give way to the 
overalls and the knitting needles to ma- 
chinery. Mr. Walcott said he wished the 
women of Connecticut would start the 
movement to make work in the factories 
popular. Today the allies are crying, " For 
God's sake, America, hurry up." 

The afternoon conference closed with the 
singing of "America." 

Governor Proposes Inventory 

Governor Marcus H. Holcomb promised 
at the evening mass meeting that Connecti- 
cut would be a different place to live in after 
the war because an inventory would be 
taken of the patriots and those who failed 
to help carry on the war. 

The governor said in part: 

" I was born with a grudge against 



Great Britain, but I buried whatever an- 
tagonism I had when Great Britain entered 
the war to vindicate her treaty with litt 1 • 
Belgium. 

" Germany is responsible for the Mexi- 
can trouble; for our so-called difficulties in 
Japan. She is the twentieth century pirat°. 

" The boy who stands by his country and 
dies, has lived a long and full life. Don't 
sing dirges. Don't give way to pessimism. 

" They go ' over the top ' with a shout. 
They are ready and willing and anxious to 
go. Don't pity them. Pity yourselves. 

" Some elements in the pot of Connecti- 
cut have not melted. I co not blame a man 
for remaining loyal to his fatherland. Yet, 
"if he has taken advantage or tne privileges 
of this country, and is not loyal, he should 
be driven out. 

" An inventory will be taken at the end 
of the war to see who have helped carry 
on war and who have not. Connecticut will 
then be a different place to live in." 

Lieutenant Lew Allen, of Meriden who 
has recently returned from active service 
with General Pershing brought a message 
of cheer from the Connecticut troops and 
told about their gallant conduct in the 
biggest battle of the war. 

Mrs. August Belmont who has been do- 
ing Red Cross work in France told about 
the morale of the armies of the Allies. She 
said she returned filled with exultation of 
living in the greatest era the world has 
ever seen. 

Rev. Laughlin Maclean Watt, chaplain of 
the Gordon Highlanders and the Black- 
Watch attacked the old prejudices between 
Great Britain and the Uniteu States and 
said there was not a nerson the length and 
breadth of Great Britain begrudged Amer- 
ica its greatness. " Forget it," ne said. 

Mayor Richard Kinsella, of Hartford, ex- 
pressed support of the government and the 
State Council in all war work, and hoped 
all present would leave greatly benefitted by 
the patrtiotic addresses of the day. The 
Choral Club, of Hartford, under the direc- 
tion of Ralph Baldwin, furnished the patri- 
otic selections. 



GALL SHIPBUILDERS 



First Volunteers are Placed — Some 

Go to Gildersleeve; Others 

To Groton 

A call for carpenters to work in shipyards 
at Groton and Gildersleeve, issued by Leo 
A. Korper, state director of the United 
States Public Service Reserve has been an- 
swered by the shipyard volunteers. They 
are the first craftsmen to be called into 
service since the enrollment of volunteers 
began last February. 

Seventy-six carpenters were sent to work 
in the ship-yard at Groton and thirty-nine 
have started work at the ship-building 
plant at Gildersleeve. Director Korper will 
continue sending volunteers into the ship- 
yards all this week, including some to t 1 e 
plant at Hog Island and the barracks and 
warehouses at Schenectady, N. Y. 

Superintendent Clifton E. Davenport of 
the Hartford office of the United States 
Employment Service and his two assistants 
are engaged in interviewing volunteers 
adaptable for shipbuilding work that has 
the first call. Housing conditions in the 
communities adjacent to the ship-building 
plants arc investigated by Director Korper 
before men are called into service. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Government Agencies 
Finding Employment 
For Many Applicants 

(Continued from page 1) 

zations which carried the recommenda- 
t on that the New Haven plan with neces- 
sary mortifications and the addition ot 
the definite disaster relief plan of Bridge- 
port he suggested tor adoption by other 
appropriate cities. C. C. Elwell sub- 
mitted the report. 

Reports were submitted by Professor 
Smith for the Committee on Food Sup- 
ply. F. B. Griffin for the Committee on 
Transportation; Mr. Bissell for the Com- 
mittee on Transportation and H. K. 
Smith for the Committee on Man Power 
and Labor. The Committee on Publicity 
was authorized to communicate with the 
War Bureaus in an effort to secure wide- 
spread observance of Memorial Day. 



MEETING OF MAY 6. 

Present at the meeting of May 6 were 
Chairman K. M. Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, 
Adjutant-General George M. Cole. Homer 
S. Cummings, Howard A. Giddings, Charles 
A. Goodwin, Lucius F. Robinson of the 
Council ; Ira N. Ornburn, Miss Anna B. 
Sands, and the following chairmen and 
members of sub-committees: George G. Wil- 
liams, F. D. Cheney, ±'\ A. Verplanck, 
Thomas F. Noone, G. E. Meech, Stanley H. 
Holmes, Rear-Admiral W. S. Cowles, Leo 
A. Korper, Harrison B. Freeman, Arthur 
L. Shipman, F. W.' Vanderpool, Dr. Valeria 
Parker, Miss Margaret Corwin, and A. H. 
Lanphere of Waterford. 

Dr. Parker, chairman of the Health and 
Recreation Bureau, reported the organiza- 
tion of a sub-committee on sex education 
with the following members: Mrs. C. M. 
Andrews of New Haven; Chairman; Miss 
Kathryn I. Hewitt, Bridgeport; Miss Helen 
Hall, Middletown; and Mrs. M. Toscan Ben- 
nett and Mrs. Annie G. Porrut, Hartford. 
The work of the policewomen in New Haven, 
New London and Norwich was included in 
the report. 

Messrs. Robinson, Giddings, Goodwin and 
Alsop were appointed a committee to at- 
tend the conference to be held May 7 on 
the war chest project. 

In the absence of Major-General L. F. 
Burpee, chairman of the special committee 
on Americanization, Stanley H. Holmes 
submitted the committee report. Recom- 
mendations as to organization and estimate 
of expense were presented. Wise, strong 
and immediate action to preserve Ameri- 
can institutions and ideals, was advised. 
Under the head of organization it was rec- 
ommended that a committee on Americani- 
zation be appointed, to consist of at least 
nine members with a state director, at 
least two field agents and a clerk. The ex- 
pense of conducting the bureau for a year 
was estimated at $15,400. 

The council accepted the report and 
adopted its recommendations subject to the 
approval of the Governor. 



GOVERNOR HOLCOMB'S 

RED CROSS MESSAGE 

" To the Citizens of Connecticut: 

" In the nation-wide movement to 
collect $100,000,000 for the Second 
War Fund of the American Red 
Cross, there has been allotted to the 
people of this state the privilege and 
responsibility of subscribing $2,000,- 
000 between'May 20th and May 27th, 
the period set aside by the President 
of the United States for the purpose 
of raising funds to support the work 
of the Red Cross at home and abroad. 

" This cause is close to the hearts 
of all of us, and I earnestly bespeak 
for it your earnest and immediate 
co-operation. 

The Red Cross is a direct aid to 
winning the war. It is the great 
salvaging arm of the Government. 
It is as nearly governmental as an 
organization can be. It is chartered 
by Congress; it is headed by Presi- 
dent Wilson ; it is enthusiastically 
welcomed by the Army and Navy and 
its accounts are audited by the Gov- 
ernment. 

" The people of this State. I am 
confident,' will respond promptly to 
the appeal of the American Red Cross 
for funds. 

" MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, 

Govi rnor." 



Red Cross Assured 
Effective Support 

From Connecticut 



JOINING TANK CORPS 

The Tank Corps" of the United States 
Army has inducted or enlisted forty- 
eight Connecticut men through the office 
of Leo A. Korper. federal director for 
Connecticut of the U. S. Employment 
Service and Allied Services. Other 
young men who wish to enter the s?rvice 
will have that opportunity today and to- 
morrow when an officer will be at Room 
25. Mr. Korper's office, the state capitol, 
Hartford, to interview men applying for 
induction or enlistment. 



The task of saving child life in Connecti- 
cut is endorsed by Governor Marcus H. 
Holcomb in a letter given out last week. 
As part of the national " Children's Year." 
the Child Welfare department of the Wo- 
man's Committee, Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense has been organized ami the 
governor's letter appealed for aid in the 
work from mothers, fathers, teachers, phy- 
sicians, nurses and all other citizens of 
Connecticut. 



Applications will be received at the 
Bridgeport District Ordnance office for 
positions of sub-inspectors, of munitions 
and skilled laborers on munitions. This 
work is being handled by the Civil Service 
Board Office just opened in connection with 
the work of the Ordnance Office. Among the 
duties taken over by the new office is the 
rating of applications, the maintaining of 
lists of eligibles and certification of elig- 
ibles to the various army inspectors of ord- 
nance in this district which includes the 
entire state and western counties of Massa- 
chusetts. 



(Continued from page 1.) 

funds that it either had to get money 
from some source or curtail its work. 
The demands upon it have been tremend- 
ous and increasing. A thorough investi- 
gation of the situation was made, and it 
was i lie unanimous recommendation of 
the finance committee of the commission 
to France, and the heads of various de- 
partments best able to judge, together 
with the expression of opinion on the 
part of the French Government and com- 
petent French authorities, that a contri- 
bution to the French Red Cross by the 
American Red Cross, at this particular 
juncture, would be as effective and as 
much appreciated by the people through- 
out France as any one thing that could 
be done. 

" If the American people could be in 
France today, stated Mr. Davison in a 
private cablegram received here, they 
would leave nothing undone to contribute 
to the help and support of the French 
people. In France, as in Italy, Red Cross 
work is largely extended toward help- 
ing the soldier, his family, and the refu- 
gees. In other words, the American Red 
Cross is in principle and in substance 
helping these affected directly by the 
war, all of which is essential to keep up 
the morale. 

" One of the earlier appropriations for 
the American Red Cross work in France 
was a contribution of $1,000,000 to be 
used for the relief of needy families of 
French soldiers. This money, distributed 
among 50,000 families, exerted a tremend- 
ous influence in maintaining the morale 
of the French army. 

"According to all the latest reports 
reaching here from the other side, it 
is impossible to over estimate the im- 
portance of the work that confronts the 
American Red Cross in France and Italy 
in the months directly ahead. The war 
is at acutely critical stage. Much, al- 
most everything in fact, hangs on the 
immediate future. Eventual victory for 
the armies of liberty seems to depend on 
the ability of the British, French, and 
Italian troops to hold back the Teuton 
hordes, and on the staying powers of the 
allied countries until the United States 
is able to mass its full, fresh strength on 
the battle field." 



DAIRY COURSE OPENED 



College at Storrs Offers Opportunity 
For Connecticut Women. 

A course in dairying has oeen opened for 
women at the Connecticut Agricultural Col 
lege at Storrs. Arrangements for this 
course to give women an opportunity to 
extend their usefulness in farm production, 
have been made by the Extension Service. 

No tuition is to be charged for the one- 
week course which has been arranged by the 
college; but each woman will be required 
to pay $7 covering the cost of board for the 
week. The course will open on Monday, 
May 13th. 

Applications for enrollment in the course 
should be made to Professor H. J. Baker, 
Connecticut Agricultural College, Storrs, 
Conn. 




(Hfltmrrtintt litllrtttt 

Published Bi=Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. I 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, MAY 31, 1918 



No. 27 



MEN OF TWENTY-ONE 
REGISTER ON JUNE 5 
AT NATION'S COMMAND 



Thousands of Connecticut Youths to 
Make Themselves Available for 
War Service— Wide Publicity given 
Registration Regulations by State 
Council 

REGISTRATION FACTS 

GUIDING ELIGIBLES 

Wide publicity i- being given throughout 
ti to Registration daj details bj I he 
< i ■■ ■ i use of a series of articles issued 
by the Publicity Committee of the Conn c i 
cut State Council of Defense. On next 
Wednesday, thousands of Connecticut's 
male population who have reached their 
twenty-first birthdaj since June ■>. 1917 
will present themselves for registration 
undei the rules Oi the selective service act. 

'I'lir National Vrmy's enlisted strength 
lias been drawn from the men of draft age 
who placed themselves at the government's 
disposal when thej registered last June. 
Since the registration 'lav a new group of 

men ha^ ■' ''iiiii 1 a\ i ilable under the selei - 

tive service act. They are the men who 

lia\ nif \\ itliin tin' arniv di I 

tween June 5, 1917 and June ">, 1918. In 
other words thej are all tin' young men of 
tlio nation w no have attained their twenty- 
.i ii hd i \ bet w een t hose dates. 

Pre idi n! \\ i Ison has been authorized by 
act of i ongress, May is. 1917, to increase 
temporarily the military establishment of 
tin- United states, and witn the authority 
of ill it ad ami the public resolution lie has 
prescribed regul itions to i e regis- 

tration of the men of twenty on,'. |: ,■ . ,.i 
li< e i egulat ions is the full fore and ef 

feet of the law. failure i jister is a 

serious misdi meanor n ith se: ei e pi na I. \ 
at tached 

Immediately upon leaving the military 

" naval servic a m « ho ha - reached 

1] years of age since lasl .Tune 5th becomes 
<t to registration. 

An alien w 1 liters the United States 

for die first time after the date sel for 
i :ii ion is not sub jeel to registrat ion 

mile- , lie declares his intention to 
i M "i the I nited Slates. 

Citizens of the United States or persons 
« ho In i ' il'iii red i heir intent ion i o be- 
ii izens of i he I inited States « ho do 
ha linen to '"' absent from t he ten itoi ial 
limit s of I he I nited Slate, on Regist r it ion 
re required to register within five days 
after I heir return to t he United Stal es. 

At present the national government is 
limiting the military draft to men between 
I 31 years of age. I he coming regis 
tration day is expected to make aboul 800,- 
000 men available for nai iona 1 set \ ice. The 
machinery for taking the registration on 
June 5 has been carefully worked ou1 bj 
(Continued on page 6 ) 



Washington Advice 

On War Efficiency 

l [on. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assist- 
ant secretary of the Navy, gave the 
fellow ing i sage to ( lonnect icut cit- 
izens la -I v. ' ' '. a tier a strenuous 
speechmaking tour of Bridgeport 
munition plants: 

" No chain is -i i onger than it - 
weakest link. 

" Tins national crisis cannot be 
met. with complete success unless 
every American does his full share. 

" Remember, if even one man out 
of ten fails to do his utmost, this 
slow, up the winning or the war by 
far more than In per cent, of delay. 
I .lay at one point mean- in- 
creasing delay at others. 

" Time is a big factor in the fight 
— it means tin- saving of the lives of 
our men who do the actual fighting 
for us — it means the certainty of 
w inning this war. 

'• In Washington we appreciate the 
i '■ na rkable record made by the state 
of i lonnect icut ; we ask \ ou to kee] 
up the good work with the help of 
i en "Hi of ei ery ten of \ our citizi ns." 



CITIES' RELIEF PLAN 



Adopted by Special Committee for 
Coping with War Emergencies 



War emergency organizations will be 
formed in other Connecticut cities besides 
those in opera! ion in Bridgeport and New 
Haven, through plans made bj a 
commit tee appointed by the t tonneol icut 
State Council of Defense. The purpose of 
1 1" -e i i ganizat ions i- to prep i re cei tain 

forces oi the i munii \ to cope with any 

i that might arise while the nation 
is at war. 

The special committee was appointed in 
compliance with a v r ote passed at a meeting 
of tic Defense Council held April 26 at 

which Ii the New Haven and Bridgeport 

emergency organizations wn<' explained. 
This committee met at the State ' apitol, 
Hartford with ('. ( '. Elwell of New Haven 
as chairman. There was a full discussion 
of the subject of wai \ organiza- 

tions ami ii was finally voted to adopt the 
New Haven plan. Mml i Ilea i ions were rec- 
ommended for acceptance by other cities 
ami il was decided that a defin 
relief plan, substantially the one adopted 
by Bridgeport, he added to the New Haven 
plan. When the committee's report was 
submit ted i o t he I > fen -■ < louncil it was 
adopted. The next step will he the adoption 
of the uniform plan of organization by 
communities in special need of such type 
"i preparedness against catastrophe. 



PERSONS WITHOUT 
USEFUL EMPLOYMENT 
SHOULD FIND WORK 



Recommendation Made by State Conn 
cil — U. S. Employment Service the 
Agency to Supply Work— Federal 
Fuel Administration Approves the 
State's Fuel Consuming Plans 



STATE COUNCIL TO REPORT 

ITS ACTIVITIES TO GOVERNOR 



That persons without useful employment 

should he called upon to seek work and di- 

to the United States Employment 

Service was in substance the recommenda- 
tion adopted bj the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense at its meeting in the state 
capitol Hartford last Monday. The rec 
ommendation was made following a report 

i i "- a special committee appointed at 
a previous meeting. Arthur L. Shipman 
chairman of the Legal Committee and Her 

bert Knox .smith, chairman of the i 

mittee on .Man Power and Labor and Leo 

A. Korper, federal director of the United 

-■ii' I mpiio m. m Set \H" for ' ' ■ctieiii , 

constituted the special coinnn 

The meeting was attended by Governor 
Marcus II. Holcomb, Chairman Richard M. 
Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Dr. D. Chestei 
Brown, Major Howard A. Giddings, Lucius 
L. Robinson, Judge George W. Wheeler, 
Homer S. Cummings, Charles A. Goodwin 
of lii" I email. Ira N. ( Irnl \l i 3S Anna 

B. Sands. Treasurer John T. Roberts and 
the following chairmen and members of 
committees: Herbert Knox Smith, George 
G. Williams. A. L. Shipman, Aubrey L. 
Maddock, Admiral \V. S. Cowles, Thomas 
I'. Noon,', l.eo \. Korper. Edward I', .lone-. 
Dr. !•'. II. U heeler, I J. E. VIeech, M 

I!. Freeman, Dr. C. C. Godfrey, Howell 

i heney, TI as W. Russell, C. G. Bill, 

Judge William M. Maltbie, Mi-s Margaret 
i mil in and I )r. Valeria Parker. 

The council received a letter from the 
Czecho-Slovak Committee of Stamford, re- 
i lia i i In- council he rcprescnled at 
a public reception to he given at une ('/echo 
Slovak Military Camp in Stamford mi June 
-. Bj Mite of the council, Homer S. Cum- 
mings was n id to represent the council. 

Howell (heney, state director of the Na 
tional War-Savings Committee reported a 
proposed form of pledge cards for W"ar-Sa\ 
iny. Enlist men! Daj on June 28. 

'I he 1 "nited Stales t'll"l Vlhillli- 

has approved the inauguration in Connecti 
cut of a plan of inspecting aim rating fuel- 
consuming plants, Cnarles (I. Hill, oi the 

< ommitti Fuel Conservation submitting 

the report to i he council. 1 he appointment 
of \\ . R. ( ' i iiisiui. of Hart ford, as ad 
ministrative engim iccepted ( 'on 

nect n nt is the firsl state and si ml dis 

(Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

.State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mitters and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It. is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning otticial matters. 



Vol.1 HARTFORD. CONN.. MA\ 31, 1918. No. 27 



THE FIRST AND THE LAST 
ARMIES 



An Editorial by 

Charles F. Johnson, LL.D. 

Professor of English Literature 

(Emeritus) 

Trinity College, Hartford. 



There is a striking analogy between "the 
present war and that of the American Rev 
olution. 'that was for popular rights noi 
for territory, though ii did result in trans- 
ferring to the United States great areas 
in the west claimed by the various states. 
principally Virginia. Our fathers brought 
with them a few radical ideas about gov- 
ernment which had been established by 
many conflicts in England. They claimed a 
ritfht to participate in the broader prin- 
ciples which resulted from the triumph of 
the English Puritan party. They had been 
irritated for manj years by the insulting 
and overbearing manner of the royal gov- 
ernors and their continued endeavors to de- 
stiny the powers of the colonial assemblies. 
For the mosu part they lived in comfort 
and personal safety and perhaps might have 
continued to do so if they would submit to 
taxation without representation. They were 
confronted by the aggression of a German 
iving who claimed to role by divine right, 
and, virtually, to appoint governors and 
legislatures. This implied impositions in 
the future and relinquishment of the rights 
of freemen. To this they would not sub- 
mit. Under the leadership of such men as 
Samuel Adams, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, 
Washington and hundreds of others they 
appealed to force after all argument but 
force was exhausted. They fought for the 
underlying principle- of democracy and they 
won. Their victory was as much to the 
advantage of English freemen as to their 
own. 

We, too, have appealed to force after a 
long series of insults and injuries. Sym- 
pathy witli France and Belgium and the 



Travelers' aid work will be the subject 
of a state conference called for June 4 
by the Health and Recreation Bureau of the 
Connecticut Slate ( ouncil of Defense. All 
organizations doing aid work at various 
railroad passenger stations throughout the 
state are being asked to send delegates em- 
powered to acl on a plan to co-ordinate the 
M.nl. 'Hie Travelers' \id Conference will 
be held in Memorial Hall in the State Li- 
brary. Hartford, at 11.30 a. m. Adjourn- 
ment will be taken for lunch at 1 p. in. and 
a econd session of about an limit' will lie 
he, a at 2 p. m. 



Messenger Service of which Mrs. John A. 
Ingersoll is chairman, delivered the flowers 
to different parts of the city. The large 
Italian flag wmch flew on one of the state 
eapitol flagpoles during the day was the 
gift of the Woman's Committee. 



Reports coming from the recent " \ ictory 
Conferences" which were held in fourteen 
centers to reach the women "t the rural 
districts indicate encouraging results. The 
women were readied with a strong patri- 
otic message. Met ween sixty and seventy 
women attended the average conference and 
gained a full understanding of the work of 
the Woman's Committee. The Ileum Guard 
took charge of the thrift -lamp exhibit in 

each town and this proved a mo. I effective 
feature of these exhibits. 



The Woman's Committee took an active 
pail in the plans for a suitable observance 
of Italy Hay. Mrs. \ntonio Audretfa, 
chairmi E the Italian Committ if Hart- 
ford was in charge of the arrangements. 
Donations of flowers wen. secured from flor- 
ists and indiviuuals. Volunteers dressed 
in Italian costume carried the flowers on 
flower trays and distributed them as 
"flowers to wear for Italy" to all passers- 
bv. in honor of the occasion. The Motor 



dim Motor Messenger Service is now eg 
tabjished in eleven Connecticut towns. An 
arm band ami uniform hat have been 
adopted by the Motor Messenger Service 
Committee. 



A four weeks summer school course will 
be opened at the Danbury Normal School 
on July f) tor volunteer workers who wish 
to prepare themselves lo instruct the for 
eign born men and women of Connecticut. 

The registration of women in Waterbury 
is to begin June 9. 



A scries of meetings have been arranged 

about the slate by the \\ m's Committee 

at the requesl of die Federal War Savings 
Howell Cheney, stale director of the Na- 
tion il War-Savings Committee. Miss Helen 
Fraser w ill be the speaker. 

The meeting dates and towns are: 

June 1 — Torrington. 

June 1 — Winsted. 

June 2 — Tvew Haven. 

June 3 — New London. 

June 3 — JSIorwich. 

June 4 — Hartford. 

June 5 — Waterbury. 

dune (5 — Bridgeport. 



ordinary instincts of humanity counted for 
a good deal. Indignation at the sinking of 
the Lusitania and at the cynical double 
dealing and underhand plotting of the Ger- 
man embassy counted for more, perhaps. 
Evidence of cruelty, treachery, and faith 
lessness kept accumulating. The American 

] pie woie indignant enough to light long 

before war was declared. But what gave 
the declaration moral force was the con- 
viclion that Germany was Hie radical 
. ■ 1 1 . ■ 1 1 1 ;. of those principles — summed up in 
the woids democracy or self-government — 
for whicn our fathers fought. We had a 
great cause to sustain and this conviction 
gives ns strength and endurance. .Many of 
our boys are in the ranks from the love of 
adventure, from a desire to he with the 
crowd, and a thousand lesser motives, but 
in hundreds of them is the unexpressed 
en < of Hie cause, a feeling that they are 



everlasting right, that they have taken hold 
of a big thing ami must see it through. 
They may not put this feeling in words 
and perhaps the desire to be a good soldier 
and to stand by his comrades may be the 
animating motive of many. Indignation at 
the crude savagery, the petty, spiteful, 
childish cruelty of the Germans will rule 
others. Hut the quiet, deep, steadfast na- 
tures will hold in their sub-consciousness a 
deep and steadfast conviction that they are 
fighting for humanity, for the same prin- 
ciples that animated the soldiers of the 
Revolution, and this will sustain them and 
help them sustain the more superficial. 



Communities which can boast of I w-o or 

inc. Liberty Choruses and their number 
are New Haven, 23; Waterbury, 7; Hart- 
ford. 5; Bridgeport, 3; New 'London, 3; 
Madison, New Britain, Waterford and West 
Haven, 2 each. 



B. of D. 
■'UN 13 iSI8 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Intensive State Drive for 

IV. S. S. Sales on June 28 



State Director of War Savings Announces Comprehensive Plan for Securing 
of Pledges From Every Loyal American 



Plans have 1 >ci-n announced In the I on 
neetieut War-Saving: Committee for an in- 
tensive drive beginning the middle of June 
and culminating on June 28, when the en- 
tire adult population of the stale will be 
expected to register definite pledges covering 
the amounts of war-savings stamps to be 
purchased for the remainder of the yeai 

I nder the direction of the Treasury De- 
partment a country wide campaign will be 
conducted in the nexl fe eel to secure 
from every loyal American a pledge to save 
regularly and buy Waf-SaVings Stamps 
at periodic intervals, as an evidence of his 

desire to support the goveri at in the 

prosecution of the war. June '-is is the dale 
set for those who have accepted this patri- 
otic obligat am in stand up and be counted. 

This does not mean thai I he War-Savings 
campaign will terminate'on that date, but 
rather that by that time all citizens w ho 
ire heart and soul behind the government 
will he expected in have evidenced their 
loyalty by making it least their initial pur- 
chase of War-Savings Stamps. From that 
time on the government will count upon a 
definite weekly income from those who liave 
pledged themselves to i n \ >--t the results .a 
their savings in War-Savings Stamps. 

Secretary McAdoo's announcement, made 

public by the Connecticut War-Savings (' 

mittee, reads in part: 

" It is essential that the American people 
economize and save in order 10 make avail- 
able to their government the money in- 
dispensably needed for the war ami to re- 
lease supplies and labor required for the 
production of things necessary for our own 
military forces ami of the nations asso 
..I i iii with us. 

"The progress of the war demands con- 
stant ami increasing sacrifices. We are 
sending our young manhood to represent us 
cm foreign battlefields, where they are 
called upon in sacrifice mil only their per- 
sonal comfort and material interests but 
their lives as well. It is appropriate, there- 
fore, for the American people who are priv- 
ileged In remain in safety and comfort at 
home to consfder their sacred obligation 
to support our gallant men ami to pledge 
themselves earnestly to gave and economize 
in order that our soldiers and sailors .may 
have the food and clothing and t..e arms 
ami ammunition without which they cannot 
fight. 

" To the end that i h is intensive campaign 
may be most effective. I earnestly bespeak 
the co-operation of all the organizations and 
institutions of the nil inn. which through 
their influence and active support, can fur- 
ther this work. It is desirable that the 

attention of the entire | pie he centered on 

their obligation to pledge the government 
this kind of support for the winning of the 
war, and with this object in view, that 
■lime 28th, 1918, be observed a- National 
War-Savings Day." 



ANSONIA NOW LEADING 

IN PER CAPITA SALES 



Manchester Second and New London 

Third. Bridgeport Still Leading 

Large Cities of State 



The city Hi Ansonia has now passed Man 
chester in the state leadership ol total 
per capita war savings ami thrift -tamp 
sales, with a mark of $8.93 according i" 

figures ■< nnounced at the office of lie 

neetieut War-Savings Cdminittee. Man 
Chester is second with $8.38 ami New Lon 
ihm is third, with $7.95. 

(if the large cities, Bridgeport i- leading 
with per capita sales of $3.56 'l- elj fol 
I,, weil by New Britain with $3.32. Hart 
ford lias fallen from second to third place 
since the last amounting with $3.32. 

The standing of the leading 20 c uni- 

i ies is as follows: 



SAILORS' EQUIPMENT 

BOUGHT WITH W. S. S. 



. n niiia 


$8.93 


ngton 


$4.75 


Manchester 


8.38 


New Ca ii. i in 


I. r.s 


New London 


7.95 


I'll 1 11:1 1 II 


4.62 


Willimanl ic 


7.63 


Old Lyme 


4.61 


Derbj 


ti.n: 


Windsor Loc 


cs 1.58 


Sharon 


5.43 


Plainfield 


1.52 


Sim-hiir\ 


5.32 


Winchester 




i : i nt mi 


5.25 


i Winsted i 


4.4S 


1 liioin ille 


5.23 


Bristol 


4.4(1 


Wat irt - n n 


1 


Windsor 


4 1 


East Hampton 


4.SII 


Salisbury 


4.04 


Largi r ' ilies 




Total. P 


i Capita 


Bridgeport 


i 


545,865.18 


3.58 


New Britain 




203,372.93 


3.48 


Man 1 




429,160.00 


3.32 


New Haven 




526,528.86 


3.26 


Waterburj 




302,074.83 


2.97 



RESOLUTIONS ON ITALY 

Italy Day, celebrated throughout Con 

neetieut as well as tin- nit n Ma} '-' I . 

had the strong endorsement and approval 

of the Con iticut State I ouncil of Defense. 

The text of the resolution follows: 

"This Council, bavins in mind the ■ reat 
and heroic service which Italy is rendering 

in the war. ami the enthusiastic ami self 

sacrificing participation of the Italian 
people in America in all efforts looking 
towards tin' successful prosecution of the 
war, as well as their devoted loyalty- lo the 
cause of liberty for the preservation of 
which Italy and the United State- are fight- 
ing side by sidi endorses and ap- 
proves the coming celebration of the third 
s nnii ii sarj of the entry of It ah into i lie 
war. ami call- upon all citizens to unite 
in doing everything in their power to make 
the celebration of that da\ a noteworthy 
e\ eiii iii the a inials of this State." 



Just What Part Thrift Stamps Will 

Play in Fitting out a Sailor, Shown 

in Detail 



■ Inst what part War-Savings ami Thritt 
Stamps will [day in the purchasing of out- 
lits and materials used by our sailor boys 
ha- been indicated in the following state- 
ment issued at t lie office "t I he < lonnect nan 
\\ ar-Savings Committee : 

ONE THRIFT STAMP WILL BUI : 

Two silk trouser laces; or 

i hie tube of tooth paste; or 

( ine pair of garters; or 

Twelve pairs of shoe laces; or 

Six pairs of leggin laces; or 

A knife, a fork, or a spoon; or 

(ine gallon of srasoline for a truck, auto 

airplane or hydroplane; or 
Buttons tor all garments; or 
Two pairs of Navy socks; or 
I Ine towel ; or 
Four handkerchiefs; or 
( me hair comb; or 
(hie hairbrush; or 
Five cakes of soap; or 
One-quarter of a pound of tobacco; or 
i me pipe; or 
< me toothbrusn or 
( ine shoebrush : or 
( Ine wliisic broom ; or 
(ine white cap; or 
line yard of cotton cloth for uniforms or 

patches. 

TWO THRIFT STAMPS WILL BUY: 

One undershirt ; or 

One jackknife ; or 

(hie ratine badge for Petty Officer; or 

Three pair- of socks; or 

imc cap device for Chief Petty Officer; or 

i hi-- scrub brush : or 

due pair of bathing trunks; or 

i ine pillow ; or 

line day's rations for sailor; or 

( lirst-aid packet; or 

One pair of scissors; or 
lent pins and pole for sneltcr tent: or 
'ine oil can: or 

i ine necktie for a Chief fetty Officer; or 
One canvas wash basin. 

THREE THRIFT STAMPS WILL BUY: 

One knit watch cap; or 

Two pairs of drawers; or 

One pair of woolen gloves; or 

( die shaving brush ; or 

Five pounds of gunpowder; or 

(ine pair of dungarees; or 

(ine oilskin jacket; or 

One canvas bucket; or 

i hie mess kit : or 

( hie cover for a canteen ; or 

Travel rations for one man; or 

Stationery, pens, pencils, ink, etc.; or 

Repair a pair of shoes. 

FOUR THRIFT STAMPS WILL BUY: 

i hie pair of leggins : or 

One silk neckerchief; or 

i ine pair of while t rousers : or 

One white jumper ; or 

One pair of gym. snoes; or 

One razor strap; or 

( hie shaving brush ; or 

One. pair of knit woolen drawers: or 

(Continued on page 4. ) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



VANDERLIP TALKS TO 

STATE WAR SAVERS 



Chairman of National War-Savings 

Committee (jives out Statement 

Regarding Enlistment Day 



FURTHER EFFORTS URUED 



Frank A. Vanderlip, chairman of the 
National War-Savings Committee, and also 

president of the National City Bank of 
New York City, when in Hartford a day or 
two ago, through the Connecticut War-Sav- 
ings Committee issued a statement calling 
upon those in charge ol the campaign in 
this state to put forward their best ell'orts 
to make National Enlistment day on June 
l's' :• success. The statement follows: 

"We have now had nearly six months' 
experience with the War-Savings Campaign. 
Kvery month has demonstrated more and 
more clearly its importance. The war prob- 
lem has grown in seriousness; the govern- 
ment's interests have loomed larger and 
larger; the soundness of our doctrine of re- 
leasing goods and services has come to be 
more clearly recognized. Now witn prospec 
tive appropriations of $30,000,000,000 there 
can be little room left ior any clear think- 
ing man to argue against the importance of 
economy and conservation of material and 
labor so that we do not get in the way of 
the government in its war preparations. 

"' In this six months' time every state 
director and, to a large extent, every 
county or district chairman has been given 
pretty free rein to spread the propaganda 
and accomplish the sale of War Savings 
Stamps by such method as each thought 
best. The results have varied widely, and 
the variation has no! been one caused bv 
different conditions or capacities for sav- 
ing but almost wholly a difference in or- 
ganization, energy and work. There is no 
state that l.as not some community that 
has already .lone pretty well towards its 
full quota if not ourpassed that. Even 
the Southern state-., showing as a group 
a very low percentage of -ales, bave com- 
munities where, as the result of extremely 
energetic work, the sales have already 
passed the quota allotted. I am perfectly 
convinced that the people are ready to con- 
tribute, are able to meet easily the average 
quota, and that the result is 'a measure of 
the effectiveness of the organization rathe) 
than of the capacity of I he community to 

ill\ esl . 

It was to be expected that with every 
slate v i\ ell a free hand there would be 
worked out here and there some plans that 

would show- such good | is,, that thej 

■ ■tight to be adopted by all states. The 
plan above ill others which has brought 
substantial r. -suits ami which is absolutely 
in line with our general propaganda for 
thrift is the pledge card scheme. ' Thai has 
been tried in a number of places, anil al- 
ways with sin ss. | think you have illus- 
trations in this state, among the towns 
standing at the top, 01 when, the pledge 
card plan has greatly contributed to Hi. 
sin-, -ess ,,f the work. The National organi- 
zation is convinced thai the pledge plan 
will give substantia] results and that it is 
precisely in line with the lesson thai we 
want I., teach — the lesson of continued 
systematic saving. I believe that if you 
will give your united support to this plan, 
bring to if the most , igorous co-operation 



President's Statement 



President Wilson, through the Con- 
ned hut War Savings Committee, has 
issued the following message to the 
war savers of this slate: 

" I suppose not many fortunate by- 
products can come out of a war, but 
if this country can learn something 
about saving out of the war it will be 
Worth the cost of the war, 1 lili-an 
the literal cost of it, in money and 
resoui i i 

" I suppose we have, several ti - 

over, wasted more than we are now 
about to spend. We have not known 
that there was any limit to our re- 
sources; we are now finding out that 
there may be if we are not careful. 

"One of the most interesting 
things to me about the recent loans 
that have been floated is the extraor- 
dinarily large number of persons 
who have invested. The number of 
investors in securities before these 
loans were made was comparatively 
small — remarkably small, consider- 
ing our population and its wealth — 
and it has swelled to the millions, to 
almost one-tenth, 1 believe, of the 
population of the country. That is 
an extraordinary circumstance, and 
it may have some very fortunate re 

slllls. 

" But the thing that you are under- 
taking is more intensive and in a 
sense more important still. It is the 
matter of small savings, the detailed 
thought of the matter of preventing 
waste and managing some kind of ac- 
cumulation from day to day, that 
will fall to you, and I want' to say 
that I for one warmly appreciate the 
number of volunteers of capacity and 
experience who are coining to our as- 
sistance at this time doing things as 
interesting and important as this." 



of all the forces that can be enlisted for 
the work, you will show a result which 
will be an example to the Eastern states. 
You already have done that in a measure. 
but not in a sufficient measure, and on be- 
half of the National organization T ask for 
your hearty, enthusiastic support of this 
plan and your determination to make it a 
success." 



Sailors' Equipment 

Bought with W. S. S. 

(Continued from page 3 I 

knit woolen undershirt; or 

One spark plug for an airplane or sub- 
chaser motor; or 

1 pound of Tetryl I high explosive); or 

iim- day's pay for a second-class seaman; 
or 

Hot i offee for a sailor for a month when 

' ing off watch or first turning to 

in the early morning; or 

One cartridge belt ; or 

Potatoes for one sailor for one month. 

FIVE THRIFT STAMPS WILL BUY: 

Subsistence for a sailor on di„re duty 
for one day ; or 



Three dozen gauze and plaster bandages; 

or 
line oar for a boat; or 
One baseball for the amusement of the 

men ; or 
One clothes bag. 

SIN THRIFT STAMPS WILL BU\ : 

Fresh bread for a sailor for one month; 

or 
One ditty box; or 
One half a shelter tent; or 
One pair of suspenders; or 
One bayonet scabbard. 

SEVEN THRIFT STAMPS WILL BUY: 

Turkey for Thanksgiving dinner for four 

men and cranberries with it; or 
One tent stove; or 
One suit of winter underwear; or 
Tobacco for twelve men for one week. 

EIGHT 'THRIFT STAMPS WILL BUY: 

One pack for field equipment; or 

One flannel shirt; or 

One fountain pen and ink tablets; or 

One revolver holster ; or 

One canteen. 

NINE THRIFT STAMPS WTLL BUYf: 

One pair of rubber boots ; or 
One pair of leather leggins; or 
One flat hat; or 
One cot; or 
One hammock. 

TEN THRIFT STAMPS WILL BUY: 

One bayonet; or 

Bacon for a sailor for one month; or 

I hie pair arctics; or 

One pair of heavy winter gloves. 

ONE WAR-SAVINGS STAMP W T ILL BUY: 

One Navy blanket; or 

One pair of high or low shoes; or 

One pair of blue trousers; or 

One blue flannel shirt; or 

One hundred rifle or revolver cartridges; 

or 
Sheets, pillow sacks, and coverings for a 

hospital cot; or 
One life preserver; or 
One iron hospital cot: or 
Fresh potatoes for four sailors for one 

month ; or 
One hammock and cover; or 
due wind-proof suit for extremely cold 

weather, used by all men on deck duty 

on destroyers in North Sea. 

TWO WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS WILL 
BUY: 

One ton of anthracite coal; or 

line blanket and a pair of field shoes; or 

One pair of high leather boots; or 

Six jerseys; or 

One pea-jacket. 

THREE WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS WILL 
BUY: 
line automatic pistol; or 
< hie gas-mask; or 
One blanket, one flannel shirt, and one 

pair of shoes; or 
One revolver; or 
One overcoat. 

FOUR W 7 AR-SAVINGS STAMPS WILL 
BUY: 
One Chief Petty Officer's suit; or 
One sailor's suit; or 
One rifle; or 

Government monthly allowance for the 
wife of a sailor. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



FOUR MINUTE MEN TO HAVE CONFERENCE; 
500 ACTIVE SPEAKERS IN 50 TOWNS 



Rev. Morris E. Ailing, of Rocky Hill, 
state chairman of Four Minute Hen. has 
called a conference of all Connecticut Four 
.Minute Men to be lieia at the municipal 
building, Hartford, Saturday, June S, at 
2.30 p. m. Rtsults of ihe worK in recent 
campaigns will be compared and plans laid 
for the summer and fall campaigns. 

A member 01 the National Advisorj I om- 
mittee will speak and addresses will also 
lie given by James C. Auchincloss, New 
\ ink's state chairman, and Sergeant 
Thomas J. Reilly, 101st Macnine Gun Bat- 
talion of the American Expeditionary Force. 

The government's message on every phase 
of the war is carried oraily to the pe iple 
of Connecticut by 500 active speakers, or- 
ganized in fifty towns and speaking in 
more than 100 theatres. In the recent 
Liberty Loan, the r'our ivlinute Men of 
Connecticut spoke I" approximately 1,000,- 
000 people or four-fiftns oi the population 
of the state. 

Mr. Ailing in an address at the Coi <- 1 i - 

cm War Conference this month in Hartford 
interpreted the Four Minute Message in 
the following words: 

"The Four Minute Message. Not often, 
if ever, in the history of the world have 
so many people been under command to 
deliver simultaneously so many messages 
am. on:- one message. The message L not 
one of their own choosing. All are under 
command of one head. We say what we 
are told to say. Ours :s not the American 
privilege of criticism. No matter what we 
may think ought to It criticized, we leave 
it to others, knowing that it will be well 
taken care of. Ours not to speak of our own 
sacrifice. We will not thinn of our time nor 
our efforts in terms of sacrifice. That is 
for others. We invesl such tunc and efforts 
as other duties permit, for we are all I u < 
men. 

"Ours is a privilege and a power t' 
would be dangerous indeed if committee t i 
partisan effort. Ours is a force thai no 
sect or section can command. Ours is • 
form of service that unites all parties, dedi- 
cated to a cause that religion honors and 
stoves, a cause that forces every individual 
first to examine himself, to ask himself the 
question, 'what can I do.' and having de- 
termined what he can do. to Jo it." 

Organization of Four Minute Speakers 
was begun last July in this state. At the 
present time the towns which have Four 
Minute Men. the number of speakers and 
names of local chairmen are: 



Number 
Cities. Chairmen. Speakei 

Ansonia, Rev. E. B. Schniitt. 

Branford, Joseph B. Smith, 

Bridgeport, William V. Dee, 

Bristol, Judge Epaphroditus Feck, 

Danburv, M. J. Cunningham, 

Derby, Alton T. Terrell, 

Enfield, Rev. Frank W. Dell, 

Greenwich, L. Wallis Gibbons, 

Groton, C. C. Costello, 

Hamden. Bow Win. G. Latin.. p. 

Hartford. Mayor R. J. Kinsella, 

Manchester, F. A. Verplanck, 

Meriden, Robert L. Hirschfeld, 

Middletown, Win. H. Bouteiller. 

Mil ford, D. L. Nettleton, 

Killingly, Sabin S. RusBell, 



Naugatuck, Dr. II. II. Lforton, 

New Britain, W. C Hungerford, 

New Haven, Samuel Campner 

New London, Alfred Coit, 

New Milford, Thomas J. Kellcv, 

Norwalk, Edward J. lauinlan. 

\..i » i.h. \llyn L. Brown, 

( Irange, E. > . Lift lefield, 

I'laintiehl, Lev. Wm. A. Keefe, 

Putnam, George L. Padgett, 

Rockville, I.e.. J. Kelly, 

Salisbury, -I. L. Barss, 

Seymour, G. E. Matthies, 

Shelton, E. W. Kneen, 

oouthington, Julian Florian, 

Stafford Springs, Richard M. Valentine, 

Stamford, Jas. E. Brinckerhoff, 

Thomaston, William Byers, 

Torrington, Lester J. I!..--. 

Wallingford, Henrj I.. Davis, 

Washington, S. Ford Seeley, 

Waterbury, 1 nomas F. Barry, 

VVillimantic, Frank l'. Fenton, 

Winsted, Rev. Samuel T. Clifton, 

Watertown, S. McLean Buckingham, 

\\ estport, R. W. Raymond, 



SUMMARY OF REPLIES 



Manufacturers Attitude on Agricultural 

Co-operation Measures Up to 

Needs of Nation 



Allen B. Lincoln, associate director of 
the United States Employment Service in 
Connecticut, has made a summary of the 
replies received from Connecticut manufac 
turers to a letter outlining a plan for using 
facton employees as pari time labor on the 
farms. 

"The manufacturers realize the impor- 
tance of the agricultural situation," said 
Air. Lincoln in summarizing the letters he 
has received. "They wish t.. render all 
the aid in their power, although already 
overtaxed ami unable to e.'t the labor ac- 
tually needed in their plants, especially 
those engaged in government work. 

"They do not s,. c . how they can release 
help to the farms in large number, but 
when they realize they are not asked to 
release a large number of (heir help at 
one time but small units each day as 
needed, the plan meets with their whole- 
hearted approval. Under the emergency 
plan the great majority of the employees 
of Ihe individual factors remain at their 

regular work ami will come to some :.:' 

ment to make up the full .plot i of produc 
tion for the few fellow -workers who are 
out on the fai n.s. 

"With the conviction that the plan i ill 
be worked out successfully and in view of 
the threatened food shortage, the manufac- 
turers are of the opinion that it must he 
done. In many cases employers and em- 
ployees are taking immediate hold of the 
plan of the Connecticut Manufacturers As- 
sociation for co-operation with the farmers 
of their community and are showing en- 
thusiastic support. It seems likely that 
in many communities the farmers will se- 
cure needed help in this way." 



URGE MINIMUM ARMY 

OF FIVE MILLION MEN 



State Council of Defense Sends Resolu- 
tions to President — Approved by 
Governor Holcomb 



CONNECTICUT READY TO HELP 



The national government was urged t.. 
base all its war plans upon a minimum of 
five million lighting men in resolutions 

adopted by l In- i lonnecticul State I icil 

of Defense at a recent meeting. Governor 
Ma'nus II. Holcomb approved the resolu- 
tions which were forwarded by Richard II. 
Bissell, chairman of the Council to Presi- 
dent Wilson. Secretary of War Baker, Sec- 
retary of Navy Daniels, Provost Mar- 
shal-Genera] i rowder and members of ihe 
(' it i<ii t delegation in Congress. 

In sending the resolutions to Pre ident 
Wilson, Mr. Bissell wrote: "In this con- 
nection may I not add that iii adopting 
these resolutions the State Council of De- 
fense, which is truly representative of our 
entire population, was not actuated by tie 
sire to interfere with or I., criticize the mil- 
tary program of the Government. The reso- 
lutions were prompted by our deep eon 
vielion that plans for a greatly enlarged 
offensive war program should be immedi 
aiely adopted ami worked out in detail. 
The necessity for tremendous effort on the 

pari of this country has 1 n so ably and 

eloquently expressed in your recent utter- 
ances that we are moved to lender to yotl 

the assurance that the people of Connects 
.■"I are readj to contribute their full share 
of the men. m.mey and munitions necessary 
to ihe a. I.-. piate fulfilment of Ihe obliga 
ti.nis which such an effort involves." 

I he le\t of the resolutions adopted by the 
i 'onneei it-iit st.ue i ouncil of Defense fol- 
lows: 

" Voted That. Whereas conditions in 
Europe indicate that the war will call for 
greater efforts ami will be more prolonged 
than was assumed to be the ease when e\ 
isting arrangements for the creation of our 
armed forces were made: 

" BE IT RESOLVED That this Council 
urges upon the Governmeni the n ssitj 

of now basing all plans for the enlist ment 
"I men. the manufacture of arms and muni- 
tions and the building of -hips, upon a 
minimum of five million fighting men, 
which will make necessary auxiliary forces 
to the extent ..f several million in addition: 

" RESOLVED FURTHER, in order t i 
distribute the burden of providing such 

rce more equitably ami to make it more 
easy to secure them, having in view the 
principle of selection for the various kinds 
of duty which must be performed, in the 
opinion of this Council the upper limit of 
the draft age should be raised to forty five 
years: 

"RESOLVED FURTHER, That a copy 
of these resolutions be forwarded to the 
President, to (he Secretary of War, to the 
Secretary of the Navy, to the Provosi Mai 
shal-General of the United states, and to 
the Connecticut Senators and all Connect! 
cut Congressmen." 



6 



■ CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Persons Without 

Useful Employment 

Should Find Work 

1 1 lontinued fr page 1. ) 



trie! in which the plan is to oe put in op 
eration. Mr. < lorson will give his 
gratuitously ana a competent paid 
ant will be secured. The Manufi 
\ssocial ion of ( nni cl ii ut, h is approved 
the plan. 

Dr. Valeria II. Parker i ented a I 'ill ' 

i ix e pi Dgram for the Sex Educ it ion 
ence to be held in .Inly. 



MEETING OF MAY 20 

Present at the meeting of Maj 20 were 
lirnian Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. 
Alsop, Major Howard A. Giddings, Lucius 
Iti binson, Dr. I). I Ihestei Urov n, ( ii 

\. ( | \il nil in 1 ' Ii nmal Gj.org! 

( lole and William II. Webster of the Coui 
eil. Treasurer Roberts, Anna B. Sands, and 
the following chairmen and members of 
sub-committees: Frank D. Cheney, Tli 
!•'. Noone, Berber! Knox Smith, Leo \. Kor 
per, Edward P. Jones, Aubrey L. Maddock, 
Louis S. Smith, Richard Wayne, Miss ( aro 
line Ruut Rees, and Miss Margarei ( lor- 
win. 

I he council approved I he appointn e 
two "!• more field secretaries for the pin 

i' organizing new \\ ar Bure i us a i 

stimulating the work of existing V.ar Bn 
reaus. 

The subject of idlers was taken up and 
lie council \ oted in fa i or of the appoini 

menf of n ci ii tec of three to draw plans 

deal ing with persons noi engaged in 

useful occupations and ; I lid plans 

;it the next ii ting 

Vuthorizal ion n as gii i'ii i he appoi tin - 

ut :i comn ill super) ise I he eolle 'I in," 

and digesting of material to be embodied 
in :i ii'iii ri eo) ering I he ael ii ii ies of the 
State Council. 

It was voted to have n committee tudy 
the war legislation of other states and sub 
mil In the council such suggestions as they 
wish In make as to possible legislation 
recon on to ' he legi slat ure of < '< n 

neeticut. 

Miss Ruut ■ nee i submitted a report For 
I he ' 'ommittee on Woman's \.c\ '<• i i )) hieh 
included "Children's Vear" activities, re<? 

ration of women in Waterbiiry 
Bridgeport: speakers' bureau: motor mes 
ii"ii sen in' and other 



COLLEGE ADMISSIONS 



Will be Possible for students Who 
Lose Time in National Service 



Admission to nearly all Nev 
colleges will be made possible for pi 
qualified candidates who have lost part of 
the school year and have been unable to 
take examinations in June or Septemb r 
hei 'Hi' they were engaged in the nal i nil 
service, including agriculture. This is the 

'">il I" th Cot i icul enrolling o Ficer 

nt the Boy's Working Reserve by a com 
mittee of the Beadmasters' Club of Connect 
ii ni 



BIG FUEL SAVING 

NOW AIM OF STATE 

Plan Worked Out Which Contemplates 

Saving from 10 to 20 Per 

Cent, of Coal 



NEW OFFICIAL IN CHARGE 



' iiel consi n that will ap- 

ply to power plants, office building . hotel 
apartment houses and similar places have 

een nlati I by I he < 'omniiti ee on I iiel 

( ionsen .ii ion of t he I i unci! of De- 
fense a nd .i ei '■ announi e I ent l\ by 

Thomas W. Russell, fuel administrator for 
icul . 
W. I; ' . ' or i ii, Secretary of the Mart 
ford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance 
I 'onipany has been secured by the fu 
ministration as administrative engineer for 
l 'oimect icul ri!. 
\1 r. i 'in sun is an i 

nd" i sice, STid ii itfti Ii 

'.ni of in; ni exp rii ace in n 
1 ely allied with fuel problems. All hough 
.'nt pn v ii - for i -;i liiy for 
this place, Mr. ( 'orson d lli 

services and has informed ell that 

In' will aecepl no eomp?nsati n bit 

i lary money ava i table for I he 

'ill of l ; I isl ani'i' ti 

important pri 

The nev fuel con a i at ion pi nt em 

plates -.in ing from 1(1 p r cent . to 20 per 
cent, of I In' coal m ed in I he cla 
buildings included in this work. This sav- 
ing, on the ha is of rial ional accept ance of 

i his i" \ ii ion plan, would amount to 

from 25 000,000 to 50 000 000 tons annually. 



SINGERS ARE LOYAL 



Seven (ierman f-inging Societies Join 
Division of Liberty 

Choruses 



I oyalty to America and the cause of the 
i rated by oil izens of 
i lei in in bill Ii or extract ion who ha\ i in 
verted their singing organizations into Lib- 
ert) Choruses. Seven of such organiza- 
ii i 'onneet icul have enli I ed I heir 

I hese si ciet ies had doi oted their 
n !■ a nd t m ini M" '..ii efforts in the 

. nn mi tongue. 

in".- i ilii'iiy i 'horuses and their 

unit numbers arc Sangerbund of .Ww 

i lav in. \ n. 116; Vrion Society of Si uth 

Vorwalk, )Jo. 117; Tm ner Leidertafe] oi 

ni, No. 1 IS; Germ inia an 

ni Bridgeport, u ers I I fl 

mid 120 n Sunn' time ago the 

Schwabisher VI lennerchor ot Uridi 
\n. 7s ami the Bungari Society of New 

Mo. 83 In'' affiliated w i 

I (ivision. 

All of i In c choi a ■ - "mi i i of male 
membership and, rec i I he need. of 

i bool< for the use of such - cieties, the 
' !i| i '"I ' i — -a i ! ■■ authori ed I he compila- 
■ni'li a hunk whiel 
i dy i liis mont h. 
I p fu date, 121 Libert v Clioi ■■> i re 

Connecticut throuih the 
ictivities of tlie directoi rames S. Stevens 
of Hartford. 



Men of Twenty-One 

Register on June 5 
at Nation's Command 



tinued from page I 

the War Department through the Provost 
Ala isha 1 i Ii in i.i I. I pon t he Inf il draft 
boards will fall the hulk of the important 

work i nected with registration. 

Some of the important facts ab I: 
istrat ion Day that should be kept in mind 
by the young men who must register are: 

mali persons, citizens of the United 

and all male persons residing in 

the I niicil Stall's, who have since the 5th 

day i i June, mi 7. and on or before the 

day set for registration by the President's 

prod ition, attained the age oi 21 years. 

.■-I i . i . 
Those exempt from registration are per- 
sons in the military or naval service of 
the United States. 

man n ! egisters \) ill be pre- 
. 
The hours 'for registration on June 5 
n ill be between 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. 

The place of registration will be the ol 
; : "i ni the local draft board or sue! 
place as shall by public notice be di ig 
la - iid board for registral ion. 

i.'i i icles prepared la i he Pub 

lii'ity ( lommittee of the Con h et Jcut State 
Council of Defense for the governor's office, 
covering t he follow ing functions of i h 
istr ition act, have been furnished I i I lie 
of the state: 
I ■ ' lie administ rat ive system and the 
duties of the governor an. I governor's 
i ffice. 

'.'. Duties of the Loi il Boards prelim- 
inary to Registration Hay. 

-. Duties of the Local Boards on and 
if tor Registration Day. 
i. Dm ies of the chiei regisl rars ami the 

i.ll's. 

; ' Vppliciti i Selective Service 

n i he rules for informal • i p r 

sons to be i .. nd p i ial cases, i t 

resis tra I ion. 



State II iglm ay ( ' missioner ' harles J. 

Bennett has instructions from the 

I HI Dili in" I ait. ..I St it,.. !• ■,, 

ministration stating that special permit 
must I"' secured in the fut urn for i ll liieh 
' iin.'ii nait and for the de- 
of all i m nl building ma i • i ■!. Pref- 

Sre is to be Vllies ami the 

ml \a\ v and ei I war indus 

i ries in di-i i i 1 in hi - in a i i ' and i oa I 

which is used in t he manufacture of i 

materials such as. asphalt, road binders, 
in nl oils, t ar binders or dn ing Ww 

road construct ion is a i i. Requests 

for ma i rials for ma inl mm nci and repair 
nil will have t he first call. 



i ling In I heir quotas, Portl md, 
Plait field St ifford n prings, and Hai tford, 
have sold more I ks, by far, than any 

owns in the state. PracticUlly half 
' " old in the -f on have been sold 
in the City of Barl ford. Comni - 
Smileage Neics, 



The only soldier we have henrd of who 

didn't v ant" a " Smih age Book " was ai 

Camp Upton, where the "Theaters were al 

■ i ■ o crowded that he ei ulan l get in." 

CoMMl . ticut Smilrim,- Ann S. 




Vol. I 



(flomtgrtott Bttlkfiti, 

Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, JUNE 14, 1918 




No. 28 



NATION AND STATE 
ASK FOR APPROPRIATE 
PROGRAMS ON FOURTH 



American Army's Heroic Part in World 
Struggle and Loyalty Demonstra- 
tions of Foreign Born Make Holi- 
day Deserving of Unusual Recog= 
nition. 



PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR 

MAKE PATRIOTIC APPEAL 



Independence Day will be celebrated in a 
unique manner throughout the nation this 
year and Governor Marcus II. Holcomb and 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
have urged that all Connecticut communities 
make early preparations for a celebration 
which in every way will measure up to the 
present, period of national history being 
written in blood by the thousands of 
America's best manhood now lighting in 
Frame. 

War Bureaus and Town Committees of 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
have received special communications this 
week from the Council calling attention to 
the urgent need of preparing tor the sort of 
a celebration that will do honor to the 
nation, the -1 ite and the lads fighting " over 
there." 

Concerning the state-wide celebration of 
Independence Day, Governor Marcus II. 
Holeomb has issued the following state 
lr.ent : 

"Our Declaration of Independence was 
adopted by Congress on July Fourth, 1776, 
and our Colonies were declared to be free 
and independent states as the United States 
of America. 

" Our President has requested that all 
unite " in making the Independence Day 
this year when all the principles to which 
we stand pledged are on trial the most 
significant in our national history. 

'•' On Fourth of July this year our soldiers 
will be fighting on the battle front in 
France to preserve liberty for us and the 
world, and we should celebrate the day in 
a manner appropriate to what it represents 
and exclude the modern fire cracker accom- 
paniment. There should be a universal 
observance of the day by all loyal Ameri- 
cans, whether native or foreign-born, of a 
character to increase our understanding 
and appreciation of and loyalty to Ameri- 
can ideals." 

In addition to the governor's appeal, the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense ex- 
pects thai no community in the state will 
fail to follow the government's desires re- 
garding the observance of Independence Day. 
President Wilson has requested that the 
daj be made a great day in American his- 
tory. His request and instructions of the 
Council of National Defense and Committee 
(Continued on page 6) 



REGISTRATION RESULT 



Connecticut Registers 9,8^9 Men for 

Eligibility for National 

Service 



Registration day in Connecticut brought 
9,849 young men of twenty-one years of age 
under the provisions of the selective service 
act. The returns were tabulated for the 
governor's office by the Connecticut; State 
Council of Defense. 

The grand total falls short of the nation 
al government's advisory estimate of a 
■lion of ten per cent, of the number 
registered under the army drafl act in 
June. 11117. Following the federal estimate 
as a guide, Connecticut's registration would 
have been between 16,000 and 17,000, but 
the large number of men of twenty-one 
years of age who voluntarily enlisted the 
past year was credited with being re- 
sponsible for the reduced registration total. 

Hi fleeting the patriotic spirit of the man- 
hood of the state. Major John Buckley, who 
is in charge of the selective service ma- 
chinery in this state, reported today that 
local exemption boards were being bom- 
barded with requests by new registrants for 
enlistment certificates so that they might 
enter the national service immediately with- 
out waiting for the draft. The major is 
advising all boards that these requests can- 
not be granted because the new registrants 
have not been provided with serial numbers 
and until these are assigned their registra- 
tion i- incomplete. 

Connecticut's registrants as classified 
under the three registration groups are: 

Group A. Whites and white declarants 
from countries with which the United States 
is not at war — 7,032. 

Group B. Negroes and negro declarants 
from countries with which the United 
Slates is not at war — 255. 

Group C. All aliens from countries with 
which the United Slates is not at war and 
from countries with which the United 
States i- at war and non-citizen Indians — 
2,562. 



Members of the Special Committee on 
Emergen. -\ Organizations were appointed 
as representing communities that had 
emergency organizations already in ex- 
istence or where such organizations should 
be contemplated. The committeemen and 
the cities they represent are C. C. Elwell, 
chairman. New Haven; George L. Warren, 
Bridgeport: William H. Allen, Norwich: 
Mayor George A. Quigley, New Britain; 
H. "C. Chappell. New London; William H. 
St. John, Hartford: F, J. Lyon, Water- 
bury; and E. E. Scovill, Stamford. 



Seventeen states in the Union have ex- 
ceeded their quotas in the sale of "Smile- 
age Books." The quotas are fixed on a 
basis of one " Smileage Book" for everj 
twenty persons. 



PLANS MEETING OF 
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 

NEWSPAPER EDITORS 



Connecticut State Council of Defense 
Acts Upon Recommendations of 
Council of National Defense — Port= 
land War Bureau Asks Permission 
to Take Census. 



YALE SCHOOL OF RELIGION 

PLANS SERIES OF WAR RALLIES 



A conference of editors of Connecticut 
foreign language new-papers was approved 
by the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
at its meeting last Monday at the Slate 
Capitol, Hartford. Recommendations for 
the holding of such a conference have been 
received from the Council of National De- 
fense. Tentative plans for this important 
war meeting were outlined to the Council 
by its Publicity Committee, and were ap- 
proved. 

Those present at the Council meeting 
were: Joseph W. Alsop, Charles A. Good- 
win. Winchester Bennett, Major Howard A. 
Giddings, Lucius F. Robinson, Judge George 
W. Wheeler and Homer S. Cummings of the 
Council. Ira M. Ornburn, Anna B. Sands, 
and the following chairmen and members of 
sub-committees: F. D. Cheney, Herbert 
Ki ox Smith. G. Ellsworth Mcech, Rear 
Admiral W. S. Cowles, Edward P. Jones, 
Dr. David Gibbs, Frank E. Sards, Aubrey 
L. Maddoek. Harrison B. Freeman, Dr. C. 
C. Godfrey. Arthur L. Shipman, Dr. Valeria 
H. Parker, Leo A. Korper and Senator E. 
H. Rogers. The session was presided over 
by Mr. Alsop in the absence of Chairman 
Richard M. Bissell. 

\ request was received from the Port- 
land War Bureau for permission to make a 
census of the citizens of Portland. The 
Council voted that the Executive Depart- 
ment be authorized to communicate with 
the Portland War Bureau, stating that the 
Council has no objection to the proposed 
census and calling attention to the possi- 
bility of a nation-wide registration and 
War Savings Enlistment Day. and urging 
the taking of the census as complete as 
possible. 

Mr. Alsop read a communication from the 
V;ili' School of Religion explaining plans 
for co-operation in organizing religious war 
rallies and in other matters. 



MEETING OF JUNE 3 

The meeting was attended by the follow- 
ing: Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Dr. D. 
Chester Broun. Winchester Bennett. Lucius 
V. Robinson, Judge George W. Wheeler. 
Major Eoward A. Giddings, and Genera] 
M. Cole of the council ; Treasurer 
John' T. Roberts. Ira M. Ornburn, Anna B. 
Sands, and the following chairmen and 
members of sub-committees: Herbert Knox 
(Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
subcommittees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1 HARTFORD. CONN.,. It'XE 14, 1918. No. 28 



ECONOMY IS URGED 



People Asked to Practice Self Denial in 

Resolutions Passed by National 

Council 



Self denial in dress, food and manner of 
living is urged by the Council of National 
Defense in resolutions forwarded to the 
Connecticut Council of Defense asking for 
an immediate and concerted effort on the 
part of citizens in the prosecution of the 
war with economy as an ally. 

The resolution follows: 

"The Council of National Defense and 
the Advisory Commission of the Council 
believe that a concerted effort for economy 
by the people of the Nation will not only 
go far toward paying America's expense in 
the war, but will also reduce consumption 
of raw and manufactured materials essen- 
tial to the conduct of the war. 

"The Council urges all to refrain from 
unnecessary expenditures of every kind, and 
to bear constantly in mind that only one 
thing is now of real importance, and that is 
the winning of the war. 

"The Nation's resources in man-power, 
money, transportation, food stuffs, raw 
materials and fuel, have already been sub- 
jected to heavy strain, and it is the clear 
duty of every citizen to guard against in- 
creasing this strain by a single wasteful act. 

" It is most creditable for everyone — 
man and woman, boy and girl — to be 
economical in dress, food and manner of 
living. Every evidence of helpful self- 
denial on the part of all in a time like this 
is most commendable. 

"This war is more than a conflict be- 
tween armies; it is a contest in which every 
man, woman and child can and should ren- 
der real assistance. Thrift and economy are 
not only a patriotic privilege, they are a 
duty." 



Charles J. Bennett, state highway com- 
missioner represented the state highway 
department and the Transportation Com- 
mittee of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense at a recent conference in Washing- 
ton, D. C. About fifty delegates from six- 
teen states attended the conference which 
was called by the Highways Transport Com- 
mittee of the Council of National Defense 
to consider plans for further development 
of the use of motor trucks for Return Load 
Bureaus and Rural Express. 



WOMAN'S CONFERENCE A SUCCESS 



1*V < 



A largely attended and successful state 
conference was held Tuesday, June 4, in 
the Hall of the House, State Capitol, under 
the auspices of the Committee on Woman's 
Activities of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense and the Council of National 
Defense. Miss Kathleen Burke, honorary 
delegate to the United States for the Scot- 
tish Women's Hospitals, and Miss Helen 
Fraser, of th° English War Savings Com- 
mission, gave most inspiring and stirring 
addresses emphasizing especially the in- 
valuable courage being shown by the women 
of the Allied nations. 

Governor Marcus II. ITolcomb gave the 
address of welcome and was followed by 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell, of the State 
Council and Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees, 
chairman of the Committee on Woman's 
Activities. Reports were then submitted 
by the various departments of the Woman's 
Committee. 

Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees has offered her 
resignation as chairman of the Committee 
on Woman's Activities. At the request of 
the State Council she will continue to act 
in that capacity until her successor has 
been appointed. 



The weighing and measuring of babies, 
one of the activities of the child conserva- 
tion campaign, is now in progress in Con- 
necticut. On the opening day of the cam- 
paign in New Haven the total weight of 
babies placed on the scales reached three 
tons. Plymouth has weighed and measured 
385 babies. 



A poster bearing a copy of President 
Wilson's and Governor Holcomb's state- 
ments urging co-operation in the Baby Sav- 
ing Campaign have been printed for state- 
wide circulation. They also bear this 
pointed inquiry, " What will you do to 
help save 1056 babies in Connecticut during 
the year 1918?" 



The Child Welfare Department of the 
Committee on Woman's Activities points 
to England for encouraging example of 
what can be accomplished in conserving 
child life this year. During the second 
year of the war the death rate among 
English children was not only far below the 
rate for the previous year but far below 
the rate during peace time because of the 
conservation work performed. Every year 
300,000 children under five years of age, 
die in the United States. Health authori- 
ties agree that half of these deaths are 
preventable. It is the purpose of the na- 
tional campaign to greatly reduce infant 
mortality and a systematic effort will be 
made to save the lives or 100,000 children 
this vear. 



There is a great need of volunteer work- 
ers for the Social Service Department. In 
appealing for more recruits, the Committee 
on Woman's Activities has urged all local 
chairmen to give the utmost publicity to 



the training classes which are to be held 
in the following communities: Willi- 
mantic, Putnam. Norwich, New Haven, 
Waterbury, Bridgeport, Meriden, New 
Britain, and Middletown. 



Registration was the subject of the mass 
meeting for women held in Waterbury on 
June 5. Miss Helen Fraser, of the English 
War Savings Commission, and Herbert 
Knox Smith, chairman of the Committee 
on Man Power and Labor of the State 
Council, showed the value of registration 
and urged the co-operation of every woman 
in Waterbury. The registration period will 
be from June 16th to 23rd. Registrars are 
being successfully trained by the Woman's 
( 'omniittee. 



STATE FARM READY 



Women's Institution at East Lyme 

will Start Taking Inmates 

July 1 



A new institution, the Connecticut State 
Farm for Women at East Lyme, will be 
opened on July 1, and from that date on in- 
mates will be received. Official notification 
that the state farm was in readiness was 
received by Governor Marcus H. Holcomb 
from Professor William B. Bailey, of New 
Haven, chairman of the board of trustees. 

The letter to the governor from Professor 
Bailey follows: 

"According to the act establishing the 
Connecticut State Farm for Women, "it is 
my duty to notify you when we shall be 
ready to receive inmates. I shall be glad to 
have you announce that on the 1st of July, 
1918, we shall be in a position to receive 
a small number of inmates and that we 
hope to increase this number gradually un- 
til we can ultimately care for whatever 
women in the state require the treatment 
we are prepared to give." 

The board of directors of the Connecticut 
State Farm for Women consists of the fol- 
lowing: Professor William B. Bailey, 
chairman, New Haven; Dr. Valeria H. 
Parker, secretary, Hartford: Mrs. Anne 
Rogers Minor, Waterford; Mrs. Helen W. 
Rogers, Hamden; Edward W. Hazen, Had- 
dam; John H. Goss, Waterbury, and George 
C. Clark, Plymouth. The directors are now 
completing their preparations for the open- 
ing of the new state institution in East 
Lyme. 



George E. Crawford of Bridgeport, vice- 
president of the Connecticut Chamber of 
Commerce and a member of the Committee 
mi Commercial Relations of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, has been ap- 
pointed one of twenty directors named by 
the federal government for the twenty in- 
dustrial zones into which the country has 
been divided by the War Industries Board. 
The I isk assigned these directors is the 
general supervision of war materials in 
their jurisdictions. 



D. 

JUN 



Of ». 
28 1118 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, D. C. 

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES: 

This war is one of nations — not of armies — and all of our one hun- 
dred million people must be economically and industrially adjusted to 
war conditions if this nation is to play its full part in the conflict. 
The problem before us is not primarily a financial problem, but rather a 
problem of increased production of war essentials and the saving of the ma- 
terials and the labor necessary for the support and equipment of our Army 
and Navy. Thoughtless expenditure of money for non-essentials uses up 
the labor of men, the products of the farm, mines, and factories, and over- 
burdens transportation, all of which must be used to the utmost and at 
their best for war purposes. 

I earnestly appeal to every man, woman, and child to pledge them- 
selves on or before the 2Sth of June to save constantly and to buy as 
regularly as possible the securities of the Government; and to do this 
as far as possible through membership in War Savings Societies. The 
28th of June ends this special period of enlistment in the great volun- 
teer army of production and saving here at home. May there be none un- 
enlisted on that day! 

WOODROW WILSON, 

President of the United States. 



Ansonia Retains Leadership 

In State's War Stamp Sales 

Has Splendid Record of $9.47 Up to June 1st — Manchester Former Top 
Notcher Holds Second Place — State's Average Contribution $3.57 



Leadership of the entire state in the total 
per capita sales of War Savings and Thrift 
Stamps is still retained by Ansonia with 
the former top-notcher, Manchester, con- 
tinuing to hold fast to second place. An- 
sonia has a splendid record of $9.47 in per 
capita sales up to June 1st. 

Howell Cheney, state director of the Con- 
necticut War Savings Committee, announced 
this week that the average per capita con- 
tribution for the state was $3.57. Among 
the larger cities of the state, Bridgeport 
has the largest record with $3.87 to its 
credit in per capita returns. 

The towns which have exceeded the state 
average are as follows: 

Ansonia $9.47 

Manchester 8.73 

New London 8.57 

Willimantic 8.26 

Derby 6.95 

Torrington 6.57 

Sharon 6.34 

Simsbury 5.94 

Canton 5.92 

Unionville 5.89 

Plainfield 5.42 

East Hampton 5.21 

Watertown 5.16 

Putnam 5.14 

New Canaan 5.09 

Old Lyme 5.07 

Seymour 4.92 

Windsor Locks 4.88 



Bristol 4.S6 

Winchester 4.78 

Vernon 4.25 

Salisbury 4.22 

Windsor 4.22 

Guilford 4.15 

Middletown 4.12 

Cheshire 4.11 

Meriden 3.97 

Huntington 3.93 

Bridgeport 3.87 

Hartford 3.70 

Naugatuck 3.63 

Stamford 3.61 

North Canaan 3.59 

New Haven 3.58 

Those towns showing an increase of more 

than one dollar per capita for May is as 

follows: 

Ansonia $2.51 

Unionville 2.00 

Canton 1.94 

Torrington 1.89 

Putnam 1.75 

Old Lyme 1.69 

New Canaan 1.49 

Seymour 1.49 

Willimantic 1.46 

Griswold 1.41 

East Hampton 1.31 

North Canaan 1.29 

Sharon 1.29 

Derby 1.28 

Watertown 1.27 

Huntington 1.26 



WHAT WAR SAVINGS 
ENLISTMENT DAY 
MEANS TO PUBLIC 



State Director Howell Cheney Issues 

Statement Regarding Obligations 

of Adults in W. S. S. Drive 



Howell Cheney, Connecticut State Direct- 
or of War Savings, has issued the follow- 
ing explanation as to the meaning of 
registration day to be held throughout 
the nation on June 28: 

During the week of June 17th to 21st, 
every individual will receive addressed to 
him or her personally a call from the 
Governor, directing him to go to the near- 
est schoolhouse or other designated place 
on June 28th to register his pledge to save 
and economize and to invest in a specific 
amount of War Savings Certificates during 
the year. 

You should first ascertain where your 
nearest schoolhouse or other place desig- 
nated by the local chairman of the War 
Savings Committee is located at which you 
may register your pledge on June 2Sth. 

If practicable you should appear in per- 
son on that date. If the nature of your 
vocation, however, makes it impracticable, 
you may authorize the representative of the 
Treasury Department, who will call on every 
household during the week of June 21st to 
28th to register the pledge for you, by 
signing a coupon attached to the pledge 
which will be presented to you. 

The pledge will require a statement as 
to the following matters: 

1. The individual's agreement to save 
and economize to help win the war. 

2. A pledge for the individual and those 
whom he or she represents, to invest in a 
specified amount of War Savings Certifi- 
cates during the year. 

3. A statement of the number of in- 
dividuals who are covered by the pledge. 

4. A statement, in case the individual 
desires to make it, of the amount of War 
Savings Certificates already purchased. 

Having signed the pledge, and either 
having registered in person or by having 
authorized some individual to register it 
for you, the full patriotic duty in connec- 
tion with the War Savings Enlistment Day 
will have been completed. 



Manchester 
Simsbury . . . 
New Haven . 

Chester 

Norwalk 
Stamford . . . 
New London 

Suffield 

Chaplin . . . . 
Middletown 
Portland . . . 
Hartford . . . 

Vernon 

Meriden 



1.24 
1.22 

1.21 
1.20 
1.19 
1.17 
1.11 
1.11 
1.11 
1.08 
1.05 
1.04 
1.03 
1.02 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



WANT INFORMATION ON 
ENEMY OWNED PROPERTY 



Request of State Council Will Trans- 
mit Information to Council 
of National Defense 



Information regarding any enemy alien 
property within the borders of the state of 
Connecticut, is desired by the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, according to a 
request given state wide circulation last 
week. 

The Council of National Defense has, at 
the request of the Alien Property Custo- 
dian, requested the State Council of De- 
fense to secure " the fullest possible in- 
formation concerning all enemy-owned 
property in Connecticut, and transmit such 
information at once to the Council of 
National Defense." 

The State Defense Council today issued 
the following request: "Citizens of Con- 
necticut having any information concerning 
enemy-owned property in the State of Con- 
necticut are requested to inform this 
Council at once, addressing their letters to 
the Council at Room 21, State Capitol, 
Hartford, Connecticut. As fast as such in- 
formation is received, even though it is 
unverified, this Council will transmit it to 
the Council of National Defense. 

" The Alien Property Custodian is en- 
deavoring to locate all property in the 
United States owned by 'enemies' or ' allies 
of enemies.' 

" The term ' enemy ' as here used in- 
cludes every person now living within, and 
every company incorporated within Ger- 
many. Austria-Hungary, and all territory 
occupied by the armed forces of the Central 
powers. Similarly the term ' ally of en- 
emy ' includes every person now living 
within, and every company incorporated 
within any of the allies of Germany and 
Austria-Hungary. Residence, and not citi- 
zenship, is the determining factor. Ger- 
mans, Austro-Hungarians, Turks, etc., re- 
siding in the United States are not by 
reason of their nationality considered 'en- 
emies' or 'allies of enemies.' Germans and 
Austro-Hungarians held in the custody of 
the War Department are included within 
the term 'enemy.' Americans residing in 
Germany or Austria-Hungary, or in the 
territory occupied by their forces, are in- 
cluded 'within the term 'enemy,' and 
Americans in Bulgaria or Turkey or in 
territory occupied by their forces are in- 
cluded in the term 'ally of enemy.' 

" Enemy-owned property includes all 
kinds of property, tangible or intangible, 
money, chattels, securities, lands, accounts 
receivable, etc., belonging to an enemy. If 
the property is held in the name of an- 
other — by a dummy or in trust — it _ is 
enemy property provided the beneficial in- 
1 9 belong to an enemy." 



If each of sixty schools in a city, aver- 
aging one thousand pupils to a school, 
could sell one War-Savings Stamp to each 
pupil, that city would send afloat one of 
tie new " Kagl'cs," the long, powerful, fast 
nie, nine chasers now being built at tre- 
mendous speed by Henry Ford. 



A PROCLAMATION 

TO ADULTS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT: 

WHEREAS, the President of the United States has called the nation 
to universal saving so that the labor and materials vitally necessary to 
win the war may be thereby released for the support of our arms: 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, Governor of the 
State of Connecticut, do hereby call upon all adults in the state to ap- 
pear in person or by an authorized representative, at the nearest public 
school house or other designated place on Friday, June 28, between the 
hours of 12 and 9 P. M., to register their pledges to save and economize 
to help win the war, and as a minimum fulfillment of such pledges to 
agree to invest in a specified amount of war savings certificates during 
the year 1918. 
(Signed) M. H. HOLCOMB, 

Governor of Connecticut. 



EMPLOYMENT MEN 



State Officials in Government Service 
Hold Bi-Weekly Meetings 



In the interests of greater efficiency for 
the local agencies of the United States Em- 
ployment Service, Leo A. Korper, federal 
director for Connecticut, is holding meet- 
ings once every two weeks with his associ- 
ates. The superintendents of local employ- 
ment offices are securing a uniform method 
of conducting the business through these 
bi-weekly meetings for exchange of ideas 
and discussion of problems. 

These meetings are being held in Hart- 
ford and the last one was attended by Dr. 
George Edwards, district director of the 
United States Boys Working Reserve, and 
Arthur Howe, chief enrollment officer of the 
Reserve lor Connecticut. The other mem- 
bers of the government's Employment Serv- 
ice present were: Allen B. Lincoln, as- 
sociate director; Dwight L. Rogers, chief 
clerk; David Elder, field representative; 
Senator Elijah Rogers, agricultural coun- 
cilor representing the Connecticut State 
Manufacturers' Association and the follow- 
ing five superintendents: Clifton E. Daven- 
port, Hartford; Robert W. Budd, Water- 
bury; Professor Henry P. Fairchild, New 
Haven; A. W. Burritt, Bridgeport, and W. 
( 1. Norris, Willimantic. 



TANKS GET 100 MEN 



The Tank Corps of the United States 
4rmy has attracted approximately 100 
splendid fighting men from Connecticut, 
according to a report received from Leo A. 
Korper, federal director for Connecticut of 
the United States Public Service Reserve 
and War Service Exchange, with which the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense co- 
operates. More Connecticut men are wanted 
of the same type and as the tank service is 
open to men of draft age desirable candidates 
will find Mr. Korper's office ready to co- 
operate immediately for their induction 
with the assurance that accepted men will 
have early service overseas. 



THIRD TRAINING CAMP 

FOR FOOD PRODUCERS 



Nearly Seventy Boys Taking Practical 

Lessons in Farming at 

Storrs College 



An enrollment of nearly seventy boys was 
reported at the opening of the third United 
States Boys Working Reserve training 
camp at the Connecticut Agricultural col- 
lege at Storrs. Upon the conclusion of a 
practical course in farming for two weeks 
the boys will be available to farmers for 
employment in the work of food production. 

The series of Boys' Working Reserve 
training camps opened May 21. Each camp 
gives two weeks' training. Up to the pres- 
ent time a large number of enthusiastic 
and patriotic boys have been enrolled at the 
camp. The boys are under the supervision 
of experienced leaders and after they are 
placed on farms will be visited by inspectors 
who will look after their welfare. 

Entrance qualifications for these camps 
are as follows: 1. Candidate should be be- 
tween the ages of 16 and 21 years; 2. A 
health certificate signed by physician or 
physical director should be presented; 3. 
The boys must agree to work for a period of 
at least six weeks at the rate of not less 
than $1.00 a day and board, pay often be- 
ing more where special ability is shown. 

At the conclusion of their service, each 
lad who enters the Boys' Working Reserve 
will receive a certificate signed by Governor 
Marcus H. Holcomb and also two bronze 
medals, one from the federal government 
and the other from the state of Connecticut. 
Enrollments for these camps are made 
through Arthur Howe at the office of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, at 
the State Capitol, Hartford, or through the 
following county directors: — 

Fairfield, R. J. Mulford, Ridgefield; Hart- 
ford, N. H. Batchelder, Windsor; Litchfield, 
W. D. Hood, Winsted; Middlesex, E. B. 
Seller, Middletown; New Haven. C. L. 
Kirsehner, New Haven; New London. F. S. 
I lit el [rock. New London; Tolland, P. M. 
Howe, Rockville; Windham, Horace F. 
Turner, Danielson. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



INDUSTRIAL WORKERS . 
TO OBSERVE FLAG DAY 



Patriotic Program for Factory Use Sug. 

gested by Council of National 

Defense 



BETTER CO-OPERATION LARGE ENROLLMENTS 

IN FREIGHT HANDLING IN JUNIOR FOOD ARMY 



Flag Day exercises will be held today in 
many industrial plants throughout the 
state, following a celebration plan of the 
Council of National Defense and the United 
States Bureau of Education, which has been 
endorsed and given state-wide publication by 
the Publicity Committee of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense. 

A Flag Day program for exercises during 
the noon hour in industrial plants, particu- 
larly those which are operating on Govern- 
ment contracts, has been prepared and dis- 
tributed by the United States Bureau of 
Education. Special attention is also being 
paid to those plants employing men and 
women of foreign birth. It is contemplated 
that the exercises shall be brief. 

The Division of Four Minute Men of the 
Federal Committee on Public Information 
is eo operating with the Bureau of Educa- 
tion in providing speakers for these exer- 
cises. Morris E. Ailing, state chairman of 
the Four Minute Men, has sent to all his 
local chairmen throughout Connecticut a 
bulletin requesting their co-operation with 
industrial plants in tlii- state in this mat- 
ter. In addition to this, local agencies of 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
will be at the service of managers of in- 
dustrial plants for this purpose, and re- 
quests to local chairmen of the Council's 
war bureaus or town committees will re- 
sult in assistance in securing speakers. 

The suggested Flag Day program for in- 
dustrial plants calls for the appointment of 
a representative committee by both em- 
ployers and employees to arrange the de- 
tails. The program opens with the bugle 
call to rally the workers at the plants to 
the flag staff, followed by the flag raising, 
during which "The Star Spangled Banner" 
will be sung. Following this is the salute 
to the Flag and the pledge of allegiance. 
After this, the suggestion is that all per- 
sons at the exercise-, repeat in unison an 
"American's Creed." 

A brief address by a Four Minute Man or 
other speaker to be confined to not more 
than ten minutes is suggested as the next 
number on the program, following it the 
suggestion is that all present sing 
" America." 

It is known by the state defense council 
that a large number of industrial plants 
throughout the state are contemplating the 
arrangement of exercises such as these sug- 
gested on Flag Day, June 14. 



War Bureaus and Local Freight 
Agents to Work Together 



Recommendations looking toward a 
standardized method of handling the freight 
conditions in Connecticut by co-operation 
between local war bureaus and the local 
freighl agents, were adopted at a recent 
meeting of the Connecticut State Council 
nf Defense. 

Complete co-operation between the dif- 
ferent war bureaus and local freight agents 
by arrangement between the transportation 
committee and the officials of the railroad 
company is proposed. By this co-operation 
shipper, consignee and the railroad will all 
lie assisted in expediting the movement of 
freight. 

The recommendations provide that the 
railroad freight agents be requested to 
notify consignees on the arrival of freight, 
either in carload or less carload lots in 
two ways: First, by the. usual post card 
notice; and, second, by telephone communi- 
cation from a clerk detailed for this pur- 
pose in the office of the freight agent. 

Ihe transportation sections of the local 
war bureaus will lie required to report from 
time to time to the Transportation Com- 
mittee any recommendations regarding the 
improvement of freight handling facilities. 
These recommendations will be transmitted 
to the railroad company along with any 
suggestions as to improvements in delivery 
of less carload freight from the freight 
house to consignee. 



Actual Number Now 36,000 — Garden 

Project Brings 20,000— Pigs Dis = 

tributed Number 2,000 



MORE MEN FOR CLASS 1 



Local Boards to Make Revision of 

Statutes in Cases of Deferred 

Class Registrants 



Exhibitions of motion pictures under the 
auspices of the national government and 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
will be discontinued through the summer 
months. The Division of Moving Pictures, 
a branch of the Publicity Committee of the 
State Council, has just closed a successful 
season of educational and patriotic work 
which started last January. The state was 
thoroughly covered twice with motion pic- 
ture exhibitions combined with war ad- 
dresses. 



Draft registrants outside of Class 1 wi 
lie given hearings this month by all local 
exemption boards for the purpose of revis- 
ing the classification of any men who ought 
to be in Class 1. and physical examination 
will be taken of Class 1 men who at pres- 
ent are conditioned, in the expectation that 
some of these will be found fit for imme- 
diate military service. 

Every local board and legal advisory 
board and government appeal agents will 
be instructed by the governor's office to 
make this canvass of their registrants dur- 
ing what will be known as " Class 1 Week." 
Registrants and witnesses will be subpoenaed 
before this group of government officials, 
questionnaires examined and hearings held 
to determine whether registrants in de- 
ferred classifications ought to be in Class 1. 
Physical examinations will be taken of 
Class 1 registrants now conditioned for 
limited service or general service to deter- 
mine whether they ought not to be ad- 
judged physically fit for assignment to Class 
1 without condition. Government appeal 
agents will be expected to appeal to dis- 
trict boards in cases where there is still 
apparent grounds for placing a man in 
( lass 1 contrary to the decision of his local 
board. 



Although complete returns have not as 
yet been received from every community in 
the state it is evident that the 50,000 en- 
rollment set as the goal for the Junior Food 
Army will be more than reached. At the 
present time over 36,000 enrollments have 
actually been received with practically none 
of the canning project members yet en- 
rolled, and with no enrollment as yet in 
either the cities of Hartford or Bridgeport. 

The garden project has proved the most 
popular, over l!0,000 enrollments being in 
this project alone. In the livestock depart- 
ment over 2,000 pigs have been placed,- 
which is about four times the number of 
pig- placed with boys and girls last year. 
Poultry, calves ami sheep, follow in' the 
oiiler named. 

Local representatives of the Junior Food 
Army are asked to immediately secure in- 
formation as to the quota expected of their 
community if they have not already done 
so. Twenty thousand boys and girls has 
been set as the quota for the state in 
canning. Boys and girls who have enrolled 
in some other project and who wish to en- 
roll again as members of the canning pro- 
|i 'I may do so. 

All local representatives of the Food 
Committee and all organizations interested 
in the conservation of fruits and vegetables 
will be called upon to co-operate in the 
coming drive for increased conservation by 
means of canning and drying. Quotas have 
been set for the various 'parts of the state 
and will be issued at an early date. Miss 
\l. Estella Sprague, Home Economics Direct- 
or for Connecticut. Miss Maud E. Hayes, 
and A. J. Brundage of the Connecticut 
Agricultural College, have been preparing 
plans for this campaign which will be 
issued to local representatives soon. 



Millions of European farmers have left 
their fields to fight for the safety of 
America and the world. Those fields there- 
fore haven't been producing much. Ours 
have. Europe's food has got to come from 
somewhere. America is the place. It's 
little enough to ask the individual Ameri- 
can to conserve what our fields produce, so 
our European brethren can have plenty 
and keep up the fight. Save your bit! 



America is requested to save fats to make 
the German ranks thin. That will do it 
and you can help. Use a third of an 
ounce less every day. Every square meal 
you save for the boys in the trenches and 
their folks back home brings Kaiserism 
that much nearer moral starvation. 



The boy you cheered when he marched 
away will stand knee deep in trench mud; 
he will face poison gas and deadly flame. 
He will endure all the terrors of modern 
battle. That's his bit. Your bit, perhaps, 
is to save one slice of bread a day in order 
that he may not fight in vain. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Plans Meeting of 

Foreign Language 

Newspaper Editors 

(Continued from page 1) 



Smith, Benjamin F. English, Leo A. Korper, 
Frank T>. Cheney, Edward P. Jones, C. J. 
Bennett. Fred B. Griffin, T. F. Noone, Au- 
brey L. Maddock, Arthur L. Shipman, 
Stanley H. Holmes, George M. Landers, 
Admiral W. S. Cowles, Prof. \V. C. Holden, 
Dr. C. C. Godfrey, Richard Wayne, Howell 
Cheney, Dr. Valeria Parker and Margaret 
T. Corwin. 

Reports were submitted by F. B. Griffin, 
of the Transportation Committee, H. K. 
Smith, of the Committee on Man Power 
and Labor, Mr. Bissell for the Committee on 
Education, and Judge Noone for the Pub- 
licity Committee. An informal report on 
the War Chest inquiry was given by Mr. 
■Jones outlining results in the Torrington 
War Chest campaign. Judge Wheeler re- 
ported an action taken to provide trans- 
portation for inspectors engaged in the 
work of the United States Boys Working 
Reserve. 

Mr. Landers reported that the Food Sup- 
ply Committee bad spent considerable time 
developing plans for the hydra-ting of food 
and W. C. Hidden outlined the work done 
along these lines. 



MILK CAMPAIGN 



Demonstration in New Britain to 

Increase Intelligent Use of Milk 



The campaign to increase the intelligent 
use of milk, especially in the daily diet of 
children, is being conducted in New Britain 
by the Committee of Food Supply. State 
Council of Defense, co-operating with New 
Britain organizations, the United States 
Food Administration and the Hartford 
County League and Farm Bureau. This 
campaign is a demonstrational campaign 
and other cities wishing to put on a similar 
campaign will have it as a basis upon 
which to work. 

The necessity for further education of 
tlie people of the state is being impressed 
upon the Committee of Food Supply by 
various municipal organizations. In many 
cases through a mistaken notion of food 
values or through a lack of knowledge of 
(he need for milk in children's diet many 
heads of families have decreased the amount 
of milk provided their children to a point 
below the danger mark and consequently the 
children are suffering malnutritia. A state- 
wide campaign on the use of milk is planned 
by the Food Committee for a little later. 



PERSONS AFFECTED 
BY "WORK OR 
FIGHT" ORDER 

Idhrs and persons engaged in non- 
productive labor who are of army 
draft age, will have to "work or 
fight " after July 1st under regula- 
tions adopted by the Provost Marshal 
General's office. The Bulletin pre- 
sents herewith the list! of non-pro- 
ducers whom the local exemption 
boards have been authorized to trans- 
fer from deferred classifications to 
Class 1: 

Persons engaged in the serving of 
food and drink, or either in public 
places, including hotels and social 
clubs; 

Passenger elevator operators and 
attendants; and doormen, footmen, 
carriage openei», and other attend- 
ants in clubs, hotels, stores, apart- 
ment houses, office buildings, and 
bath houses; 

Persons including ushers and other 
attendants engaged and occupied in 
and in connection with games, sports, 
and amusements, excepting actual 
performers in legitimate concerts, 
operas, or theatrical performances; 

Persons employed in domestic serv- 
ice: 

Sales clerks and other clerks em- 
ployed in stores and other mercantile 
establishments. 



The New York State Defense Council is 
organizing " Return Load Bureaus " 
through the eo-operation of its county de- 
fense committee chairmen. Better trans- 
portation relations between the states of 
Connecticut and New York are expected. 
In a letter sent out by the New York State 
Council, the Connecticut Return Load 
movement is described as having " suc- 
ceeded splendidly." i\ew York is adopting 
the Connecticut plan in general. 



Nation and State 

ask for Appropriate 

Programs on Fourth 

(Continued from page 1.) 



Major John Buckley, who has charge of 
the enforcement of the selective service act 
in this state, has issued instructions to all 
local boards on the " Work or Fight" regu- 
lations recently promulgated by Provost 
Marshal General Crowder. These regula- 
tion-, which affect registrants who are un- 
employed or who are engaged in non- 
essential labor, will he enforced beginning 
duly 1. 



Several towns have disposed of over half 
their quota of " Smileage Books," and other 
towns have done well. The sale of these 
books has not been pushed at all in a great 
many places, and we urge the chairman in 
these towns to handle energetically the dis- 
posal of " Smileage Books," after the Red 
Cross drive. Let each town-chairman re- 
member that one " Smileage Book " must be 
sold for every twenty people in their town- 
ship. — Connecticut Smileage News. 



On the days when drafted men are leaving 
for the various camps, certain towns have 
had girls and boys at the station selling 
" Smileage Books." A quantity of books 
have been disposed of to friends of the men, 
who are leaving, and given by them to the 
departing men.-: — Connecticut Smileage News. 



on Public Information indicate a nation- 
wide observance of the day unlike any 
previous celebration in patriotic ardor and 
consecration to the war for freedom. 

Local agencies of the Defense Council 
have been requested to proceed to organize 
plans for celebrations on the national holi- 
day. Where other agencies already have 
plans under way, such as committees ap- 
pointed by mayors of cities, the local 
agencies of the State Council are advised to 
offer complete and hearty co-operation. This 
latter course is recommended in cities of 
over 20.000 where the mayors have already 
been requested by the Federal Committee 
on Public Information to form committees 
of foreign born citizens for loyalty cele- 
brations on the Fourth. Wherever Fourth 
of July plans have not been initiated the 
War Bureaus and Town Committees are 
appealed to to take the initiative. 

In arranging for local celebrations, all 
local agencies of the State Defense Council 
have been promised the assistance and co- 
operation of the Publicity Committee and 
the Division of War Rallies. The former 
will furnish suggestions as to plans and 
program while the Division will supply 
speakers for the day. 

That every group of foreign born citizens 
desirous of so doing shall manage and 
direct its own part in the Fourth of July 
celebration is the wish of the state and 
national agencies pushing this movement. 
Fmphasis is also given the importance of 
paying appropriate tributes to Our Allies 
on Independence Day, 

In a letter remarkable for its tone and 
appeal a group of representatives of foreign 
born races asked President Wilson to call 
the attention of all citizens to the fact that 
these races intended on July 4, 191S, to 
manifest by special celebration, their 
loyalty to America and to the world war 
for democracy. In replying the President 
said: 

"As July 4. 1770, was the dawn of 
democracy for this nation let us on July 4, 
1018, celebrate the birth of a new and 
greater spirit of democracy, by whose influ- 
ence, we hope and believe, what the signers 
of the Deoalration of Independence dreamed 
of for themselves and their fellow-country- 
men shall be fulfilled for all mankind." 



FLORISTS AFFECTED 



Greenhouses must be operated with not 
more than fifty per cent, of their former 
consumption of coal under a new regula- 
tion of the national fuel administration as 
given for Connecticut by Fuel Administra- 
tor Thomas W. Russell. The new restric- 
tion applies to all florists and owners of 
private greenhouses. Its purpose is to pro- 
vide a greater amount of fuel for indus- 
tries engaged in the production of muni- 
tions and is effective throughout the coal 
year from April 1, 1918 to April 1, 1910. 




Vol. I 



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Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, JUNE 28, 1918 




No. 29 



SURVEY OF FARMS 
IN FIVE COUNTIES 

TABULATED BY STATE 



Shows That Farmers Have 26,371 More 
Acres of Land Under Cultivation 
Than Last Season— Total of 13,402 
Farms Reached in Census — Statis- 
tics on Live Stock 



STATE LIBRARIAN COMPLETES 

BIG TASK OF TABULATION 



Four counties in Connecticut have 
26,371 more acres of land under cultiva- 
tion this year as a means to greater food 
production according to a summary of 
the agricultural survey just completed by 
State Libarian George S. Godard. The 
state is now in possession of valuable 
data regarding the 13.402 farms surveyed 
in Hartford. Fairfield. Litchfield, New 
Haven and Tolland counties. The Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense author- 
ized the survey by counties and the tabu- 
lation was made with the same machin- 
ery used to tabulate the state military 
census. 

Among the farm products which 
farmers eaid they would raise more ex- 
tensively this year are oats, rye, corn and 
wheat. The census also gives the acre- 
age each farm has given over to hay, 
clover, alfalfa, barley, buckwheat, pota- 
toes, tobacco and garden truck. An in- 
ventory is given of the live stock on each 
farm and the pure bred stock is classified. 
The census also covers the farm machin- 
ery, reapers, binders, threshers and trac- 
tors on hand. The labor needs of each 
farm were also secured by the census 
takers under three classes. (1) men, (2) 
boys and girls and (3) extra help for 
haying time. 

Mr. Godard is sending complete reports 
of the farm survey to the Slate Council 
of Defense, the Department of Agricul- 
ture at Washington, Professor I. G. Davis, 
state leader of county farm bureaus, and 
all the county agents. The census was 
taken under the leadership of the county 
agents last spring. Methods used in the 
farm survey in Litchfield county in Febru- 
ary were fo'lowed by the other four coun- 
ties. Questionnaires w'ere used in the 
collection of all data and a committee of 
practical farmers appointed by the War 
Bureau or Town Committee of the State 
Council made the canvass of farms in 
each community. It was not until the 
first week in June that the final survey 
blanks were received at the state library. 



WARNED ABOUT ROSTER 



A proposed roster of Connecticut men 
in the national service has not been sanc- 
tioned or approved by the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense. This informa- 
tion is contained in warning notices 
which have been sent broadcast through- 
out the state by the Council. Report has 
it that persons representing the pub- 
lishers of such a roster allege that the 
scheme has the sanction of the Council 
and Adjutant General George M. Cole. 
The Council denies any connection what- 
ever with the enterprise and so does 
General Cole. 



CONNECTICUT SENDS 

40,000 BOOKS ACROSS 



Troops in France Will Have Access to 

Literary Donations at War 

Service Libraries 



NEW LONDON GETS 3,600 



American soldiers in France will enjoy 
the happy privilege of reading thousands 
of books donated for their recreation 
period by Connecticut people. Approxi- 
mately 40,000 have reached the war serv- 
ice libraries " over there " or are on the 
way as a result of the book drive con- 
ducted last March by the Connecticut 
Public Library Committee and approved 
by the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense. 

Since early in May a total of 20,000 
books donated by Connecticut people 
have been shipped to Hoboken, N. J., and 
an equal number to Newport News, Va. 
Books shipped from these ports of em- 
barkation go direct to France and the 
war libraries conducted by the American 
Library association. 

A shipment of 3,600 books has been 
made to New London where distribution 
was made of a unit of fifty books for each 
submarine chaser and an allotment to the 
naval hospital and the troops at Fort 
Wright and Fort Michie. Another ship- 
ment of 5,000 books was sent to Camp 
Meade, Maryland. 

Books of fiction, travel and poetry are 
mixed with all sorts of textbooks in the 
great mass of donated books that have 
gone " over there " on a mission of cheer, 
recreation and culture. Included in the 
shipments to France are hundreds of 
French language text books. 

The great majority of the donated 
books have gone from the headquarters 
of the Connecticut Public Library Com- 
mittee on the top floor of the State Capi- 
tol. Twenty-one of the larger public 
libraries of the state have been permitted 
to send their shipments direct. At the 
State Capitol all books are sorted, 
labelled and packed and are already for 

(Continued on page 6) 



STATEWIDE EXHIBIT 
OF FOOD PRODUCTS 
RAISED BY CHILDREN 



Junior Food Army's Project has Ap- 
proval of Connecticut State Council 
of Defense — Exhibits Planned for 
State Fair in Berlin and County 
Fairs — $1,000 in Premiums 



TO OPEN NEW OFFICES OF 

U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 



A statewide exhibit of the food pro- 
ducts raised by the Junior Food Army 
will be one of the patriotic features at 
the State Fair to be held in Berlin the 
last week in September and the Connecti- 
cut State Council of Defense at its meet- 
ing last Monday at the State Capitol 
Hartford endorsed the project. By vote 
of the Council the Connecticut State 
Agricultural College was requested to 
conduct the exhibit of the Army's 
products. 

Colonel Charles M. Jarvis, of Berlin, 
appeared before the Council to secure its 
endorsement of the exhibit. He reviewed 
the enrollment of 30,000 to 40,000 boys 
and girls in the Junior Food Army and 
explained that exhibits would be shown 
at all the county fairs and a statewide 
exhibit at the State Fair in Berlin with 
a proposed premium list of $1,000. 

Those attending the Council meeting 
were: Chairman Richard M. Bissell, 
Joseph W. Alsop, Winchester Bennett, 
Howard A. Giddings, Charles A. Goodwin, 
Julius C. Stremlau, Judge George W. 
Wheeler of the Council; Assistant Treas- 
urer Charles G. Frisbie. Ira M. Ornburn, 
Anna B. Sands, and the following chair- 
men and members of subcommittees: 
George B. Chandler, Rear Admiral W. S. 
Cowles, Benjamin F. English, Dr. C. C. 
Godfrey. Col. C. M. Jarvis, Edward P. 
Jones, Leo A. Korper. Aubrey L. Mad- 
dock, G. Ellsworth Meech, Arthur L. Ship- 
man and Margaret T. Corwin. 

An informal report on the progress of 
the work of the United States Employ- 
ment Service and allied departments in 
this state was made by Leo A. Korper, 
federal director for Connecticut. Methods 
followei in Waterbury of transferring 
men from non-essential to essential in- 
dustry were explained. Citizens of Bris- 
tol, New Britain, Stamford and Middle- 
town have made requests for the estab- 
lishment of local offices of the United 
States Employment Service. Offices are 
contemplated in Meriden and New 
Britain. 

Chairman Bissell read a letter from 

Arthur H. Fleming chief of the States 

Councils Section, Council of National De- 

e expressing appreciation for the 

valuable services rendered by Mr. Chand- 

( Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1 IIARTFORD. CONN., JUNE 2?, 1918. No. 29 



MANY TONS OF BABIES 
WEIGHED FOR HEALTH 



Child Conservation Measure Being 

Taken in Connecticut Towns 

This Month 



Babies are being weighed in Connecti- 
cut towns as a war move in the interest 
of child conservation and their weight 
in the aggregate is totalling many tons. 
The first day of the weighing and meas- 
uring test in New Haven the weight of 
all babies registered was eight tons. 
Child Welfare committees to carry on 
this work and the follow-up plans, have 
been effectively organized through the 
efforts of the Committee on Woman's 
Activities of the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense. 

Connecticut is expected to reduce its 
infant mortality during " Children's 
Year " by saving 1,065 babies. It has 
set about the preliminary work with 
commendable energy, and through Dr. 
Walter H. Brown, of Bridgeport, the state 
director, Miss Margaret Stack, R. N., of 
New Haven, the state field director, and 
Mrs. William E. D. Scott, chairman of 
the Child Welfare Committee, communi- 
ties are now observing the campaign 
period devoted to weighing and measur- 
ing of babies under five years of age. 

Churches and schoolhouses are being 
used as weighing and measuring stations. 
Doctors and nurses are giving their serv- 
ices gratuitously to the work of weigh- 
ing and measuring while the Minute 
Women in many towns are attending to 
the clerical work and the transportation 
of mothers and children to and from the 
weighing and measuring stations. 

Height, weight and age are regarded 
as determining factors in the health of 
children. A follow-up campaign to save 
the abnormal children starts on the con- 
clusion of the weighing and measuring 
campaign. 

In New Haven over 4,000 babies have 
been registered. Norwich registered 345 
babies the first day. Record cards in- 
dicating parentage, weight, height, and 
age of the baby are being supplied 
national headquarters and the parents 
with a duplicate record for local commit- 
tees. Bridgeport has decided to collect 
more data than is required by the govern- 
ment and is learning facts about the 
birth, feeding of the child when the first 
tooth came in the case of older children, 
when table food was taken for the first 
time and when the child first walked and 
talked. 



STATE CONFERENCE ON GIRLS' WORK 



A state conference of leaders in girls' 
work will be held in the Hall of the 
House, State Capitol, Hartford, on Wed- 
nesday, July 10 at 11:30 a. rn. Dr. Valeria 
H. Parker, chairman of the Committee on 
Health and Recreation, a sub-committee 
of the Committee on Woman's Activities 
will give a summary of reports on girls' 
work. Five minute reports will be given 
on the following subjects: 

War Savings, 

Junior Red Cross, 

Child Welfare, 

Americanization. 

Athletics and Dancing, 

Women Workers, 

Club Work, 

Pageantry, 

Sex Education, 

Bureau of Information on Courses of 
Instruction and War Work for 
Girls. 



Mrs. J. B. Wilbur, jr., of Hartford, 
has been appointed chairman of the 
Motor Messenger Service. New Haven 
furnishes a good example of what is 
being done by the Motor Messenger 
Service. During the month of May, 257 
cars were employed and gave 770 hours 
for various patriotic services not count- 
ing waiting time. These cars made 1.350 
stops and covered 2.554 miles. The 
equivalent cost in taxi service, at $4 per 
hour, would be $3,0S0. Local Motor Mes- 
senger Services have been established in 
thirteen communities: Ansonia, Bridge 
port, Fairfield. Greenwich, Hartford, Meri- 
den, NaugatUck, New Haven. Ridgefield. 
Stratford. Waterbury, Watertown and 
West Hartford. 



The value of the child conservation 
campaign is appealing to communities 



that take pride in their health standards 
to such an extent that child welfare work 
did not at first seem necessary. 

In the weighing and measuring cam- 
paign, many cases are being found of 
children who need their tonsils and ade- 
noids removed or whose diet has been 
fa ally. The Woman's Committee is now 
prepared to loan illustrated charts de- 
picting the proper care and feeding of 
babies. The Committee suggests that 
these charts be supplemented by local 
exhibits of the following: 

1. Well prepared layette. 

2. Clothing for the Baby. 

3. Demonstration of modified milk. 

4. Danger of poor milk, etc. 

5. Food for a child of three or five. 

6. Demonstration of proper way to 

bathe babies. 

7. Sensible clothing, especially empha- 

sizing proper and improper shoes, 
improper garters, etc. 

8. Chart showing the local conditions. 

such as birth and death rate for 
children under five from April 6. 
1917 to April 6, 191S; report of the 
local milk inspectors; chart show- 
ing the nationalities represented in 
your town. 

9. Things bad for babies. 

10. Sleeping arrangements. 

11. If you have any Child Welfare agen- 

cies, secure their co-operation in 
supplementing this exhibit. 



The Speakers' Bureau has been fur- 
nishing speakers for the Thrift Stamp 
Campaign, averaging about twelve a 
night. One night they furnished thirty 
speakers. Speakers are also being pro- 
vided for the child welfare campaign. 
Their addresses will be illustrated with 
slides. 



GOVERNOR ASKS AID 

IN CHILD CAMPAIGN 



Parents, Educators and Medical 

Workers Urged To Cooperate 

With State Committee 



Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has ap- 
proved of the Child Conservation Cam- 
paign in Connecticut in the following 
letter: 

" To the Mothers, Fathers, Teachers, 
Physicians, Nurses and all other Citizens 
of Connecticut: 

" As the war progresses it is borne in 
upon us more and more forcibly that it 
is not enough to provide for the coming 
month or the coming year. We must take 
account of the needs of the future. 

" Our problems are not peculiar to us. 
Our Allies share almost all of them and 
have considered them well. Not the least 
is that of the man-power of the next genera- 

D. of B. 
JUL 11 l»t& 



tion — the citizenship of tnat democracy 
for which we are expending every effort. 

" England expresses this in a single sen- 
tence : 

" ' There is no waste so irretrievable as 
that of a Nation which is careless of its 
rising generation.' 

" From France comes ihe message: 

" ' Double will be tomorrow the tasks uf 
the pupils of today. — twice as intense, 
therefore, should be their preparation for 
this task.' 

" While our own records show that one- 
third of the men examined on the first draft 
were not physically fit, many of them for 
causes which would have been remediable 
had they had proper care in childhood. 

" I would therefore, urge upon the 
Fathers, Mothers, Physicians, Nurses, 
Teachers, and all other good citizens of 
Connecticut that they combine to aid in 
the program of man-power preparedness 
outlined by the Department of Labor, Chil- 
dren's Bureau, which the Woman's Commit- 
tee of the Council of Defense is to carry out. 

" Let us co-operate with intelligence, fore- 
sight, and knowledge in the conservation 
of that most precious of our possessions, 
our children." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



600,000 Pledges Secured 

In War Savings Drive 

Encouraging Reports Received from all Parts of Connecticut Regarding Reg- 
istration Day — Time for Registration Extended to Sunday Night 



Approximately 600,000 pledges have 
been recorded in Connecticut up to the 
present time in the War Savings pledge 
drive according to announcement made 
today at the office of the State Director 
of War Savings. 

From every city and town in the State 
good reports of work accomplished are 
being received. House to house can- 
vasses have been completed everywhere. 
Factories are on all sides reporting 
pledge quotas of lOO^e. New London 
was the first city to report its pledge 
quota increased. 

The climax of the whole drive comes 
today when National War Savings 
Enlistment Day will be observed. On 
that occasion all adults over 14 years of 
age who have not previously recorded 
their pledges are expected by Presiden- 
tial and Governmental Proclamations to 
report at the nearest school house or 
other places designated by the Town 
Chairman, in order that they may regis- 
ter their pledges to save and economize 
in order to help win the war. In order 
that there may be no community which 
has not had ample opportunity to " go 
over the top " the State Director has de- 
cided to extend the time for registration 
until Sunday night. War Savings Chair- 
men are planning to devote Saturday 
and Sunday to patriotic endeavors to se- 
cure pledges from those who have not 
already pledged. 

In numerous cities, Slackers' Commit- 
tees consisting of prominent citizens 
have been formed. Persons who have re- 
fused to make War Savings pledges are 
approached by members of this com- 
mittee and are asked for their reason for 
declining. In case the excuse is not 
acceptable to the committee, drastic 
steps are invariably taken. 

It is expected that when the results 
are tabulated more than 900.000 War 
Savings Pledges will be found to have 
been secured in Connecticut. The allot- 
ment for this State, during the year, is 
$26,000,000. Up to the present time only 
$4,000,000 of this amount has been raised 
but it is hoped that when counts of regis- 
tration day are completed, that a long 
drive toward the desired goal will have 
been taken. 



The National War Savings Committee 
at Washington wants the secretary of 
every society to ask each member in turn 
to tell in open meeting just what per- 
sonal sacrifice he or she is making to win 
this war; just what he or she is doing 
without in money, material and labor to 
save civilization. 



Keep the Torch of 
Liberty Burning 

SAVE 

SERVE 
SACRIFICE 

BUY WAR SAVINGS 
STAMPS 



WAR SAVINGS RALLIES 

HELP REGISTRATION 



Several Hundred Speakers Urged Pa- 
triotic Obligations to Nation 
Before Many Audiences 



War Savings rallies held in nearly 
every Connecticut community the past 
two weeks have successfully urged upon 
every man, woman and child the patriotic 
obligation to support the war by saving 
and sacrifice. A complete registration 
of pledges on National War Savings En- 
listment Day, June 28, was the object of 
the state-wide speaking campaign. The 
speakers consisted of several hundred 
men and women. The Liberty Choruses 
and the State Guard organizations gave 
valued assistance in making the rallies 
a success. 

Howell Cheney, state chairman of the 
National War Savings Committee, has 
had the co-operation of the Division of 
War Rallies, a department of the 
Publicity Committee of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, and also the 
Speakers' Bureau of the Committee on 
Woman's Activities. These agencies 
have supplied the speakers for the 
rallies. 

Chairmen of war bureaus and town 
committees of the defense council, or in 
some cases, the chairmen of the local 
War Savings Committees perfected the 
arrangements locally. Municipal build- 
ings, public halls, school houses and 
churches were secured for the rallies, 
nearly all of which were held in the 
evenings. A few out-door meetings were 
held. 

Each rally had two speakers, a woman 
and a man, the woman speaker being 
accorded first place on every program. 
Their message was an appeal for every 
man, woman and child to pledge to save 
and economize and invest a specific 
amount of War Savings certificates dur- 
ing the balance of the year, registering 
their pledges on June 28, National War 
Savings Enlistment Day. 



ROOSEVELT PLEADS FOR 
WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN 



Connecticut War Savings Committee 

Makes Public Economic Appeal 

Made by Former President 



In a stirring message made public by 
the Connecticut War Savings Committee, 
Col. Theodore Roosevelt urged every 
man, woman and child to practice econ- 
omy and thrift; to become active partici- 
pants in the war by purchasing War 
Savings and Thrift Stamps, and to en- 
trust the spending of their money to the 
Government " in order to speed up the 
war and to secure the peace of over- 
whelming victory." Col. Roosevelt called 
on all the people of the nation to join in 
the War Savings movement and to " put 
it over " the same as they did in the Red 
Cross and Liberty Loan campaigns. 

Col. Roosevelt's message is as follows: 

" Of course the primary factor in de- 
ciding this war is and will be the army. 
But there can be no great army in war 
today unless a great nation stands back 
of it. The most important of all our 
needs is immensely to strengthen the 
fighting line at the front. But it cannot 
be permanently strengthened unless the 
whole nation is organized back of the 
front. We need increased production by 
all. We need thrift and the avoidance of 
extravagance and of waste of money upon 
non-essentials by all. We need the in- 
vestment of our money in Government 
securities. 

" The Government, through the War 
Savings campaign, offers the opportunity 
to every individual in the nation to join 
in a great national movement to secure 
these ends. The Treasury Department 
proposes a means to achieve these ends 
that all our people form themselves into 
thrift clubs or war savings societies. 
This is the people's war. The responsi- 
bility for the Government rests on the 
people as a whole. The army is the 
people's army. It can be supported only 
if the people invest in the securities of 
the Government; and this investment by 
the people should be as nearly universal 
as possible. All the men, all the women, 
and half the children of the land should 
be active members of Uncle Sam's team. 
The War Savings campaign offers them 
the chance to be active members. This 
campaign means the encouragement of 
thrift and production. But it means much 
more than this. It also means to make 
our people realize their solidity and 
mutual dependence and to make them 
understand that the Government is 
really theirs. Therefore, it is a move- 
ment for genuine Americanization of all 
our people. It is a movement to fuse 
all our different race stocks into one 
great unified nationality. It is emphatic- 
ally a movement for nationalism and 
patriotism. 

" Let all of us join in this movement. 
The success of the War Savings cam- 
paign means an immense addition to our 
war strength. It also means the first 
step in economic preparedness for what 
is to come after the war. We must never 
return to our haphazard, spendthrift 
ways. Thrift should be made a national 
habit as part of our social and industrial 
readjustment." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



ARRANGEMENTS FOR 

STATE FAIR EXHIBIT 



Junior Food Army's Competition Plans 
Represented Under Four Groups — 
Demonstrations a Feature 



The Junior Food Army's exhibit at the 
State Fair in Berlin next September, will 
be conducted on a large scale, with 
children from all parts of the state com- 
peting for prizes. Members of this great 
army of production and conservation 
have opportunity throughout the summer 
to do their best in preparing to enter 
prize winning exhibits. 

The state exhibit will be divided into 
four groups: (1) Products the boys and 
girls have raised, (2) demonstrations 
and judging of food methods, canning, 
selection and storage of seed corn, etc. 
(3) demonstration team competition (4) 
exhibits of newspaper articles, stories 
and record books and pictures of the 
work done by the Junior Food Army. 

Demonstration teams will consist of 
three members and the number of teams 
competing will be determined on a basis 
of county representation. The teams 
coming out of the demonstration and 
judging competition as champions will 
be awarded a short term course at Storrs 
Agricultural College. All prizes for food 
entries less than five dollars in value, 
will be awarded in thrift stamps. The 
question of transportation of exhibits has 
been settled by agreement of the State 
Fair officials to transport all products by 
motor trucks. 

Exhibits on a similar but smaller scale 
will be held in each county preceding 
the state exhibit, while the entire plan 
of demontrating the activities of the 
Junior Food Army will be first intro- 
duced in communities by community ex- 
hibits. War Bureaus and Town Commit- 
tees of the State Council of Defense and 
Farm Bureaus will co-operate in these 
plans. 

The Junior Food Army, of which Mrs. 
Samuel S. Russell. Jr., of Middletown is 
state chairman, is now making a big 
drive to enroll young people for canning 
work. It is expected to have an enroll- 
ment of over 50,000 boys and girls be- 
tween the ages of 10 and 18 years in the 
Army. A program of war tasks which 
army members endeavor to perform, in 
part, according to locality and ability are 
as follows: raising one-half acre of corn; 
raising one-eighth acre of potatoes; rais 
ing one-twentieth an acre of garden truck 
or raising produce on a rod square gar- 
n; canning fifty quarts of food, drying 
and salting 100 pounds of food; conserva- 
tion of food through adopting twelve 
m< thods of war-time cookery; caring for 
ten hens, or caring for ten birds and rear- 
mi; chicks; raising one calf, and raising 
one or more sheep. 



A War Savings Call for 
Every One in the Nation 

The War Savings Campaign is far more than child's effort. "We 
need the children to make it succeed, but children alone cannot sell 
$2,000,000,000 worth of stamps in a year. An annual turn over of 
$125,000,000 would be regarded a large business — anywhere. It is 
just as big when the business is the purchase of War Savings Stamps. 

The sale of stamps is only a means to an end. That end is saving 
material and labor for use by our nation in the jirosecution of the war. 
Everybody must save! Rich people, as well as poor! A man with an 
income of $100,000 a year should save by the purchase of the maximum 
amount of War Savings Stamps, as the child, with no income, saves 
by buying Thrift Stamps. 

Every War Savings worker ought to remember this. Stamps 
should be purchased out of savings from present earnings, and pledges 
made to buy additional stamps from further earnings. 

We cannot raise Connecticut's quota without the help of the big 
savers. It cannot be secured without purchases by those who can take 
the limit of $1,000. 

Let us stop talking about Thrift Stamps and talk War Savings 
Stamps. Thrift Stamps have their place, but their place is on the way 
to build up to War Savings Stamps. Clever devices for the sale of 
Thrift Stamps are well enough in their way, but they do not always 
form the habit of saving. 

If the Government had merely wanted to raise $2,000,000,000, it 
could have made another Liberty Loan. War Savings Stamps will raise 
the money, and get people to save labor and material for the country 
at the same time. 

Every person who is able by any means to buy from $50 to $1,000 
of these stamps should do so. It should be brought home to every man 
and woman in the State that duty demands a subscription of War 
Savings Stamps to the limit. 

The greatest opportunity lies before those whose income is less than 
$3,000 a year who all together receive four-fifths of the $40,000,000,000 
which is the total annual income of the American people. 

The ultimate test of loyalty to the Government is not wearing- 
buttons and investing in bonds. A man is loyal either when he is in 
the army or navy or when he is denying himself in order that the 
Government may have material and labor. War Savings Stamps help 
this self-denial. 



POSTER COMPETITION 



Intended to Speed Up Production in 
American Shipyards 



A poster competition open to citizens, 
soldiers, sailors, and shipbuilders, has 
been started by the National Service 
Section of the United States Shipping 
Board Emergency Fleet Corporation as 
a means to " speed-up " and inspire work- 
ers in the government shipyards. 

The sum of $1,000 in twelve prizes is 
being offered and those competing are 
divided into four groups with three 
prizes for each group. The classes oi 
contestants are; (1) Any citizen of the 
United States; (2) Soldiers and sai'ors 



in the service of the United States; (3) 
Workers in the ship-building plants 
whose out-put is connected with ship- 
building. Posters may be illustrated by 
any medium, pen and ink, chalk, oil, 
water color. July 25 will mark the close 
of the contest. The New York Sun and 
the National Committee of Patriotic 
Societies are co-operating in the work of 
conducting the competition. Further in- 
formation can be secured by those in- 
terested by addressing " U. S. Shipping 
Board Poster Competition, Care New 
York Sun, 150 Nassau street, New York 
City." 

It is intended to place the prize win- 
ning posters in the shipbuilding plants 
of which there are 154 with approxi- 
mately 7,000 plants of a varioty of kinds 
whose output is connected with ship- 
ing. The posters are expected lo inspire 
the workers with the ambition to ac- 
quire speed and efficiency. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



SUGGESTED PROGRAM 

FOR FOURTH OF JULY 



Local Agencies Guided in Their Plans 
for National Holiday Celebration 



Proposed Independence Day celebra- 
tions in various Connecticut communities 
are being planned along the suggested 
lines of program and features sent to 
chairmen of War Bureaus and Town 
Committees by the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense. 

A program of patriotic outdoor exer- 
cises has been suggested as a model and 
in keeping with the aims of the Council 
of National Defense. Among the sug- 
gested features are: Singing of patriotic 
songs by the Liberty Chorus and audi- 
ence, the reading of President Wilson's 
message to the American people and Gov- 
ernor Marcus H. Holcomb's Fourth of 
July message, a dramatic pledging of 
allegiance to the flag by the entire audi- 
ence, the reading of short selections from 
the Declaration of Independence, a 
speech and a short tableau, pageant or 
play depicting the unity of all people in 
the cause of world freedom for which the 
United States is fighting. 

A Loyalty parade with the display of 
the flags of the 21 allies, and the partici- 
pation of all foreign born groups is 
recommended. In the smaller towns a 
program of exercises followed by a 
simple community supper or picnic is 
suggested. 

" In the Cause of Freedom " is the 
title of the suggested pageant. All the 
allied nations are character parts. 
Humanity, Freedom, Justice are also 
characters which appear in the struggle 
against barbarian militarism. The Red 
Cross, war loan and food supply call for 
special parts in the pageant. The pic- 
ture is entirely symbolic and the cos- 
tumes designated are loose classic drap- 
ery of suitable colors to conform to the 
characters represented. 

The importance of including as active 
participants in Independence Day groups 
of foreign born in all communities is 
urged by the Council of Defense. Ex- 
tracts from the Council's latest bulletin 
to its local agencies emphasizing the 
importance of this matter follow: 

" In accordance with the wishes of the 
President of the United States, this Coun- 
cil urges you to secure the full and com- 
plete co-operation of groups of foreign 
born in arranging your Independence 
Day celebration. The main point of the 
whole plan is to interest foreign born 
groups as active participants in this 
event. 

" This Council urged you to see to it 
that all foreign born groups are repre- 
sented on this committee. Make the com- 
mittee thoroughly representative and see 
to it that its members are thoroughly 
sympathetic with this big Americaniza- 
tion movement." 

The New Britain War Bureau reported 
to the State Council today that nineteen 
foreign born groups in that city would 
take active part in the Fourth of July 
celebration. 



WAR RESOLUTIONS OF 
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE 

The Protestant Episcopal Dio- 
cese of Connecticut, at its recent 
annual meeting in Hartford, unani- 
mously adopted war resolutions, 
copies of which were received and 
acknowledged by the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense. Copies 
were also sent to President Wilson 
and Governor Holcomb. 

The text of the resolutions 
follows: 

" RESOLVED, That the Diocese 
of Connecticut, through its Con- 
vention now assembled, renews its 
pledge of absolute loyalty to the 
Government of the United States. 
It believes, without the least 
equivocation, in the righteousness 
of the cause for which the nation 
is fighting in this frightful war, 
and that the ideals which have 
been proclaimed by our President 
are fundamental to the safety and 
integrity of our Country. 

" The Convention declares its 
clear and steadfast conviction that 
its faith in the religion of Jesus 
Christ and its advocacy of force to 
the utmost in this war are harmon- 
ized in accordance with the definite 
will of the God of our fathers and 
our God; that to defend our Nation 
as it is assailed by a barbaric and 
heartless enemy, and to fight for 
the protection and preservation of 
our democratic ideals, is a just and 
holy cause concerning which we 
believe this Country must tolerate 
but one mind and heart. 

"RESOLVED: That a copy of 
these Resolutions be sent to the 
President of the United States, to 
the Governor of this State, and to 
the State Council of Defense." 



WILL SUPPLY LABOR 

TO WAR INDUSTRIES 



New Haven manufacturers heard inter- 
esting facts about the work of the United 
States Employment Service at a meeting 
held last week in the New Haven Cham- 
ber of Commerce to invite their interest 
and co-operation. Addresses were made 
by Leo A. Korper, field director for Con- 
necticut, of the United States Employ- 
ment Service, Allen B. Lincoln, associate 
state director; Senator Elijah H. Rogers, 
farm help specialist; Professor Henry P. 
Fairchild, superintendent of the New 
Haven office and Robert W. Budd, super- 
intendent of the Waterbury office. 



Methods followed by the federal fuel ad- 
ministrator for Connecticut in fixing the 
price of coal in communities in this state 
were explained recently by Fuel Adminis- 
trator Thomas W. Russell. Uniform prof- 
its in all localities is one of the aims of 
the administration. That there will be 
an adequate supply of anthracite coal to 
supply the winter needs of all domestic con- 
sumers who wish to secure their coal enrly 
was the confident belief expressed by the 
fuel administrator. 



Task Assigned United States Employ- 

ment Service in Connecticut — 

Mr. Korper at Conference 

A new win-the-war program which will 
delegate to the United States Employ- 
ment Service the task of supplying all 
war industries in Connecticut with labor, 
was announced by Leo A. Korper, state 
director of that government agency upon 
his return from a three days conference 
in Washington, D. C. President Wilson 
has appealed to all employers to make 
full use of this government agency in 
securing labor. 

State directors and district superin- 
tendents of the United States Employ- 
ment Service and state directors of the 
Public Service Reserve from all parts of 
the country, attended the conference 
which was the first war labor conference 
held in the interests of the two branches 
of the United States Department of 
Labor. 

Mr. Korper said that the details of the 
government plan of supplying labor to 
war work plants would be announced 
later and would be effective throughout 
the entire nation. Connecticut received 
a high compliment from Editor Chiquoine 
in an address in which he pointed out 
that this state had given the most effect- 
ive kind of publicity to the varied activi- 
ties of the U. S. Employment Service. 



RULING BY CROWDER 



Applies to Enlistment of Agricultural 
Students in Senior Year 



Only agricultural students in the 
senior year whose standing places them 
in the upper third of the senior year, 
can enlist in the Quartermaster Enlisted 
Reserve Corps, according to a ruling of 
Provost Marshal General Crowder. The 
ruling was made public last week by the 
governor's office to correct an impres- 
sion that all agricultural students could 
enlist in that branch. 

The ruling of the Provost Marshal Gen- 
eral in this connection follows: — 

" Under such regulations as the Quar- 
termaster Ceneral may prescribe, stu- 
dents pursuing the course of agriculture, 
in the senior year, in land grant agricul- 
tural colleges, whose class standing 
places them in the upper third of the 
senior class as determined by the school 
authorities, may enlist in the Enlisted 
Reserve Corps of the Quartermaster De- 
partment, and thereafter, upon presenta- 
tion by the registrant to his Local Board 
of a certificate of such enlistment, such 
certificate shall be filed with the ques- 
tionnaire and the registrant shall be 
placed in Class Five on the ground that 
he is in the military service of the United 
States." 



6 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Statewide Exhibit 
of Food Products 

Raised by Children 

(Continued from page 1) 



ler, chairman of the Committee on Pub- 
licity, during his recent speaking trip 
through the Western coast and Rocky 
Mountain states. 



EMPLOY/WENT SERVICE 

HELPING REGISTRANTS 



Connecticut Officers Ready to Co-op= 

erate in Finding Useful Work for 

Men in Deferred Classes 



Survey of Farms 

in Five Counties 

Tabulated by State 



MEETING OF JUNE 17 

Those present at the Council meeting 
of June 17 were: Governor Marcus H. 
Holcomh, Chairman R. M. Bissell, J. W. 
Alsop. Winchester Bennett, C. A. Good- 
win, L. P. Robinson, Julius C. Stremlau. 
William R. Webster, Justice George W. 
Wheeler of the Council; Ira M. Ornburn, 
Anna B. Sands; and the following Chair- 
men and members of subcommittees: 
Dr. J. T. Black, G. B. Chandler, P. D. 
Cheney, Hon. Joseph F. Dutton, B. F. 
English, Harrison B. Freeman, Stanley 
H. Holmes, Leo A. Korper, Allen B. Lin- 
coln. A. L. Maddock, Elijah Rogers, 
Arthur L. Shipman, Herbert Knox Smith, 
George G. Williams, Margaret Corwin 
and Dr. Valeria H. Parker. 

The Council upon inquiry concerning 
the erection in communities of boards to 
contain the names of soldiers killed or 
wounded in action voted to approve the 
erection by its local agencies of rolls 
of men who have died in the service of 
the nation. The Committee on Publicity 
was requested to recommend to the local 
agencies a uniform and proper heading 
for such rolls. 

Chairman Bissell read an interesting 
summary of the war activities of the vil- 
lage of Unionville as prepared by the 
Unionville War Bureau. It was voted 
that questionnaires be sent to the local 
agencies calling upon them to submit 
reports on their war activities to date. 

Mr. Chandler, chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Publicity made an informal 
report on his western spsaking trip under 
the auspices of the Council of National 
raid Committee on Public Infor- 
mation. Mr. Korper. director for Con- 
necticut of the United States Employ- 
ment Service and Allied Services, re 
ported concerning the conference held in 
Washington under the auspices of the 
U. S. Employment Service and outlined 
the establishment of a federal War Labor 
Policies Board. 

Mayor Joseph F. Dutton. of Bristol 
invited the Council to attend Bristol's 
Americanization Day, July 4. 

Mr. Alsop reported that headquarters 
for the Community Organization Branch 
of the Ordnance department would be 
established in Connecticut by Charles E. 
Coin the state supervisor. 

Miss Corwin reported for the Commit- 
tee on Women's Activities. The com 
mittee recommended that a campaign of 
education be undertaken to secure pro - i 
recognition for the American flag and the 
national anthem. Approval was given 
by the Council of a proposed conference 
of leaders in work among girls as out- 
lined by Dr. Parker for July 10 and 11. 



Productive employment will be found 
for draft registrants in deferred classes 
by the United States Employment Serv- 
ice in Connecticut, the local draft boards 
having been notified to that effect last 
week. It is the desire of the U. S. Em- 
ployment Service to work in co-operation 
with the draft boards in carrying out the 
government's " work or fight " provisions. 
The plan has been endorsed by the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense. 

Leo A. Korper, federal director for 
Connecticut of the United States Employ- 
ment Service, has sent with each letter 
to the local draft boards a batch of appli- 
cation cards to be given registrants who 
desire productive employment and have 
not obtained it. The name, address, age 
and present employment of the registrant 
is to be affixed to the card and also the 
signature of a board member if the board 
has rendered a decision that the regis- 
trant must leave his present non produc- 
tive employment. The card directs the 
registrant to the nearest office of the 
United States Employment Service. 

When he appears at the government 
employment office, the registrant will 
show his card and be directed to some 
essential industry calling for labor. A 
duplicate of the registrant's card will be 
filed at the employment office along with 
the regulation employment card form. 
After he has entered the essential in- 
dustry, the registrant will return his card 
to the government employment office 
where certification will be made thereon 
to show he is engaged in useful labor and 
the card returned to him. This card or 
certificate he will retain in his posses- 
sion with the same care as his military 
registration card as it establishes the 
fact that he has conformed to the orders 
of the national government. 

As it is not the function of draft boards 
to find employment for registrants in de- 
ferred classification:,, it is expected that 
registrants engaged in non-useful labor 
and so classed by their boards will 
promptly avail themselves of the services 
of the government employment agencies 
and facilitate the movement of labor into 
the channels required by the national 
government. 



Connecticut was the first slate in tin 
Union not only to secure a census of its 
man power but also its nurses and nursing 
resources, Governor Holcomh having recog- 
nized the necessity of such action in the pro 
vision for the State Military Census. This 
report supplements the report compiled by 
his " Special Assistants in t ho Military 
Census'' in a speeial report dated March 
31, 1917. Mr. Godard in his report to the 
governor designates Richard A. Perry, now 
engaged in overseas service, and Miss R. 
[nde Albaugh, li. X.. Secretary of the Con- 
necticut Slate Board of Examination and 
Registration of Nurses, as deserving special 
thanks. They were both enthusiastic volun- 
teers in the work of the state census. 



(Continued from page 1. ) 



distribution in the war service library 
being equipped with book pocket and 
charging card. The name of the town 
from which each book comes, is stamped 
on the fly leaf and the donor's name also 
when known. Most of this work has 
been done by volunteers from Hartford 
and surrounding towns. 

Another book-drive after the present 
supply is exhausted, is something not 
anticipated by Public Library Committee 
officials. It is expected that the public 
libraries will keep people's interest main- 
tained in the need of books for war 
libraries so that a steady contribution of 
books will be received without the neces- 
sity of stimulating interest with a book 
campaign. 



BUILDING SHIPS 



Between 600 and 700 Connecticut 

Workmen Called into Patriotic 

Service 



Shipyards in Connecticut have taken 
between 600 and 700 Connecticut work- 
men into the patriotic service of building 
ships for the national government. 
Volunteers who have enlisted in the 
United States Public Service Reserve 
since last February have been placed in 
their new work by the United States Em- 
ployment Service, the official government 
labor agency which with the co-operation 
of the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense has established offices in several 
cities in this state. Recruiting for the 
Public Service Reserve is continuing, the 
local agencies of the State Council act- 
ing as the medium. 

The demand has been principally for 
ship carpenters, house carpenters and 
common laborers, together with a few 
skilled mechanics, according to State 
Director Leo A. Korper. Nearly all of 
the volunteers have been detailed to 
three Connecticut shipyards, only a few 
being sent out of the state. The United 
States Employment Service has been 
supplying the new labor since early in 
May. The volunteers are now building 
ships to win the war at the Grcton Iron 
Works, Groton; the Gildersleeve Ship 
Construction Company, Gildersleeve, and 
the Housatonic Shipbuildng Company, 
Stratford. 

It is the policy of Director Korper first 
to select desirable men from the unem- 
ployed volunteers. When a special class 
of workers is overdrawn in that group, 
men are then taken from non-e:sential 
labor. The department has not found it 
necessary to withdraw any workers from 
essential industries. Before sending men 
to the shipyards, the United States Em- 
ployment Service makes certain that 
good housing or boarding conditions 
await the new workmen. 




Vol. I 



(Eouttgrttrut lullrttti 

Published BNWeekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, JULY 12, 1918 




No. 30 



PROBLEMS SOLVED 
FOR DEPENDENTS 



BY NEW BUREAU 



Edward Field, State Director of Soldiers 
and Sailors' Information Bureau, 
Giving Valuable Assistance to 
Many People — Specimen Inquiries 
Cited to Show Scope of Work 

MOST APPLICATIONS REFER TO 

ALLOWANCES AND ALLOTMENTS 



The Soldiers and. Sailors Information 
Bureau, a new department of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense, is 
proving the wisdom of its establishment 
through daily assistance given families 
and dependents of men in the national 
service. All sorts of problems are laid 
before Edward Field, the state director 
to solve and in a recent interview he 
gave an outline of the work and some 
specimen requests to illustrate the scope 
of activities. 

Every local agency of the State Coun- 
cil has for one of its important functions 
the work of giving information to 
families and dependents of men in serv- 
ice but some of the requests are such 
that they require solution by Mr. Field. 
Besides receiving many of his communi- 
cations from War Bureaus and Town 
Committees, the state director receives 
a large number addressed direct to the 
State Council, or to him, personally. 

Mr. Field in defining the work of the 
Bureau said: "In a broad sense anything 
that effects the interests of a soldier or 
sailor or his family would be proper to 
refer to the Bureau." 

Glancing over some of his recent cor- 
respondence, the state director picked 
out a few specimen inquiries. Hardly a 
day passes but the mails bring a new 
kind of request, showing that the 
Bureau's work is far from monotonous. 

A family desires to know the where- 
abouts of a soldier who neglected to write 
home for many months. Another family 
wishes to know the directions for sending 
money and packages to war prisoners in 
Germany. One letter asks for informa- 
tion as to whether a soldier enlisted in 
this country for service in the Polish 
Army in France can secure insurance 
through the United States Insurance law. 
A woman wants to know if she can go to 
Canada and what restrictions are in 
effect. An insurance company inquires 
whether it can pay the proceeds of a fire 
insurance policy to an enemy alien. A 
widow asks whether she is entitled to a 
pension her soldier husband having died 
soon after service at the Mexican 
Border. 

The above cases are incidental most of 
the appea's for information being in re- 
gard to soldiers' and sailors' allowances 
and allotments. Lately the Bureau has 
received numerous inquiries for defini- 

( Continued on page 6) 



STATE ASSEMBLING WAR WORK EXHIBITS 

OFFICIAL WAR RECORDS PLANNED FOR FAIRS 

APPROPRIATION $5000 



War Bureaus Asked to Report War 

Activities of Communities by 

Means of Questionnaire 



Official and permanent records of the 
war will be compiled for the state 
through information to be supplied the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense 
through questionnaires that are being 
filled out by the War Bureaus and Town 
Committees. A complete report of war 
work to July 1, 1918 is desired. 

The returns will give the number of 
men each community has contributed to 
the army and navy. The number of 
men and women in civilian war service 
will also be recorded. Each locality is 
asked to give the number of men who 
have given their lives in the national 
service. 

An accurate report is requested re- 
garding every war fund campaign of 
national scope. Returns are expected 
regarding the quotas and amounts sub- 
scribed to the Liberty Loans, the Red 
Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., 
the Knights of Columbus and the Salva- 
tion Army drives. The number of Smile- 
age books sold and their value, the quota 
and subscriptions of the War Library 
Fund and the number of books collected 
for soldiers is included in the informa- 
tion desired. 

The questionnaire calls for data con- 
cerning the classes of membership in the 
Red Cross — adult and junior — and the 
percentage the latter holds in relation to 
the entire school attendance. Each town 
is asked to report the supplies furnished 
the Red Cross, namely, hospital gar- 
ments, surgical dressings, knitted goods 
and comfort kits. 

What has been done in behalf of in- 
creased food production is still another 
item. The number of school gardens, 
factory gardens and community gardens 
together with the number of enrollments 
in the Boys' Working Reserve comprise 
the information sought. 

Enrollments in the Public Service Re- 
serve, number of members in the Liberty 
Chorus, if one has been organized in the 
town, and the extent of the child welfare 
work done, are the concluding inquiries. 
Ample space is provided for setting down 
miscellaneous information. 



GAINING MANY RECRUITS 



The County Farm Bureaus are continu- 
ing to report new enrollments in the 
Junior Food Army. The total number 
of recruits to date is 43,772. While but 
four counties have gone " over the top " 
two more are very near their quotas and 
will make their quotas before their can- 
ning enrollment is completed, while some 
counties will soon go 100 per cent, over 
their quotas. 



Special Committee Appointed by State 
Council to Arrange Two Sets of 
Exhibits — Preservation of Con- 
tainers Recommended as a Patriotic 
Duty — War Bureaus to Assist 



REPORT OF FIGURES SECURED 

IN RECENT MEDICAL CENSUS 



A new form of education and publicity 
was recommended to the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense at its meeting 
Monday, July S at the State Capitol. 
Hartford, by the special committee ap- 
pointed to consider the matter of Con- 
necticut war work exhibits. George B. 
Chandler, chairman of the committee re- 
ported a plan for showing the war ex- 
hibits at the various fairs next fall and 
the State Council voted that a special 
committee be appointed and empowered 
to arrange for two sets of exhibits as 
outlined in the report and that $5,000 be 
appropriated for the use of this com- 
mittee. 

The Council passed a vote calling upon 
all dealers, producers and consumers of 
farm produce, as a patriotic duty to co- 
operate in the preservation for re-use of 
containers, recommending that wherever 
practicable a specific rebate be allowed 
for the return of such containers by pur- 
chasers. Recommendation was also 
made that in particular communities 
organized effort be made to prevent the 
destruction and insure the re-use of con- 
tainers not so returned, and that the 
Council direct the War Bureaus of the 
state to assist in fulfilling this purpose. 

Dr. C. C. Godfrey reported for the com- 
mittee on Sanitation and Medicine, giv- 
ing figures established by the State 
Health Department in its recent medical 
census. 

Arthur Howe, chief enrollment officer 
of the United Sates Boys Working Re- 
serve for the state, reported results to 
date. 

Dr. Valeria H. Parker reported the 
plans concerning the conference of 
leaders in girls' work, the Travelers Aid 
conference recently held and the work 
of the policewomen. 

Frank D. Cheney was authorized to 
turn over to the Regional Industrial Com- 
mission, copies of the Industrial Survey 
cards. 



MEETING OF JULY 1 

By vote of the Council. Chairman Bis- 
sel was requested to write the members 
of the Connecticut delegation in Con- 
gress, outlining the scope of the work 
being done by the United States Employ- 
ment Service in Connecticut and the co- 
operative relations between the Service 

(Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



INSIGNIA PROPOSED 
FOR THOSE WHO MOURN 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
subcommittees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.1 HARTFORD, CONN., JULY 12, 1918. No 10 



TOWNS NEED NURSES 

Child Welfare Campaign Aims to Create 
Sentiment for Public Health 

Nurses 



Sentiment is being created in Con- 
necticut communities in favor of one or 
more public health nurses to each com- 
munity as a means of accomplishing 
good results in the child welfare cam- 
paign. The weighing and measuring 
tests for babies have been conducted or 
are in process in sixty-five towns under 
the direction of the Child Welfare Com- 
mittee recently appointed by the Com- 
mittee on Woman's Activities of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense. 

The creation of public sentiment in 
favor of one or more public health nurses 
in every community is the first step in 
the follow up campaign of child conserva- 
tion. Communities are expected to 
assume the responsibility .that comes 
with the discovery of a percentage of 
defective children through the weighing 
and measuring tests. 

All of the cities which employ public 
health nurses and which have completed 
the weighing and measuring tests have 
found the program of work among the 
children so important that they have 
added to their corps of public health 
nurses according to the report of Miss 
Margaret Stack, R. N., field director of 
the Child Welfare Committee. 

Portland was the first town in the 
state to report its weighing and measur- 
ing campaign completed while Canaan 
was the first town to make a summary of 
its child welfare work. The town weigh- 
ing and measuring the largest number of 
babies was New Haven, its grand total 
being approximately 14,000. Physicians 
and nurses engaged in the campaign esti- 
mate that 3,000 of the babies will need 
medical attention to correct various de- 
fective conditions. 



Simple Token of Bereavement Gaining 

Favor Among Women — President 

Wilson Approves 



ADDRESSES LIBRARIANS 



Connecticut's war activities were the 
basis for two important addresses last 
week by George S. Godard, state librarian 
at the annual meeting of the National 
Association of State Librarians held in 
Saratoga, N. Y. Mr. Godard gave an 
address on the Connecticut Military cen- 
sus, the recent farm survey in five 
counties and also had an exhibit of the 
methods used in tabulating the returns 
of the farm survey. 



The wearing of insignia instead of 
mourning by Americans who have lost 
relatives in the war, is a subject intro- 
duced in Connecticut recently by the 
Woman's Committee of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense and character- 
ized as a sentiment that is gaining in 
favor throughout the country. 

By vote of the committee, the atten- 
tion of the women of this state is being 
called to the cordial endorsement of 
President Wilson for the plan. The Pres- 
ident has written, " I do entirely approve 
of the action taken by the Woman's Com- 
mittee of the Council of National De- 
fense in executive session namely, that 
a three inch black band should be worn 
upon which a gilt star may be placed for 
each member of the family whose life is 
lost in the sei-vice, and that the band 
shall be worn on the left arm. I hope 
and believe that thoughtful people every- 
where will approve of this action, and I 
hope you will be kind enough to make the 
suggestion of the committee public, with 
a statement that it has my cordial en- 
dorsement." 

The Woman's Committe of the State 
Council of Defense has received from Dr. 
Anna Howard Shaw, chairman of the 
federal woman's committee, the following 
statement in this matter. " The desire 
to avoid the usual symbols of mourning 
on the part of those who have relatives 
in the army and especially those who 
have lost their loved ones in the coun- 
try's service is highly patriotic and to be 
commended. The constant reminder of 
losses and sorrow must tend to depress 
the spirit of the people and develop a 
feeling of helplessness and despair not 
in keeping with the supreme sacrifices 
which our fighting men and toiling wo- 
men in the field of action are making. 
This badge is not so much a symbol of 
mourning as of the rank of those who 
have been counted worthy to make the 
supreme sacrifice for their country and 
humanity." 

In bringing this matter to the atten- 
tion of this state, the woman's commit- 
tee of the Connecticut defense council 
says that the federal woman's committee 
feels that, if long before any large 
casualty lists come into this country, 
America's women determine that their 
attitude, in spirit and symbol, shall be 
one of bravery and of glory in the great 
cause rather than of isolated mourning 
and depression, national morale will be 
sustained at high level, and individual 
loss will take on a meaning different 
from that in peace time. England's 
women have determinedly avoided 
mourning and the statement is made that 
this has helped them to bear their terri- 
ble losses. 

, of D. 
jUL 23 1918 



GOVERNMENT METHODS 
OF HELPING FARMERS 



United States Employment Service 

and Farm Bureaus Supplying 

Labor 

Methods of supplying labor for Con- 
necticut farms were outlined recently by 
David Elder, field representative of the 
United States Employment Service and 
Senator Elijah Rogers, farm help special- 
ist representing the Department of Agri- 
culture in Connecticut. These officials 
are working in co-operation with the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense and 
its local agencies in securing a maximum 
production of food in behalf of a victori- 
ous war. 

Mr. Elder keeps constantly in touch 
with the sources of labor supply and 
places workers where needed about the 
state. Mr. Rogers devotes his time to 
co-operating with the farmers and County 
Farm Bureaus in ascertaining where 
workers are needed and in what number. 
One official attends to the supply end of 
the employment problem and the other 
the demand end. Their work is so inter- 
related that they have their offices to- 
gether under the direction of Leo A. 
Korper, federal director for Connecticut 
of the United States Employment Service 
at Room 25, State Capitol, Hartford. 

The farmer who is searching for farm 
help will apply at his County Farm 
Bureau if he follows the new plan of call- 
ing on the agencies that are alive to his 
interests. He may communicate with the 
Bureau by mail or telephone, or may 
apply in person. If a branch office of the 
U. S. Employment Service is more con- 
venient he will apply there. 

Farm Bureaus and U. S. Employment 
Service cooperate at all times in the 
work of providing farm labor. When the 
Farm Bureau has drawn upon all the 
available help c n its " employment 
wanted " list it calls upon the U. S. Em- 
ployment Service office to make up the 
deficiency. 

One of the best sources of supply for 
farm labor is found in the large cities. 
Most of the men available for agricul- 
tural work have come originally from 
farms and farming districts. In many 
cases they have been attracted to the 
great centers of population by the wages 
paid in industry- After living under the 
new conditions a while they become dis- 
satisfied and welcome any opportunity to 
return to the soil. 

All grades of farm help are found in 
the cities from the man who is inexperi- 
enced but would like to do his " bit " 
in increasing food production to the man 
who is highly skilled in farming and can 
operate farm machinery and perform 
labor that requires special knowledge. 
Then there are many men who have lived 
and worked on farms who are neither 
classed as laborers or skilled men. 
They are offered a farm job and take it 
even when looking for a job in industry 
at higher wages. 

The farmer has another available 
source of labor supply in the Volunteer 
Farm Helpers who are a body of indus- 
trial workers who are pledged to give 
part time labor on the farms whenever 
needed. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



750,000 Pledges Secured 
In Big War Savings Drive 

Incomplete Returns Show that Connecticut Obtains Desired Sixty Per Cent. 
Enrollment of Its Adults on W. S. S. Enlistment Day. 



Although returns are still far from 
complete there is every indication that 
on June 28 more than 750,000 adults of 
Connecticut pledged themselves to buy 
war savings stamps at regular intervals 
in substantial amounts for the balance 
of the year, according to announcement 
made today at the office of the Connecti- 
cut War Savings Committee at the Capi- 
tol. State Director Howell Cheney was 
confident that when the returns were re- 
ceived complete that the results would 
show a greater per capita number of 
pledges than any other state in New 
England. 

The first city to send in a complete re- 
port was New London, which was re- 
ported by Henry C Chappell, W. S. s. 
Chairman, to have secured more than 
17,000 pledges insuring a sufficient 
amount so that New London will have 
raised its $20 per capita when January 1 
arrives. 

Senator George W. Klett submitted a 
highly satisfactory report for New 
Britain, showing about 42.000 pledges, 
which total amount pledged of $600,000 
and average of nearly $15 per capita. 
This city has already raised more than 
225,000 dollars by the sale of thrift and 
war savings stamps. According to an- 
nouncement made by Director Cheney 
the per capita pledges in New Britain 
are larger than any other city in the 
state which has yet reported. 

Gratifying word was received from 
Saybrook, Westbrook, Madison, Old 
Lyme and Killingworth, showing that 
those communities had all attained a 
record of 100 per cent, in pledges, with 
average amounts of approximately $10 
for every person covered. 

Chairman John T. Chidsey reported 
for Bristol showing 8.000 pledges with 
promised purchases of $100,000, an aver- 
age of $12.50 for each pledge. Simsbury 
and Avon were also on hand with satis- 
factory figures, as was Danbury. 

Chairman William T. Hincks of Bridge- 
port reports more than 60,000 pledges, 
with his final returns yet to be heard 
from. 

The work of compiling the returns in 
Waterbury, New Haven and Hartford is 
still incomplete. A number of smaller 
towns are yet to be heard from. 

The figures available up to the present 
time, many of them incomplete, are as 
follows: 





Number ' tovi r <1 


Amount "1 


Town. 


bj Pledges. 


Pledge. 


New Britain 


42,000 


$700,000.00 


Windsor 


3,420 


30.770.20 


Saybrook 


793 


7,728.32 


Old Lyme 


858 


8,622.61 


Madison 


732 


8,393.75 


Killingworth 


166 


1.0S9.92 


Plainfield 


4.100 


67,000.00 


Sterling 


687 


5,240.49 


Brooklyn 


11,000 


6.000.00 


Canterbury 


260 


2,550.00 


New London 


17,000 


195,000.00 


Danbury 


12,004 


61,000.00 


Windsor Looks 


1,518 


28,580.00 


Norfolk 


691 


5,553.63 


Southington 


1,700 


23,000.00 



Newington 


847 


10.963.15 


Plainville 


2,667 


22,377.60 


Terryville 


2.156 


22,129.80 


Bristol 


10,000 


150.000.00 


Avon 


913 


10,611.22 


Simsbury 


2,100 


30,000.00 


Chaplin 


261 


1.47S.40 


Coventry 


1056 


8,664.92 


Glastonbury 


3,027 


34,600.00 


Newtown 


1,980 


11,361.42 


Preston 


797 


11,191.66 


Southbury 


547 


4,117.03 


Westport 


1,906 


30,054.11 


Woodbridge 


673 


9,640.00 


Burlington 


348 


4,983.75 


East Haddam 


1,220 


9,469.30 


Hebron 


595 


5,386.95 


Manchester 


10,667 


136,1S7.23 


Mansfield 


1,341 


15,064.55 


North Canaan 


1,201 


S.20S.75 


Oxford 


379 


3,771.68 


Putnam 


5,020 


43,463.75 


Salisbury 


1,433 


13,631.42 


Scotland 


257 


2,939.54 


Seymour 


1.492 


21.518.84 


Sherman 


249 


3,297.00 


Sprague 


1,539 


18,207.39 


Wellington 


647 


11,789.59 


Winchester 


3,726 


38,244.99 


Branford 


5,105 


43.158.76 


Thompson 


3,192 


24,876.27 


Andover 


244 


2,143.17 


Beacon Falls 


1,214 


15,934.41 


(Con 


tinued on page 4. 




TEAM WORK WILL 


WIN 



When an American citizen, instead of 

spending $100 for something he wants, 

denies himself and lends the money to 

the Government he performs a double 

ice. 

First, he furnishes our Government 
with $100 to use in the prosecution of the 
war. 

Second, he has relieved to the extent 
of $100 the drain on our goods and serv- 
ices; that is, material and labor. 

To make the articles or article he 
would have bought, or to manufacture 
others to take their place in the market 
would require materials and labor. In 
addition, to get the article to him, labor 
and freight space would be required. 

By doing without the article, he has 
left material to be used for war pur- 
poses, labor to be used in the same way, 
and he has also relieved the transporta- 
tion facilities of the country. 

This may not be much in an individual 
case, but when hundreds of thousands 
and millions of Americans pursue this 
course it means millions and millions of 
dollars left for uses of the nation in this 
war, millions of hours of labor free to do 
war work, and a vast amount of freight 
space free for national uses. 

These sacrifices are easy to make; 
they are small and trivial compared to 
the sacrifices that our soldiers and 
sailors make daily while they offer con- 
stantly their lives for their country — 
the greatest sacrifice of all. 



WOMEN ARE ACTIVE IN 
WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN 



State W. S. S. Directors Report Com- 
prehensive Plans for Using Various 
Women's Organizations. 



Forty-two States have made report to 
Washington in reference to the work of 
women in connection with W. S. S. 
Some State Directors report that the 
success of the campaign to date in their 
States has depended largely upon the 
work of women. Others report that the 
women have responded whenever called 
upon, but that no effort has been made to 
organize or systemize the work. Still 
other State Directors have failed abso- 
lutely in securing or even asking for the 
support of the women. 

The National Committee feels that not 
only should the women of the various 
States be encouraged to take part in the 
campaign through their own clubs and 
organizations already established, but 
thai the work for them should be care- 
fid ly outlined, putting them in charge of 
special committees and definite and 
specific lines of work adopted. 

The following organizations in each 
State have been particularly helpful to 
State Directors in organizing women's 
work for War Savings: 

State Federation of Women's Clubs 
Women's Committee of Council of 
National Defense 

Congress of Mother's and Parent- 
Teacher's Association 

International Congress of Farm Women 
Women's Suffrage Organization 
State Teacher's Associations 
Experience in the various States has 
proven that women are most interested 
and successful in the following lines of 
work : 

1. Intensive house to house canvass- 
ing. 

2. Working in committees assigned 
to various districts and under women 
chairmen. 

3. Superintending work in the schools. 

4. Securing agencies and keeping in 
touch with agencies after they are estab- 
lished, especially throughout resident 
districts. 

5. Establishing and conducting W. S. 
S. booths placed in railroad stations, 
office and public buildings, stores, factor- 
ies, etc. 

6. Forming War Savings Societies, 
especially in schools, churches, neighbor- 
hoods, women's clubs. 



BITS OF THRIFTOLOGY 



One W. S. S. is a lonely thing, so keep 
on buying. 

It is a flat purse that has no Thrift 
Stamp in it. 

Would you rather go to a ball game 
or help save a soldier's life? 

Your money will be of no use to you 
unless we win the war, it will be of use 
to the Germans. Do you want that to 
happen? 

Think of the fate of Belgium — slaves 
to the law-trampling Germans, deported 
to work in the land of the enemy. Buy 
W. S. S. and help put an end to such 
barbarism. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CLEAR ROAD AHEAD 
FOR "SMILEAGE" BUYERS 



Richard Wayne, State Director of 

Sales, Sees Good Outlook for 

"Smileage" Books 



A clear road ahead for " Smileage 
Books " is the outlook that Richard 
Wayne, the state director, has found 
now that, the big campaigns for war funds 
are over. Just as the Liberty Bonds 
were oversubscribed in Connecticut, and 
the Red Cross liberally remembered and 
a big enlistment reported on War Sav- 
ings pledges so Mr. Wayne expects the 
buying of Smileage Books on a scale even 
greater than any time in the past. 

Smileage Books admit soldiers in can- 
tonments and camps into one of the 
brightest sides of army life — that of 
wholesome amusement during off-hours. 
Liberty theaters within the environs of 
the cantonments and camps present some 
of the best theatrical productions of the 
season and in addition good movies and 
lectures. 

The average soldier has enough routine 
expenses to use up his pay without dig- 
ging down into his pockets for Smileage. 
His relatives and friends and the other 
good people of the state are expected 
to do that. Smileage comes in two sizes, 
the $1 book and the $5 book. The state 
director anticipates that chairmen of 
War Bureaus and Town Committees will 
make an extra effort the coming months 
to increase the popularity of smileage to 
such an extent that thousands of Con- 
necticut soldiers will be singing the 
praises of the folks at home who have 
been thoughtful enough to buy their 
amusement for them. 

Smileage Books are in one degree like 
Thrift Stamps. They are for sale at all 
times and they have come to stay. Smile- 
age should have an established clientele 
in Connecticut. Books should be bought 
and given away as a generous habit. 

There is no question about such a gift 
being appreciated. 

Try it and see. 

Buy a Smileage Book today ami send 
it to some soldier lad. 

One Smileage Book will not last for- 
ever. 

Buy another and keep on buying them. 

As a means to happiness for donor as 
well as recipient it is hard to beat. 

Anyone who does not happen to have 
a relative or friend in the national serv- 
ice is not by any means free of the obliga- 
tion to buy Smileage books. Camp com- 
manders are authorized to receive Smile- 
age Books and distribute them among the 
men who are not so fortunate as to be 
remembered through the customary 
channels. 

Most communities in the state have 
been supplied with Smileage. Some of 
them have fully realized the amusement 
needs of the soldiers and have kept the 
books constantly before the public and 
accomplished big results in sales. A 
" Speeding up " of sales in the alert 
communities is one ambition of the 
state director and the other is an early 
and constant effort on the part of other 
communities to make the buying of 
Smileage a fixed habit. 



750,000 Pledges 

Secured in War 

Savings Drive 



(Continued from page 2) 



Town. 



Chester 

i 'linton 

East Granby 

East Haven 

Fairfield 

Goshen 

Granby 

Guilford 

Hartland 

Killingly 

Litchfield 

Lyme 

Middlebury 

Milford 

Morris 

Norfolk 

No. Branford 

Wilton 

Woodstock 

Darien 

Easton 

Stratford 

Trumbull 

Avon 

Bristol 

East Hartford 

East Windsor 

Simsbury 

South Windsor 

West Hartford 

Sharon 

Thomas ton 

Westbrook 

Bethany 

North Haven 

Wolcott 

East Lyme 

Groton 

Montville 

New London 

Waterford 

Brooklyn 

Cantei'bury 

Hampton 

I'lainfield 

Sterling 

Bloomfield 

Bridgewater 

Cheshire 

Colchester 

Columbia 

Cornwall 

Eastford 

East Windsor 

Enfield 

Essex 

Griswold 

Kent 

Killingworth 

Lisbon 

Naugatuck 

New Canaan 

No. Stonington 

Norwich 

Pomfret 

Portland 

Redding 

Ridgefield 

Saybrook 

Somers 

So. Windsor 

Stafford 

Stonington 

Union 

Hartford 

Stamford 



Number ' lovered 
by Pledges. 

891 

975 

814 
1,452 
1,848 

330 
1,100 
1,587 

261 
3,540 
2.649 

445 

196 
4,854 

310 

763 

612 

362 

901 
1,440 

642 
5,239 
1,340 

913 

11,100 

4,282 

1,056 

2,245 

458 
4,584 

984 
1,641 

793 

259 

951 

293 

722 

3,969 

1,587 

18,574 

2,002 

821 

275 

257 
4,100 

687 

681 

286 

1,524 

426 

490 

328 
1,977 
5,757 
1,758 
1,755 

420 

324 

432 
7,260 
2,279 

446 

18,000 

1,159 

1,977 

1.046 

1.366 

558 

1,512 

3,246 

3,320 

185 

65,000 

1S.000 



Amount oi 
Pledge. 

10,110.80 
8,529.70 
9,338.28 

10,981.80 

21,851.62 
3,767.94 
8,000.00 

14,155.53 
965.79 

36,035.74 

29,524.30 
3,237.58 
9,066.72 

42,49S.72 
2,282.72 
7,317.45 
6,278.60 
3,847.62 
5,992.95 

10,415.07 
6,784.30 

49,57S.OO 
9,133.08 

10,611.22 
147.163.2S 

27,398.94 

19,976.65 

28,801.36 
3,927.37 

54,864.80 

19,169.13 
7,728.32 
3,259.20 

10,547.51 
3,488.73 

11,685.15 

52,738.74 



216,242.85 

19,381.54 

6,048.83 

2,505.68 

2,939.94 

67,000.00 

5,240.49 

5,856.75 

2,051.24 

18,000.00 

6,451.60 

4,907.48 

5.509.2S 

3.359.4S 

36,173.66 

65,697.03 

19,335.49 

12.393.30 

3,326.08 

2,422.56 

2,105.16 

79,769.35 

38,917.75 

2,118.67 



NEED MORE RECRUITS 



Men will be Taken for Tank Corps at 
Hartford on July 18 



13,678.15 

26,660.73 

11,493.26 

7,391.12 

12,306.35 

9,486.79 

15,109.48 

36,029.91 

34,549.53 

1,006.71 

800,000.00 

300,000.00 



Recruits for the Tank Corps of the 
National Army will be taken by Lieuten- 
ant John R. MacMillan when he visits 
Hartford, July 18. The state contributed 
over 100 excellent soldiers to the tank 
service during the last drive for recruits 
and a renewal of the opportunity to join 
is expected to net good results. Men of 
military age will be recruited through 
the office of Leo A. Korper, federal 
director for Connecticut of the United 
States War Service Exchange and the 
United States Public Service Reserve, 
government agencies with which the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense co- 
operates. 

Lieut. MacMillan will meet prospective 
recruits at Mr. Korper's office, Room 25, 
State Capitol for one or two days. Ap- 
plicants should make appointments at 
once through Mr. Korper. Lieut. Mac- 
Millan succeeds Lieutenant T. W. Crosby 
in conducting the recruiting in this state. 

The Tank Corps is taking men of mili- 
tary age regardless of draft classification. 
Those subject to an early draft call are 
advised to act promptly if they prefer 
the tank service to any other branch of 
national service. In its call for men the 
Tank Corps is especially desirous of en- 
listing or inducting red-blooded two 
list oil men who relish the aggressive 
front line engagements in tank warfare. 

All applicants are required to possess 
soldierly qualities of courage, stamina 
and initiative combined with a physique 
equal to the emergencies of this motor- 
ized unit. Because its ranks are filled 
with men of high standards mentally and 
physically, the Tank Corps expects to 
establish an enlisted personnel second to 
none in the army today. This aim pro- 
vides only another inducement for the 
right men. 



MEETINGS OF W. 
SOCIETIES 



s. s. 



Hold meetings occasionally or regu- 
larly if possible. Get together for even 
ten or fifteen minutes or get a little 
time in a regular meeting, if you meet 
as a class or a club. 

The War Savings Society Bureau will 
help you with program ideas to make it 
interesting. 

Patriotic playlets can be staged, war- 
savings songs may be sung, letters from 
soldier-boys at the front can be read, a 
membership contest waged and good 
public speakers on war subjects obtained. 

Use your wits and do everything to 
" put across " the big idea of Thrift to 
Win the War. 

Send your ideas to the local War Sav- 
ings Committee for the benefit of other 
societies. 



New Haven 

Waterbury 

Unionville 

Voluntown 

Warren 

Watertown 

Woodbury 



80,000 


700,000.00 


35,000 


500,000.00 


2,698 


11,340.63 


169 


1,233.53 


. . 


2,590.00 




44,940.18 


1,163 


7,578.01 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



PUTTING FARM SURVEY 

INTO PRACTICAL USE 



Farmers Being Warned of Pests - 

Maximum Results Desired from 

Farm Machinery 



The recent farm survey of five Con- 
necticut counties is being used to the 
benefit of potato growers and truck gar- 
deners by timely warnings to them of the 
blights and pests that threaten their 
products. Other possibilities of using the 
tabulated survey to advantage were antic- 
ipated by the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense when it authorized the county 
surveys. The Committee on Food Sup 
ply and Conservation of the State Coun- 
cil and the County Farm Bureaus to- 
gether with the State Agricultural col- 
lege at Storrs, are the source from which 
farmers are now being assisted in com- 
batting destructive forces on the farms. 
Each County Farm Bureau is being 
supplied with a classified list of farmers 
from the tabulated information recently 
assembled at the state library with the 
same machinery used in compiling the 
state military census. These classified 
lists will serve many purposes. 

For the present the Committee on Food 
Supply and Conservation and the County 
Farm Bureaus are realizing the wide 
scope of possibilities in the farm survey 
that will be beneficial to the farmers in 
(heir counties. Besides keeping the 
potato growers and truck gardeners in 
touch with conditions relating to their 
products other important work is being 
done. 

When the survey was taken record was 
made of the farmers who had farm ma- 
chinery on hand. Experts connected 
with the Farm Bureaus will now visit 
these farmers to learn the condition of 
their reapers, binders, threshers and 
tractors. Assistance will be given in 
putting defective machinery in order. 
Owners will be asked if they are willing 
to operate their machinery for neighbor- 
ing farmers who are without mechanical 
equipment. Those willing to do outside 
work but who need extra labor, will be 
furnished with help by the co-operation 
of their County Farm Bureau, the local 
agencies of the State Council of De- 
fense and commercial organizations in 
the individual communities. 

In counties where tobacco is grown in 
large quantity, like in Hartford County, 
the names of all tobacco growers are 
assembled from the tabulated survey. 
When there is information of exclusive 
interest to tobacco growers and when 
there is a movement of interest only to 
farmers in that class, the County Farm 
Bureaus will have the list on hand for 
mailing purposes and campaign can- 
vasses. Next year for instance, it is 
proposed in Hartford County to request 
the tobacco farmers to increase the 
acreage they devote to food crops and 
the classified list in the farm survey will 
be convenient for that purpose as well 
as many other purposes. 

All owners of swine whose names and 
inventory of stock appear in the farm 
census, have had their names and live- 
stock data turned over to the County 
Farm Bureaus. Increased production of 
pork is one of the principal food aims 
of the national and state food adminis- 
trations. 



COUNTY QUOTAS 

Number of Quarts of Canned Goods 

Housewives are Expected 

To Can 



Housewives of Connecticut are being 
called upon to pledge themselves to can 
a definite number of quarts of fruits and 
vegetables as their contribution toward the 
quota of five million quarts which has 
been set for the state. One million 
quarts of the state's quota will be 
canned by the boys and girls of the 
Junior Food Army which leaves four 
million to be put up by the housewives. 

Miss Emily H. Whitney of New Haven, 
chairman of the sub-committee on Home 
Canning, working with Miss M. Estella 
Sprague, A. J. Brundage, I. G. Davis. 
S. P. Hollister and Miss Maud E. Hayes 
of the Connecticut Agricultural College 
have completed the plans for taking the 
enrollment of Connecticut housewives 
through the home economics organiza- 
tions of the County Farm Bureaus. The 
distribution of enrollment cards is now 
well under way and the organization is 
practically complete for the drive opened 
this week. 

The committee points out that by add- 
ing a few quarts to her pledge each 
woman will do her part towards swelling 
the total for her county. They also em- 
phasize the necessity for a thorough can- 
vass of every community in the state by 
those in charge of the campaign in order 
that full credit be given for the canning 
work done in each county. Every house- 
wife who intends to can this year should 
see that her pledge is included in the 
report of her county. 

The following quotas have been set: — 
New Haven County 1,340,000 quarts 

Fairfield County 1,172,500 quarts 

Hartford County 1,172,500 quarts 

New London County 402,000 quarts 

Litchfield County 335,000 quarts 

Windham County 234,500 quarts 

Middlesex County 234.000 quarts 

Tolland County 134,000 quarts 



USING MORE MILK 



FARMERS WATCH TRACTOR 



Demonstrations in Six Counties 
Well Attended 



The farm tractor demonstrations held 
by the County Farm Bureaus in six coun- 
ties late in June were attended by 540 
farmers. These demonstrations were 
conducted in co-operation with (lie Ford- 
son Company which produces the Ford- 
son tractor. At two demonstrations the 
Cleveland land tractor was also demon- 
strated. 

The tractors were demonstrated in 
every case under typical Connecticut 
conditions; side hills, heavy rocks and in 
sonic cases rocky fields handicapped the 
work of the machines. Reports show 
very satisfactory results. County Agent 
A. W. Manchester of Litchfield County 
reports that farmers were favorably 
impressed with the work of the tractors 
even under unfavorable conditions. 



Campaign in New Britain Under 

Auspices of Food Supply 

Committee 

Preliminary reports from New Britain 
indicate a decided increase in the con- 
sumption of milk in that city as a re- 
sult of the co-operative campaign con- 
ducted there by the Committee of Food 
Supply, Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense, Hartford County League and Farm 
College and the United States Food 
Bureau, the Connecticut Agricultural 
Administration, 

Dealers not only report an increase in 
sales of whole milk, but a decided in- 
crease in the demand for skim milk to 
be used in the making of cottage cheese 
and other dishes to be used as meat sub- 
stitutes. One restaurant which was 
visited by a member of the staff of the 
Committee of Food Supply rerorted that 
the number of customers calling for a 
glass of milk with their meals- were sev- 
eral times larger than was the case pre- 
vious to the campaign. 

Several demonstrators from the Con- 
necticut Agricultural College spent two 
weeks in the city and held demonstra- 
tions in stores, schools and other avail- 
able places. The New Britain War 
Bureau which had charge of the local 
arrangements for the demonstrations re- 
port an unusually keen interest, the 
largest attendance at any one demonstra- 
tion being over 800 people. 



SLACKER HEN DOOMED 



Campaign of Two Months to Eliminate 

Fowls that are Large Consumers 

and Small Producers 



The County Farm Bureaus, co-operat- 
ing with the Connecticut Agricultural 
College and the Committee of Food Sup- 
ply, Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense, will put on a campaign during 
August and September to eliminate 
slacker hens. If the plans being worked 
out by R. E. Jones, Extension Poultry- 
man, materialize, there will be a demon- 
stration of the methods of selecting these 
slacker hens in every town in the State. 
These demonstrations will be arranged 
and advertised by the Farm Bureaus 
through their local organization. 

There are slightly less than a million 
hens in Connecticut. In every flock of 
any size there are " slackers " that eat 
much grain and produce but few eggs in 
return. That the non-producing hens 
can In' eliminated is shown by the results 
of last year's demonstrations. Ten thou- 
sand one hundred and ninety-five hens 
were handled at these demonstrations 
and forty per cent, were rejected. The 
elimination of these hens reduced the 
egg production only eight per cent, in 
til? flocks handled. Large quantities of 
grain were saved and a considerable 
supply made available by these dem- 
onstrations. 

Demonstrations should be arranged 
through the County Farm Bureau office. 



6 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



War Work Exhibits 
Planned for Fairs 

Approriation $5000 

(Continued from page 1) 

and the Council. The vote was in re- 
sponse to a request for action urging 
liberal appropriations by Congress for 
the United States Public Service Reserve 
which request was received by Mr. 
Korper from W. E. Hall, director of the 
Reserve. 

Upon recommendation of Mr. Korper. 
it was voted that the Executive Depart- 
ment draw up plans for an investigat'on 
of available rooming facilities by War 
Bureaus in New London, Derby. Meriden 
and other cities as advisable. The Coun- 
cil of National Defense and the Bureau 
of Industrial Housing have recommended 
canvass of this character in industrial 
centers 

The Executive Department was author- 
ized to circulate the blanks for " Con- 
necticut War Records " among the towns 
of the state. 

Authorization was given the statewide 
appeal for funds to be made by the Con- 
Lcut Children's Aid Society. 

The report of the Committee on 
Woman's Activities was presented by 
Miss Corwin. The recommendations re- 
garding a Motor Messenger Corps that 
appeared in the report were discussed 
and the chairman appointed as a com- 
mittee on the subject of Connecticut 
Motor Corps, Miss Corwin. Messrs. Good- 
win. Giddings and Freeman. The Coun- 
cil approved an educational campaign 
by the Woman's Committee, the expense 
not to exceed $100. 

The reading of the regular reports of 
sub-committees was postponed until the 
Council's next meeting. 

F. D. Cheney reported on a recent 
conference at which the matter of re- 
gional industrial commissions was dis- 
cussed. Bradford D. Pierce, Jr., of 
Bridgeport, was nominated as chief of 
the regional industrial commission for 
the Second District, in which Connecti- 
cut is included. Charles L. Taylor and 
F. D. Cheney were selected as assistants 
to the district chief. Connecticut's In- 
dustrial Survey will be used in connec- 
tion with this work. 



CONNECTICUT PRAISED 

FOR MORE INITIATIVE 



"Waterbury Plan" of Recruiting Labor 

for War Industries Initiated 

Before National Edict 



Problems Solved 
For Dependents 

By New Bureau 

(Continued from page 1.) 



National attention has been called to 
Connecticut initative by the United 
States Employment Service through its 
official publication, " The U. S. Employ- 
ment Service Bulletin " in which the 
" Waterbury Plan " of recruiting labor 
for war production is explained. The 
plan as worked out by Superintendent 
Robert W. Budd of the Waterbury office 
and Leo A. Korper, director for Connecti- 
cut of the U. S. Employment Service, was 
successfully executed in advance of the 
national government mandate for recruit- 
ing common labor for war industries. 

The " Waterbury Plan," as it is called, 
conceived and put into execution to cover 
skilled labor while the national regula- 
tion placing recruiting of labor in the 
hands of the U. S. Employment Service, 
exclusively, for the present applies only 
to common labor. It came to public 
notice when manufacturers of essentials 
and non-essentials in Waterbury held a 
meeting with Superintendent Budd. The 
120 manufacturers present employ ap- 
proximately 45,000 workers and sixty par 
cent of the output of these manufacturers 
is war materials. 

The conference agreed on the creation 
of a committee consisting of two manu- 
facturers of non-essentials, one manufac- 
turer of essentials to work with Superin- 
tendent Budd in the withdrawal of 
workers from one industry to another. 

Besides arranging for withdrawals the 



tion of the " Work or Fight " regulations. 
In all cases the Bureau endeavors to 
solve each individual problem or settle 
any misunderstanding. 

Where it is a question of financial re- 
lief it is passed over to the Civilian Re- 
lief department of the American Red 
Cross Society. Mr. Field is working in 
complete co-operation with the Red 
Cross in all cases. 

The Bureau is operated at a minimum 
expense which is limited to postage and 
stationery. Its business is handled in the 
office of the Public Utilities Commission 
at the State Capitol. Mr. Field is auditor 
and statistician of the Commission and 
is serving the Bureau in a voluntary 
capacity. He has volunteer assistance 
in the services of Miss Louise M. Potter, 
ass,': tant and stenographer 

of the Commission. 

Each member of the Commission and 
the secretary as well as the whole office 
force, are in addition to their regular 
official duties, giving generously of their 
time to war work while two members of 
its staff are in France, one a major in 
the Engineer Corps and the other with 
the Y. M. C. A. 



B A STILE DAY 



HIGHWAY PROBLEMS 



Must Be Submitted to New Federal 

Agency if of Government 

Interest 



State Highway Commissioner Charles 

J. Bennett has received instructions from 

conference has had other good results. ti le United States Highways Council that 

all highway problems of governmental 



Clergymen throughout Connecticut are 
being requested this week to take the 
leadership in giving the people the true 
significance of Bastile Day, July 14, when 
America will join hands with her glori- 
ous ally, France, in celebrating an anni- 
v. rsary in French history that compares 
to America's Independence Day. The 
Publicity Committee of the Connecticut 
Stale Council of Defense is arranging 
with clergymen for suitable recognition 
of the day because it falls on Sunday. 

Tributes to France and her matchless 
courage in the fight for human liberties, 
will be the rule in many church pulpits 
and the national anthem of France, 
•' The Marseillaise " will be rendered. 
Definite plans are already being made by 
some communities for a public celebra- 
tion of Bastile Day and this spirit is be- 
ing encouraged in all parts of the state. 



The labor turnover in Waterbury is be 
ing checked daily. The name and 
address of every worker leaving a plant 
voluntarily or by discharge and the rea- 
sons are filed with the U. S. Employment 
Service each morning by the various 
factories. A series of patriotic advertise- 
ments paid for by the manufacturers 
appeared in the Waterbury papers urging 
workers to " stick to the job." A room- 
ing committee has been organized to find 
available quarters for the new workers. 
One of the big results of the new rela- 
tions between the manufacturers and the 
U. S. Employment Service is the under- 
standing that the government agency 
should handle all labor recruiting. 



The appointment of H. J. Martindale, 
of Meriden, as superintendent of the 
Willimantic office of the United States 
Employment Service was announced this 
week by Leo A. Korper, federal director 
of Connecticut. Mr. Martindale succeeds 
W. C. Norris and will begin his new 
duties Monday, July 15. He has been 
employed since last February by the 
Publicity Committee of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense. Previous to 
his association with state war work he 
was for thirteen years employed in the 
news department of the Meriden Record 
and for seven years of that time was city 
editor. 



nature must first be submitted to that 
body. The Transportation Committee of 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
is particularly interested in this new 
development of highway matters. 

In a statement covering the administra- 
tive and organization functions of the 
newly organized United States Highways 
Council that body emphasizes the great 
need of conserving money, transporta- 
tion, labor and materials by restricting 
highway and street work to the most 
essential needs. 

Last February the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense recommended to Con- 
necticut communities that they refrain 
from making public improvements not 
absolutely essential to the general wel- 
fare for the period of the war. It has 
been the war policy of the state highway 
department to confine its work to main 
thoroughfares. 

The United States Highways Council 
considers that new construction is justi- 
fied only where the highways are vitally 
important toward the winning of the war 
or for the movement of essential com- 
modities. It considers the maintenance 
of existing streets and highways logically 
should rank first in importance and that 
the reconstruction of those sections of 
improved highways and streets which 
have become too defective for mainte- 
nance should next receive attention. 




(Eflmtgrtirttt Ittllrtm. 

Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. II 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, JULY 26, 1918 



No. 1 



NEW BUREAU STARTED 
FOR AMERICANIZATION 
WORK IN CONNECTICUT 



Board of Control Authorizes $10,000 
Appropriation for Work with the 
Foreign.Born Population of the 
State — Will Co=operate with Es = 
tablished City Agencies 



COUNCIL HOPES BOARD 

WILL BECOME PERMANENT 



The establishment of a State Bureau 
of Americanization has been authorized 
by action of the State Board of Control. 
at the recommendation of the Connecti- 
cut State Council of Defense. Plans for 
its organization are being completed by 
a committee of the defense council. 

The action of the Board of Control was 
as follows: "Voted, that the Board of 
Control, under the Provisions -of Chapter 
44, Public Acts of 1917, will from time to 
time order payments by the comptroller 
of such sums as may be found necessary 
for assistance rendered to the governor, 
through the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense, or otherwise, to the government 
of the United States, for the expenses of 
a Bureau of Americanization in Connecti- 
cut, provided that such expenditure shall 
not exceed, without further authority 
from this board, $10,000." 

It was learned from the executive de- 
partment of the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense that the council's recom- 
mendation to the Board of Control that a 
Bureau of Americanization, be established 
in Connecticut is the result of exhaustive 
investigation seeking ideals of better citi- 
zenship. When the experiment has been 
tried and on the basis of the experience 
gained, it is expected that a proposal 
that the bureau be made an arm of the 
state government will be presented at the 
next legislature. 

There has been a council committee 
on this work, and both Hartford and New 
Britain have municipal Americanization 
boards. The new organization with a 
bigger scope, is prompted by the feeling 
that the need exists for wise, strong, and 
immediate action to preserve American 
institutions and ideals. Stanley H. 
Holmes of New Britain, who was chair- 
man of the original Americanization 
Committee of the defense council, has 
been chosen chairman of the committee 
which will have charge of the American- 
ization work. Chancellor John G. Murray 
of Hartford, Julius C. Stremlau of Meri- 
den, Henry C. Morrison of the State 
Board of Education, Judge B. F. Gaffney 
of New Britain. Edward M. Day of Hart- 
ford, A. S. Ambrose of Bridgeport and 
James T. Moran of New Haven are the 
members already selected for this com- 
mittee. Other appointments to member- 
ship will be announced later as they are 
made. 

The work will be started along the 

(Continued on page 5) 



LETTERS HELP VICTORY 



Never neglect writing letters to 
the fighting men abroad. Besides 
the comfort and happiness that 
home letters bring, they have a 
military importance as well. In 
the Russo-Japanese War, letters 
were considered such an important 
element in success that the Japan- 
ese generals often withheld soldiers' 
mail until just before an important 
attack, when it was distributed 
in large quantities. Fired with 
thoughts of home, the Japanese 
carried their letters to victory. 



COMMISSIONS ARE NAMED 
BY GOVERNOR TO MEET 
HIGH RENT SITUATION 



Alleged Profiteering and Lack of 
Housing Facilities in State Indus ° 
trial Centers will be Controlled — 
Bridgeport, Waterbury, New 
Haven and New London Boards 
Named 



" RENT=A»ROOM " CAMPAIGNS 

ALSO TO AFFORD RELIEF 



The rent situation throughout the state 
is being put under more complete sur- 
veillance by further action of Governor 
Holcomb. Special commissions have 
been named for Bridgeport. Waterbury 
New Haven, and New London, and prep- 
arations for similar action in other indus- 
trial centers are under way. 

This matter was brought about by the 
investigation of alleged exorbitant rents 
in Waterbury made by the commission 
for the governor and the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense. To meet the 
situation the governor wrote to judges 
having jurisdiction in summary process 
action in industrial centers and requested 
their aid in making it impossible for 
grasping landlords to hamper war work 
by " rent profiteering." 

The suggestion of the governor was 
in effect that, when the summary process 
action came before him seeking the evic- 
tion of a tenant for the- non-payment of 
rent, which the tenant alleged to be ex- 
orbitant, the judge should cause the facts 
to be ascertained and if it appeared that 
public welfare or any one interested 
would suffer by the increased rental, he 
should postpone the summary process 
action until after the war is over. 

The governor accepted the recom- 
mendation of the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense that in places where the 
number of cases of this kind appeared to 
warrant it, special commissions should 
be appointed to investigate these matters 
(Continued on page 4.) 



AUTOMOBILE ECONOMY 
IS URGED IN LETTER 
TO STATE DEALERS 



Garage Men and Owners to Reduce 
Motor Repairs and Expense — Bureau 
of Americanization Gets State Appro= 
priation — Motor Messenger Corps is 
Discussed 



RE-EDUCATK N OF DISABLED 

SOLDIERS IS CONSIDERED 



Every automobile dealer in the state 
has received a request to adopt all means 
of cutting down unnecessary expense, 
waste of materials, and use of unessen- 
tial use of labor in his own shop and, 
so far as possible, to urge the same 
policy upon his patrons by informing 
them of methods of economy. The main 
effort is directed toward cutting down 
the use of garage men for road repairs 
and minor repairs in the shops, in order 
that garages may release men for more 
essential mechanics. Dealers are urged 
to make every effort to teach owners and 
users of cars to take care of their own 
road troubles whenever possible without 
sending to the nearest garage, to make 
their own repairs at home, and to be 
properly and completely equipped for re- 
pair work by having their tools in order 
and extra tires and tubes to cover emer- 
gencies. For the same end it is urged 
that the issuing of free coupon books and 
service cards be discontinued. So far 
as practical all labor and materials 
should be sold orf a cash basis, and 
proper shop methods be installed to 
remedy in every possible way the waste 
of gasoline, oil, and other materials. 

These recommendations were adopted 
at the regular weekly meeting of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense at 
the State Capitol on July 15. Those 
>nt were: Chairman Richard M. Bis- 
sell, Joseph W. Alsop. Winchester Ben- 
nett. Charles A. Goodwin. Lucius F. 
Robinson. Julius C. Stremlau, of the 
Council; Ira M. Ornburn, Anna B. Sands, 
and the following chairmen and members 
of sub-committees: George B. Chandler, 
Frank D. Cheney, B. F. English, Harrison 
B. Freeman. Dr. C. C. Godfrey, Edward 
P. Jones, Aubrey L. Maddock. Alton T. 
Minor, Arthur L. Shipman, Herbert Knox 
Smith, Louis S. Smith, and Richard 
Wayne. 

Mr. Bissell reported that the board of 
control had agreed to meet the expense 
of a Bureau of Americanization, a plan 
that has been under consideration and 
investigation by the council for some 
time. The Bureau will take up the work 
of inculcating American ideals and patri- 
otism in the foreign-born element of 
this state with the expectation that legis- 
lative action may be taken at the next 
session of the General Assembly to make 

(Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



MAIL FOR WAR PRISONERS 



Correct 



Forms of Address for Letters, 
Money and Packages 



CE LEBRATE BASTILE DAY 



Many in Connecticut Honor French 

National Holiday -^^\(f 

Bastile Day, July 14, was celebrated ,C* 



American prisoners of war in Germany 

or Austria will receive communications thi r o 7g h o U fconnectlcut; Thl demonsto 

from this country if their letters are waterbury was almost a state 

correctly addressed Letters should be celebration> delegations going from the 

sent through the New York post office lr cities Hart£ord Bridgeport and 

and the rank of the addressee carefully ,., „.„„ h „ fl ,„,.„„ n,-,,..,-.-! npipi^a- 



Vol.Il HARTFORD. CONN., JULY 26, 1918. No. 1 



CHANGE ORGANIZATION OF 

WOMEN ON DEFENSE COUNCIL 



Miss Ruutz Rees Resigns as Chairman 

of Committee— Mrs. Beach 

Appointed Division Head 



The resignation of Miss Caroline Ruutz 
Rees of Greenwich as chairman of the 
Women's Committee of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense has been ac- 
cepted by executive action of the coun- 
cil. Miss Ruutz Rees stated that she 
needed more time for the management 
of the girls' school of which she is the 
head. The reorganization of the com- 
mittee into the Women's Division and the 
appointment of Mrs. T. Belknap Beach 
of Hartford as chairman of the new divi- 
sion were announced after the executive 
session of the women on July 23. Mrs. 
Beach was formerly chairman of the 
Women's Committee of the Hartford War 
Bureau. 

This reorganization changes the former 
separate organizatipn of women, with 
separate sub-committees, to a division of 
the council, with much of the personnel 
of the sub-committees of the women's 
organization incorporated into the cor- 
responding sub-committees of the state 
council, thus doing away with unneces- 
sary duplication. 

A Women's Division of the state coun- 
cil is created, the main functions of which 
are to keep in touch with the war work 
of the women in this state, receive re- 
ports from the woman representatives on 
the sub-committees of the defense coun- 
cil, to pass upon the material which is 
received from the Woman's Committee 
of the Council of National Defense and 
to supervise the work of the women's 
committees in the War Bureau through- 
out the state. All committees of the 
Women's Division doing women's work 
such as registration of women will be 
retained as sub-committees of the 
council. 

There is no change in the organization 
of the women's committees of the local 
war bureaus throughout the state under 
the reorganization plan. 

The war work of Connecticut women 
will not be interrupted in any respect 
by the reorganization of the woman's 
division of the council. 



given. If the camp is known it should, 
of course, be given. A sample super- 
scription is given: 

Prisoner of war mail 
NO POSTAGE 

Private John Doe 

American Prisoner of War 

Camp (if known) 

Province (if known) 

Germany (or Austria) 

Via Yi w York 

The name of the sender should be 
plainly written across the back and the 
letter should be short. 

Money orders or checks for prisoners 
of war should be sent to the Prisoners' 
Relief, American Red Cross, Washington, 
D. C, and made payable to the Ameri- 
can Red Cross. The name of the sender 
and of the prisoner for whom the money 
is intended should be carefully enclosed. 

Once a month packages may be sent. 
The same address is used but the sender 
should add his or her relationship to the 
prisoner of war after the return address, 
thus : 

From Mrs. John Doe (Mother) 

First Street, 

New York City. 

If more than one package is sent to one 
prisoner in any month, the one from the 
next of kin is forwarded and the other 
held until the sender is communicated 
with. With the permission of the sender, 
such packages are sent to some other 
prisoner of war who has had no package. 



New Haven had large municipal celebra- 
tions also. In nearly all towns and cities, 
America's ally was mentioned by the 
clergy at the Sunday Services, in accord- 
ance with the suggestion sent out in a 
circular letter to the state clergy by the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense. 
Appropriate exercises were held by 
French people of Hartford at the State 
Capitol. 



USE FORGOTTEN WOOL 

" Unravel your extra wool sweaters 
and other knitted treasures to make 
warm comforts for convalescents and 
refugees," is the piea echoed from one 
woman's committee of a state defense 
council. Says Minnesota, "A soldier uses 
thirteen times as much wool as a civilian. 
Nothing replaces wool fibre for him. 
Civilians can use many substitutes." 
Adds New Jersey, " One woman in this 
state has thirteen new knitted quilts 
stored away in her attic and another has 
thirty-six sweaters of different colors.'' 
What will Connecticut reply? 



MUNICIPAL "THANK YOU" 

Bristol erected a poster of thanks to 
all its citizens who helped make the 
municipal Fourth of July celebration a 
success. The " thank-you " was posted 
in the same place as the invitation to 
participate in the national holiday festiv- 
ities. 



THREE GOVERNMENT NEEDS 



Women may find opportunities to do 
direct patriotic service as telephone 
switchboard operators, nurses, or as 
yeomen or clerical workers. 



NOT ONE SLACKER THERE 

Every able bodied high school boy in 
New Mexico is registered in the United 
States Boys' Working Reserve, according 
to a statement in the " New Mexico War 

News." 



BOY SCOUTS HELP AGAIN 



The Boy Scout Organizations of Con- 
necticut are ranging the country to locate 
black walnut trees, as the War Depart- 
ment needs black walnut lumber for air- 
plane propellors and gun stocks. 



WILL REST AFTER THE WAR 



Every time a German submarine sinks 
a .ship, so much product of labor and 
materials is wasted. Every time you 
buy anything not needed, so much prod- 
uct of labor and materials is wasted. 

D. .-of D. 
AUG 14' 1918 



An example of the kind of factory 
spirit that will send the fighting men of 
this country to victory was found in a 
Bridgeport munitions plant last week. A 
printed notification was sent to one of 
the foremen that his vacation was sched- 
uled to begin on a certain date. The slip 
was returned to the manager's office with 
a notice scrawled across it, " Cut out the 
vacation until after we've won the war." 



Never forget the investment features 
of War Savings Stamps. When you buy 
them you become a stockholder in the 
United States, the best corporation in 
the world. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



An Appeal to the Women of Connecticut 

Women of Connecticut, the hour of your opportunity has come. Today our country is calling you. We who 
are serving in the nursing profession are doing our best; we are serving to the limit of our ability and our 
strength — but the task is too big for us, we cannot do it alone; we must join in the appeal to the patriotic 
young womanhood of America to help us. 

Scores of Connecticut nurses have answered the call of country and humanity and many are now in France. 
We who are needed here are willing, but our tasks are becoming more than we can handle. 

God has given womanhood the power to relieve pain, and make suffering less unbearable. The uniform 
of mercy, the white garb of the nurse is calling to yoa women of Connecticut — calling upon you to fill the 
ranks drained by the demands of war. President Wilson has said that " This is no war for amateurs." Train- 
ing schools in army and other hospitals everywhere offer courses which will develop the earnest but unskilled 
woman into a consecrated, trained nurse. 

We women who are giving ourselves to this service pledge our continued consecration to our work. But 
we are too few — far too few — to meet the demands of suffering humanity. Realizing our limitation of num- 
bers, we are calling upon you other American women to come to our aid. Enroll for training. Relieve some of 
us for service abroad. Help care for the loved ones of our lighting men. Help care for the sick and injured 
of America's industrial army. Help maintain the health of America so that our whole nation may stand at its 
highest efficiency, each person able to do his or her part in the battle for civilization. 

This is our appeal to you. May God give many of you the vision and inspiration to heed it. 

Connecticut Committee for Enrollment of Student Nurses. 



America Needs Student Nurses— Young Women Enrolling 



Woman's Division of Defense Coun- 
cil Has Committee Which Has Re= 
cruiting Task in Hand — Qualifica- 
tions for Enrollment in United States 
Student Nurses Reserve are Out = 
lined 



The United States Government is call- 
ing for 25,000 young women to join the 
United States Student Nurse Reserve 
and hold themselves in readiness to train 
for service as nurses. Connecticut's 
quota is 450 young women. 

The volunteers in this state are being 
enrolled by the Woman's Division of the 
State Council of Defense, in behalf of 
the Council of National Defense and the 
Nurses' Committee of the American Red 
Cross. 

The campaign will be carried on from 
July 29 to August 11 in all states. 

In Connecticut the enrollment will be 
carried on through the local agencies 
of the State Council of Defense through 
recruiting booths, and by similar means. 

The state committee is composed en- 
tirely of physicians and nurses with the 
exception of the chairman, Mrs. Joseph 
W. Alsop of Avon. 

Mrs. J. W. Alsop, Chairman; Dr. 
Valeria H. Parker of Hartford; Miss 
Maude Landis of the Connecticut Train- 
ing School, New Haven; Miss Lizzie L. 
Goeppinger of the Hartford Hospital, 
Miss Harriet Gregory of Waterbury, Miss 
Martha J. Wilkinson of the Hartford 
Visiting Nurses' Association, Miss R. Inde 
Albaugh, R. N., Secretary Connecticut 
Board of Examination and Registration 
of Nurses, Pleasant Valley; Miss Mary 
A. Bodine. R. N., Superintendent Norwalk 
Hospital, Norwalk; Miss Anna E. Cunliffe, 
R. N.. Superintendent Stamford Hospital, 
Stamford; Miss Florence M. Redfield, R. 
N., New Haven Visiting Nurse Associa- 
tion, New Haven; Miss Jeanette Styles, 
R. N. Instructor of Nurses, Danbury Hos- 
pital, Danbury; Miss Margaret K. Stack, 



R. N., State Superintendent Public Health 
Nursing, Field Director Child Welfare 
Campaign; Miss Katherine Murphy of 
South Manchester; Miss Margaret Rourke 
of Bridgeport, and Miss Katherine T. 
McCarthy, R. N., Chief Nurse, Visiting 
Nurse Association, Rockville. 

The war is creating an unprecedented 
demand for trained nurses. Only those 
who have taken the full training course 
are eligible for service with our forces 
overseas. These nurses are being drawn 
largely from our hospitals at home. Their 
places must be filled by student nurses 
enrolled for the full training course of 
from two to three years. Every young 
woman who enrolls in the United States 
Student Nurse Reserve is releasing a 
nurse for service at the front and swell- 
ing the home army which we must rely 
on to act as our second line of hospital 
defense. Upon the health of the Ameri- 
can people will depend the spirit of their 
lighting forces. 

The candidates should be between the 
ages of nineteen and thirty-five. Intelli- 
gent, responsible women of good educa- 
tion and sound health are wanted — the 
pick of the country. A college education 
is a valuable asset, and many hospitals 
will give credit for it. Credit will also be 
given for a special scientific equipment 
or for preliminary training in nursing, 
such as that given in special courses now 
being conducted by various colleges and 
schools. Some schools, on the other 
hand, do not even require a full high- 
school education. 

There are 1,579 nurses' training schools 
in this country. Their need is as great 
and imperative as that of the Army 
School of Nursing. Those who enroll 
for these schools will be assigned as 
vacancies occur. 

The enrollment card will indicate two 
classes of registrants — Preferred and 
Deferred. The Preferred class will be 
those who are ready to accept assignment 
to whatever Army or Civilian hospital the , 
Government directs them, although they 
may state what training school they pre- J 
fer to be sent to. Those who register in 
the Preferred class will be assigned first, 
and all possible consideration will be 
given to their preference as stated. The 



Deferred class is composed of those who 
limit their pledge of service — that is, 
who will not engage to go except to cer- 
tain hospitals. This class is intended 
largely for those who, for family reasons, 
cannot accept training at a distance from 
their homes. Those who register in the 
Deferred class will be assigned only after 
the Preferred class is exhausted. 

The Government relies on the patriot- 
ism of those who enroll to fill out pre- 
ferred cards if they possibly can, thus 
volunteering to go where they are most 
needed. 

Nobody will be assigned to any schools 
whose conditions of training are not ap- 
proved by the State Board of Nurse 
Examiners. 

At present every woman who completes 
satisfactorily her training in any accred- 
ited school is eligible for service as an 
Army nurse at the front and stands a 
chance of being assigned to duty abroad. 
At the same time she will be qualified to 
earn her living in one of the noblest pro- 
fessions open to women. It should be 
remembered, furthermore, that her use 
fulm ss will begin not when she graduates 
from the training school but as soon as 
she enters it. Practical nursing work is 
a part of the work of every training 
school, and the student nurse is not only 
learning to serve but serving her country 
from the outset. 

Ever since the days of Florence Night- 
ingale the nursing profession has been 
one of especial honor. It was never so 
honorable as it is today. The Army 
needs every nurse it can get to " keep 
up with the draft." The United States 
Student Nurse Reserve is the equivalent 
for women of the great National Army 
training camps for soldiers. The Govern- 
ment will rely upon the student nurses to 
fight disease at home, to care for those 
injured and disabled in our hazardous 
war industries, and to make themselves 
ready to serve when the time comes as 
fully trained nurses either abroad or at 
home . 

Young women willing to undertake this 
patriotic service should make application 
to the nearest recruiting office, location 
of which will be announced in the news- 
papers. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



SPENDING NEEDLESSLY 

HELPS GERMAN KAISER 



Appeal Made to All Real Patriots to 

Invest All Their Savings in 

War Savings Stamps 



FOOD SUPPLY DEPARTMENT 



Uncle Sam needs twenty billions of 
dollars or so this year for the war. 

What does Uncle Sam do with this 
money? He spends it just as you and I 
spend our money. 

What does he spend the money for? 
For ships, guns, shells, clothes and food 
for the soldiers and sailors, and for many 
other things needed to carry on war. 

What do you and I spend our money 
for? For houses to live in, food to eat, 
ciolhes to wear, and for many other 
things of greater or less use to us. 

But some of the things we want are 
exactly the same things Uncle Sam 
wants, and some of the other things we 
want, while not exactly the same as 
the other things Uncle Sam wants, re- 
quire, in order to be made, the raw 
material, labor, and transportation facil- 
ities that are also required for making 
the further things that Uncle Sam must 
have. 

Uncle Sam could not, perhaps, use your 
new suit. But he could have used the 
wool that is in it. the labor that fashioned 
it and brought it to market, and the 
transportation agencies that were neces 
to carry it. 

Hence, every time you buy something 
that you do not positively need you are 
selfishly withdrawing from service to 
Uncle Sam. raw material and supplies, 
labor, and transportation. 

There is available only a certain 
amount of raw material of all kinds; 
labor can be pushed only to a certain 
limit, and beyond maximum capacity 
nothing further can be expected from the 
railroads. 

Before the war we used everything to 
cater to our own private needs. Now, 
about one-half of all that we can pro- 
duce must be put aside for war purposes. 
If that is to be done — and it must be 
done if we are going to win — everybody 
must do his " bit." 

We cannot eat our cake and have it. 
too. We can not insist upon eating and 
dressing and having a good time as be- 
fore, and expect our Government to put 
up a winning fight. When we save, we 
stop competing with Uncle Sam — and 
that means with the boys in the trenches. 
Better still, when we save and put our 
savings in War Savings Stamps, we are 
saying to our boys in the trenches. 
" Here, boys, count on me. Here is food 
and clothing and medicine. If this is not 
enough, I'll do even better." 



The Connecticut Poultry Association, 
the Connecticut Dairymen's Association, 
the Connecticut Beekeepers' Association, 
and the Connecticut Pomological Society 
will join with the Connecticut Agricul- 
tural College in holding annual mid- 
summer meetings of the farmers of Con- 
necticut at the Connecticut Agricultural 
College at Storrs, August 6 to 9. The 
programs this year emphasize the mar- 
keting phase of agricultural problems 
more than in years past and deal with 
many of the problems arising as a re- 
sult of war conditions. Representatives 
of the State Council of Defense and the 
United States Food Administration will 
address the farmers at these meetings. 
Persons desiring programs should write 
to the Secretary of any of the above 
named associations or to the Director of 
the Extension Service, Connecticut Agri- 
cultural College, Storrs, Conn. 



ference will then adjourn to Litchfield 
County, where the plots of oats, wheat, 
and corn variety tests will be visited. 
Meetings will be held at the office of 
the Litchfield County Farm Bureau. The 
last day of the conference will center 
around the Farmers' Dairy Company of 
Bridgeport, the largest co-operative or- 
ganization of its kind in New England, 
and the Bridgeport Farmers' Market. 



The annual midsummer conferences of 
county agricultural agents will take place 
on July 30, 31, and August 1. A few 
farmers representing the agricultural 
committees of the Farm Bureau and ex- 
tens on specialists from the Connecticut 
Agricultural College will be present. The 
first session will be held at the State 
Library, Hartford, where the best use of 
this year's data will be discussed and 
next year's census considered. The con- 



Canning centers are being organized 
in most of the larger cities of Connecti- 
cut, according to Miss Emily H. Whitney 
of New Haven, chairman of the Sub- 
committee on Canning. These centers 
are operating in many more cities than 
last year and constitute one of the out- 
standing features of this year's canning 
campaign. They serve as centers for 
the distribution of information and the 
giving of instruction in canning. They 
also afford an opportunity for women 
without adequate kitchen facilities to can 
their products and do the work under 
trained supervision. These kitchens, 
says Miss Whitney, will be a big factor 
in enabling Connecticut to go over its 
quota of 5,000,000 quarts of canned fruits 
and vegetables and in making the State 
more nearly self-dependent as far as 
canned goods are concerned, thus con- 
serving not only garden produce but our 
freight facilities. 



President Hibben of Princeton Uhiver 
ays: "A world in need has sent 
forth across the waters its cry to us for 
help. We cannot respond and at the 
same time continue our comfo table 
easy-going mode of existence. The times 
demand sacrifice, and sacrifice can no 
longer be free from suffering." 



The less the American people save. 
the less money, labor and materials there 
will be for war purposes. 



Commissions are Named 
by Governor to Meet 

High Rent Situation 

(Continued from pasje 1.) 

for the judges. On each commission 
there is one labor representative. 

Commissions have been appointed as 
follows: — 

Bridgeport: — William E. Burnham; 
John W. Banks and John J. O'Neil. 

Waterbury: — Arthur F. Ellis; Charles 
E. Puffer and John J. Lynch. 

New London: — Daniel M. Cronin; Ad- 
dison McLearn and Thomas C. Dillon. 

New Haven: — Frederick B. Farns- 
woith; Charles Kleiner and Joseph J. 
Reilly. 

Another means of relieving the situa- 
tion is the Rent-a-Room campaign, where- 
by efforts are made to induce house- 
holders with extra rooms to open them, 
as a patriotic duty, to those who are do- 
ing government war work. The War 
Bureaux in several towns have been 
asked to cooperate with the defense 
council by investigating local conditions 
and available unused rooms. 

A conference at the Capitol was held 
on this matter for the representatives of 
the industrial centers where rooming 
facilities are short and the officials of the 
United States State Employment Service, 
July 16, and it is believed that the 
scheme will be introduced into other 
cities. It is already in practice in Water - 



MORE WOMEN REGISTER 

Waterbury Lists of Those Ready for War 
Service Now in Use 



The Waterbury registration of women 
is now complete, 18,000 having been re- 
corded as willing to do the war work for 
which they felt themselves fitted. The 
choice on the card embraces 155 occupa- 
tions, from dairymaid to author. This 
system of putting the woman power of a 
city in an accessible form was tried out 
in New Haven last fall and found practi- 
cal. Out of the New Haven registration 
grew the Volunteer Placement Bureau 
carried on by the Collegiate Alumnae of 
that city, an organization ready to send 
women for any rush war work, from a 
munitions order to addressing envelopes. 
The volunteers are reached by means of 
the files of the Women's Registration. 
The first motor messenger service was 
also an outcome of this plan. 

The Waterbury registration was even 
more complete and a part time office has 
already been opened. Through it, 400 
rooms were discovered as available for 
the government war workers who are 
finding the housing facilities running 
short. Any war agency needing help is 
urged to make use of these files. 



bury, Bridgeport, and New London where 
there is a system of co operation between 
factories whose employees appeal for 
rooms and the householders who have 
offered their extra quarters. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT 



The conferences which are held once 
or twice a month by Leo A. Korper, 
federal director of the United States Em- 
ployment Service in Connecticut, with 
his local superintendents, and with others 
in attendance whose work is related to 
his department, are proving of great prac- 
tical value. The problems of administra- 
tion which continually arise at each local 
office are fully discussed. 

At the conference held in Hartford, 
July 18, there were present besides Mr. 
Korper, Associate Director A. B. Lincoln, 
Field Representative David Elder, Chief 
Clerk D. L. Rogers, and Superintendents 
Davenport of the Hartford Office, Bur- 
ritt of Bridgeport, Martindale of Willi- 
mantic, Blodgett of Stamford, and Chief 
Clerk Diamond of New Haven; also 
present as guests were District Director 
Edwards of the U. S. Boys' Working Re- 
serve, whose office is in New York City, 
Associate Director Arthur Howe of Con- 
necticut and Lieutenant J. R. MacMillin, 
recruiting officer of the Tank Corps, U. 
S. Army, who was at Mr. Korper's office 
last week. Une of the chief topics of 
discussion was the subject of practical 
methods to check the labor " turnover " 
and decrease daily absences from the 
factories. Very encouraging results were 
reported. 



and the U. S. Employment Service have 
tly arranged special plans of CO 
operation to meet the farm labor situa- 
tion. 



Judging from last season's experience 
it was expected that the demand for faim 
labor would be unusually heavy during 
the month of July. The demand has been 
steady but not unusual, while the wages 
offered have not been increased enough 
to draw a large number of men to the 
harvest fields. This is partly due to 
weather conditions which were very un- 
favorable for harvesting during the first 
half of July. 



The farmers probably approached the 
i harvest season this year much better sup- 
plied with labor than last year. With the 
advent of favorable harvesting weather 
we may expect a sudden call for tempo- 
rary help which will have to be supplied 
from the volunteer farm reserve, or by 
temporary release from other industries. 
These have already been used to some 
extent as has also jail labor. Farmers 
should be urged to apply in advance for 
] labor wherever possible. Those who wait 
until the emergency is upon them may be 
disappointed. 



The New Haven office of the U. S. 
Employment Service is carrying on three 
main types of work: (1) directing male 
employees to essential industries; (2) 
securing female labor for special factory 
needs; (3) directing domestic help for 
households. 

The Employment Service has been able 
to meet substantially the New Haven 
needs for semi-skilled labor and is han- 
dling between 250 and 300 men per week. 
The New Haven office has also rendered 
some assistance to the munitions fac- 
tories in recruiting female labor from the 
ranks of women who ordinarily would not 
go into this work. Many New Haven 
school teachers and other professional 
women have been directed into the fac- 
tories. The domestic Department is mak- 
ing a special study of the household 
situation under present conditions. 

The New Haven County Farm Bureau 



Owing to the acute shortage of common 
labor as needed for war industries in 
the vicinity of Hartford, David Elder, 
field representative, and Superintendent 
Davenport of Hartford, have recently 
been in co-operation with the TJ. S. Em- 
ployment Service in New York City, and 
have been able to secure a considerable 
supply for Connecticut needs. 



Some Connecticut farmers who have 
not heretofore realized it are awakening 
to the fact that the farmers who take 
a personal interest in their employees 
and provide them with good food and 
clean quarters, as well as fair wages, 
are the ones who are getting the best 
kind of help, — the kind that works and 
sticks, and takes a real human interest 
in successful results. There are still 
some short-sighted farmers who are won- 
dering why their help don't stay. 



u. s. 



EMPLOYMENT SERVICE IN 
STAMFORD 



During the past week an office of the 
U. S. Employment Service has been 
opened in Stamford, and Director Korper 
has named Edwin S. Blodgett as Super- 
intendent. The office is located at 446 
Atlantic St., opposite the post office; 
the necessary alterations and equipment 
were promptly installed, and the work 
of co-operating with employers and em- 
ployed was begun. The Stamford Advo- 
cate says: "Mr. Blodgett has been in 
close touch with the employment service 
and his experience qualifies him to per- 
form a distinct service to the working- 
man, manufacturers and farmers of the 
community." 



MOTOR MESSENGERS MEET 



A meeting of the leaders of the Motor 
Messenger Service in the various towns 
of the State was held at the State Capitol 
on July 11th. Mr. Chas. Goodwin pre- 
sided at the meeting, and Mr. Alsop and 
Mrs. J. B. Wilbur, State Chairman of the 
Motor Messenger Service, explained ways 
of co-ordinating the motor units through- 
out the State and showed how the work 
might be made more effective and its 
scope broadened. Among other things 
the matter of standard rules, a standard 
uniform and insignia was discussed 



New Bureau Started 
for Americanization 

Work in Connecticut 



(Continued from page 1) 



lines of spreading literature and informa- 
tion among the foreign elements of the 
state through the press, pamphlets, lec- 
tures and meetings; the securing of 
patriotic co-operation with existing 
foreign societies; establishing classes 
in English and citizenship; and getting 
surveys on conditions in the foreign 
districts. 

Methods of carrying out this were dis- 
cussed at the Capitol, July 19, at the 
first meeting of the committee. 

Richard M. Bissell, chairman of the 
defense council, attended the committee 
meeting. After saying that the necessity 
of unifying the population in the state, 
through a common understanding of 
American ideals, had made itself felt 
more and more by the defense council 
until the present bureau is the outcome, 
he outlined the contemplated sco, 
the work. Hartford, New Britain, and 
several of the other sizable cities of the 
state, he said, already have Americaniza- 
tion boards which are engaged in mak- 
ing Connecticut an English-language 
state and are carrying on other practi- 
cal aspects of the work. Such boards 
should be established in all the smaller 
centers, also, Mr. Bissell said. 

The appointment of a state director 
and two or more field agents, advised and 
directed by the State Council of Defense 
is contemplated. Mr. Bissell added that 
he hoped to see this work so firmly estab- 
lished by the next session of the Gen- 
eral Assembly that the Legislature would 
put the project on a permanent basis. 

Stanley H. Holmes, chairman of the 
committee, said, " What we want here is 
the personal touch, some one to talk to 
these foreigners and tell them that there 
is a great, big heart waiting for them, 
that we want to give them a fair deal 
and treat them on the level. First, our 
own people must get this feeling and then 
they must put it across to the other 
races." 



GET THE HABIT 

Making these savings to invest in 
Liberty stamps or certificates or bonds, 
as loans to the Government for helping 
to victory and future freedom j.nd safety, 
will also cultivate a habit and form a 
character of more consequence than all 
the other considerations. The mass of 
our people have been too careless and 
wasteful, and there is nothing more im- 
portant in life than the forming of habits. 
Cultivating the habit of prudence and 
economy, not by any means stinginess, 
but saving for the future, for the help of 
others and for the improvement of life, 
will build up character which will be 
worth more than any material property 
in the long run. Property, in useful and 
beneficial forms, will go with it, while in 
heedless spending or wasting it would fly 
away and disappear, leaving one in want 
or dependent upon others. So this sav- 
ing of pennies and dollars now to help 
the Government in time of trial, will find 
its reward in the future in better men, 
better conditions and a higher prosperity 
and safety. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Automobile Economy 
is Urged in Letter 

to State Dealers 

(Continued from page 1. ) 

such a bureau a permanent branch of the 
state government. 

A report was made by the special com- 
mittee, on the advisability of establish- 
ing motor messenger corps throughout 
the state, similar to those already estab- 
lished in Hartford. Bridgeport. New 
Haven, and several other communities. 
and it is expected that the decision and 
arrangements will be made at the next 
meeting. 

The Publicity Committee reported that 
a meeting of the editors of the foreign 
language newspapers in the state had 
been held in New Haven, and that ways 
and means for using the foreign language 
pri ss for patriotic propaganda were dis- 
cussed. Mr. Chandler praised the splen- 
did patriotic spirit of the editors present. 

The matter of garbage utilization rec- 
ommended by the Council of National 
Defense was referred to the Commercial 
Economy Division of the Committee on 
Commercial Reiations. Harrison B. Free- 
man reported that speakers had been 
furnished for Independence Day and 
special occasions and that the Division 
of War Rallies had co-operated with the 
War Savings Committee to send speakers 
for the W. S. S. Rallies. 



Fuel Conservation 



MEETING OF JULY 22 



The question of reconstruction of dis- 
abled soldiers was discussed at the regu- 
lar weekly meeting of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense on July 22. 
The executive department has communi- 
cated with the Federal Board for the 
Education of Disabled Soldiers, offering 
the co-operation of the state defense 
council in any such undertaking and ask- 
ing for information about the plans of 
the board. 

Those present at the council meeting 
were: Chairman R. M. Bissell, J. W. 
Alsop. Winchester Bennett, Howard A. 
Giddings, Lucius F. Robinson, Julius C. 
Stremlau, Justice George W. Wheeler, of 
the council; Anna B. Sands, and the fol- 
lowing members of sub-committees; 
George B. Chandler. Margaret T. Corwin, 
Admiral W. S. Cowles, Benjamin F. 
English, Harrison B. Freeman, Dr. C. C. 
Godfrey, Aubrey L. Maddock, Dr. Valeria 
H. Parker, Herbert Knox Smith. Richard 
Wayne, and Henry M. Wriston. 



Questionnaires to assist in the rating 
of Connecticut power plants according 
to importance and rate of production 
have been sent out by the U. S. Fuel 
Administration for Connecticut. They are 
aimed to reduce useless and careless 
waste of coal as well as do away with 
unnecessary production. 

This work of inspection and rating, 
under the direction of W. R. C. Corson 
as State Administrative Engineer, is 
rapidly being organized and got under 
way. Three copies of the questionnaire 
will be sent to every power plant in this 
State accompanied by recommendation 
of the United States Fuel Administration 

id a letter of instructions and sugges- 
tio is by Mr. Corson. One copy properly 
out by the plant owuer is to be 
returned to the state administrative 
engineer's office within fifteen days; a 
second copy will be filled out when the 
is inspected and signed jointly by 
the owner and the inspector; and the 
third copy will be for the owner's file. 

The plants will be rated upon their 
answers, into five classes and other 
things being equal State Fuel Adminis- 
trator Russell has the authority t i re- 
strict or entirely cut off the coal supply 



to those plants with a low rating. All 
plants are automatically placed in Class 
5 until receipt by the administrative 
engineer of their questionnaires properly 
filled out. Proper credit will be given 
any plant that may from time to time 
improve its condition. 

Experience shows plainly that at least 
10 per cent, and probably much nearer 
20 per cent, of the fuel used in steam 
plants can be saved by careful and 
proper firing and care in eliminating 
waste in the distribution and use of the 
steam. 

Approximately 250,000.000 tons of coal 

! were used last year in the industries. If 
10 per cent. — 25,000,000 tons were saved 
it would represent two solid continuous 
train loads of gondola coal cars clear 

[ across the continent — from New York 
to San Francisco. Think what this means 
not only in coal but in relieving trans- 
p nation and labor! 

A definite order has been issued by 
Washington forbidding private country 
clubs to burn or use coal, coke, natural 
gas, fuel oil or other petroleum products 
or u-e coal derived from any such fuel 

, for purposes of heating or cooking. 



BAD LUCK AND GOOD 
COURAGE 



FARM SURVEY A SUCCESS 



The agricultural survey exhibit was so 
impressive and unique that the United 
States Food Administration has de ide I 
to publish a special bulletin on the man- 
ner in which Connecticut has conducted 
thai campaign. Mr. Godard gave an ex- 
tended description of the farm survey at 
the joint meeting of the Agricultural 
Libraries Section of the American 
Library Association and the League of 
Library Commissions. Speaking in be- 
half of the state libraries of the entire 
country he used Connecticut as an ex- 
ample of what a state library could do tc 
assist the food program. He also gave 
an epitome of his activities as library 
publicity director of Connecticut for the 
United States Food Commission. 



Northern Indiana lost growing corn 
worth eigh! million dollars ;nl gar en 
truck worth sever 1 iri!lio~s more > 
ing the late June frost. The food com- 
mittee of the Indiana State Council of 
Defense urged the replanting of every 
acre and gave suggestions of what 1 1 
plant and where seeds and plants could 
be procured at once. The work is now 
well under way, according to the " Indi- 
ana Bulletin." 



ANOTHER WORD 

War is the great consumer of money 
and utilities. But these are nothing to 
ils consumption of lives. The lives are 
given freely that the cause may be won. 
Money must be given as freely, that 
fewer lives may be sacrificed to gain the 
war aims of the Nation. Out from the 
enormous expenditures to win the war 
will emerge victory by the sword, the 
only kind of victory that can satisfy the 
needs of the world of really civilized 
beings. Every investment in the war 

of the Nation aids in the sharpen- 
ing the sword of justice against the 

us. Let everyone understand that 
the War Savings Stamps are a method 
of contribution for those who want to 
support the high and holy cause of free- 
dom from their limited means. 

The war will be won by the savings of 
the people, savings that center in the 
one enterprise of the Nation. The War 
Savings Stamps are ready at hand for 
the purchase by every American citizen 
and all others who are in the enjoyment 
of the country's bounties. 



U. S. MEDALS FOR BRAVERY 



The medal of honor is the highest 
military award given in this country. It 
is presented in the name of Congress 
for " deeds performed in action- exhibit- 
ing the most distinguished personal brav- 
ery and self sacrifice above and beyond 
all call of duty, so conspicuous as clearly 
to distinguish them for gallantry and in- 
trepidity above their comrades; which 
involve risk of life or the performance of 
more than ordinarily hazardous service, 
the omission of which would not justly 
subject the person to censure for short- 
coming or failure in the performance of 
his duty." It corresponds to the Victoria 
Cross of England or the French Cross of 
the Legion of Honor, and has not yet 
been awarded in this war. 

The distinguished service cross, author- 
ized by the President since April 6, 1917, 
is awarded for " gallantry in action to 
anyone who may distinguish himself in 
action by extraordinary heroism in con- 
nection with military operation against 
an armed enemy, under circumstances 
that do not justify the award of the 
medal of honor." It corresponds to The 
Distinguished Service Order of Great 
Britain and the Croix de Guerre of 
France. 

The distinguished service medal is 
awarded for " exceptionally meritorious 
service to the government in connection 
with operations against an armel 
enemy." It corresponds roughly to the 
Medaille Militaire. 

Soldiers are honored, but not decorated 
with a medal, when they are " cited for 
bravery," that is, especially mentioned 
by name in the commanders' official re- 
port for coolness, courage, or daring. 




dfltttwrtirtti Bullrtttt 



Published BUWeekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. II 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AUGUST 9, 1918 



No. 2 



EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
HANDLES SHIFTING OF 
LABOR TO WAR PLANTS 



Explanation of Government Plan ln = 
tended to Supply Essential Indus- 
tries With Adequate Supply of 
Workers 



STATE DIVIDED INTO 

FOURTEEN DISTRICTS 



Public Service Reserve is Recruiting 

Agency — Committees and Boards 

Named to Put Plan into 

Execution 



Keen public interesl is manifest in the 
plan of the government labor department, 
with reference to employment in war indus- 
tries, which became effective August 1 and 
which is being handled through the United 
States Employment Service. The tremen- 
dous demand for war supplies has necessi- 
tated a comprehensive adaptation of all in- 
dustries to that end. -Manifestly those en- 
gaged in war work or food production must 
have an adequate supply of labor, both 
skilled and unskilled, and in order to effect 
the transition with as little disturbance 
as possible, some orderly and comprehensive 
program of transfer had to be devised to 
take workmen from non-war industries to 
those industries engaged wholly or chiefly 
in war work or food production. 

It is the business of the U. S. Employment 
Service to direct workmen to the factories 
or shops or farms where they are needed, 
and therefore to have at its offieo a elassi- 
liiil record of all labor needs and positions. 
Employers seek the offices of this service to 
find the men they need, while workmen lin I 
at the same offices the positions available. 
Prior to the establishment of this service 
each employer recruited lus own labor 
through a multiplicity of employment agen- 
cies or often independently from the Held, 
and the larger factories were often al heavy 
expense for this purpose with much dupli- 
cation of effort and at cross purposes. As 
the enormous war demands developed, fac- 
tories and farms found themselves compet 
ing with each other for the rapidly dimin- 
ishing supply of laher. and wages rose rap 
idly, often to abnormal figures; while the 
workers themselves in the search for increas- 
ing wages, often were tempted to removal 

fr job to job to their own disadvantage, 

and with a consequent "turn over" of la- 
bor which was a heavy handicap upon the 
amount and quality of production. 

(tut of this situation it soon became ap 
parent that it would be better for every 
body to co-ordinate the entire labor situa- 
tion through a common center of distribu- 
tion and authority. As the shortage of un- 
skilled or common labor had become most 
acute, it was directed by the government 
that after a certain date, namely August 1. 
It'lS, all such labor with industries en- 
gaged wholly or partly on war work and 
(Continued on page 5) 



8 New Members 

Named on Council 



Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has 
appointed eight new members of the 
( onnecticut State Council of Defense. 
They are: — 

Mrs. T. Belknap Beach of Hartford. 
Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley of Hart- 
ford. 

Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees of Green- 
wich. 

William BroSmith of Hartford. 

Frank Dexter Cheney of South 
Manchester. 

Alton T. Miner of New London. 

James T. Moran of New Haven. 

Ira M. Ornburn of New Haven. 



FEDERAL SUPERVISION 
OF SOLICITATIONS IS 
WANTED BY COUNCIL 



Letter on Subject to Cabinet Members 
and Others Attracts Much Attention 
in Official Circles — Plan Proposed 
to Check Duplication and Waste 



SAYS NATIONAL COUNCIL 

COULD StCURE RESULT 



At Monday's weekly meeting id' the I on- 
i tiotit state Council of Defense, Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell reported that the 
council's recommendation that the federal 
government establish some sort of scientific 
control over the solicitation of funds by 
war auxiliary agencies was attracting wide 
spread attention in official circles in Well- 
ington. 

The state defense council urged by letter 
to the members of the cabinet, the director 
of the Council of National Defense, and to 
the State Councils of Defense in all other 
states in the country, that a supervisory 
commission be established to check dupli- 
cation of effort and organizations. 

The letter pointed out the existence of ap- 
proximately loo organizations engaged in 
auxiliary war work, all demanding finan- 
cial contributions, and says that the situa- 
tion calls for official backing. With this 
statement was the recommendation that a 
supervising commission be named. The 
Council pointed out its belief that the ml\ 
1 1 1 1 1 \ whose authoritj ami influence arc suf- 
ficient to cany out the suggestion planned 
is tlie Council of National Defense, of 
which the Secretary of War is Chairman. 

The council's letter contained the striking 
statement that, the six organizations under 
the Fosdiek Commission alone plan, between 
September and January, to ask thi 
of this country for more than $200,000,000 
During the same period, another Liberty 
Loan of perhaps $8,000,000,000 is expected 

(Continued on page 2) 



GOVERNOR'S PURPOSE 
IS TO MAKE COUNCIL 
TRULY REPRESENTATIVE 



Chairman Bissell's Statement As He 
Welcomes New Members — Sections 
and Factions Entirely Disregarded 
— Approval of President's Stand 



HIGH SCHOOL MILITARY 

PLAN BEING CONSIDERED 



Campaign of Education Concerning 

Situation on Eastern Front to be 

Undertaken Good Progress in 

"Children's Year " Work 



The new members of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense were welcomed by 
Chairman 1!. M. Bissell at the regular meet- 
ing of the council August 5. Seven of the 
eight new members were present. In his 
welcome, Chairman Bissell said that it is 
hoped that the work of the council may be 
constantly broadened and that it is the pur- 
pose of the governor that the council shall 
represent the state without regard to sec- 
tion or faction. 

The matter of organizing high school 
boys of this state along military lines, to 
be known as the " Connecticut Branch of the 
United States Bo3's' Working Reserve," was 
discussed and referred to a special commit- 
tee of three for investigation with Arthur 
F. Howe. The plan provides for several 
classes of enlistments. 

The council passed the following reso- 
lutions on the President's attitude toward 
mob violence to combat disloyalty and se 
dition : — 

"WHEREAS it is essentia] to the pres- 
eivation of orderly liberty that individual 
and social -elf restraint be practiced and en- 
couraged in the present disorganized stale 
of civilization, and 

"WHEREAS the United States of Amer- 
ica, as the largest and mosl powerful self- 
governing nation in the world, should set 
in example to I his end, 

"THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that 
the Connecticul Slate Council of Defense 
apprecial ivelj endorses the brave and timely 
action of the President in warning' the 
people against the use of violence in curbing 
disloyally and sedition, and thai a copy of 
this resolution be forwarded to the Council 
of National Defense and to the uveral 
State Councils of Defense and Committees 
on public safety throughout the Union." 

The Publicity Department will under- 
take a campaign of education concerning the 
situation mi the eastern front t i m?i:l the 
expected German peace offensive. 

Dr. Walter II. Brown reported thai ninetj 
towns in the state have taken the first step 
in the "Children's Your" campaign, the 
(Continued on page 4) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol. II HARTFORD, CONN., AUG. 9. 1918. No. 



PERIGORD AND SCHERER 
THRILL BIG WAR RALLY 



Hartford Meeting Under Auspices of 

State Defense Council 

Great Success 



Hundreds of Hartford people heard Lieu- 
tenant Paul Perigord of the French Army 
and Dr. James A. B. Scherer, president of 
Throop Institute of Technology at Pasadena, 
Cal., and former organizer of the Council 
of National Defense, at a monster war rally 
held in Parsons Theatre July 31, under the 
auspices of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense. 

The theatre was crowded to the doors, and 
an overflow meeting was arranged and held 
outside tlie theatre for those who could not 
be accommodated inside. Fully a thousand 
waited in the street to hear short addresses 
by both speakers. The boxes at the theatre 
were occupied by the governor and his pa rtj . 
the mayor's party, the members of the de- 
fense council and their guests, and the mem- 
bers of the committee. There were no other 
reservations of seats. Mayor R. J. Kinsella 
of Hartford made the address of welcome 
and George B. Chandler, chairman of the De- 
partment of Publicity of the defense council, 
presided at the meeting, as he had traveled 
with the speakers through the west and 
southwest last spring when on an^organizing 
tour for the Council of National Defense. 

Dr. Scherer gave an account of America's 
war spirit gathered from his experiences 
traveling from coast to coast in behalf of 
the national organization. Lieutenant Peri- 
gord told of the war from the French point 
of view and brought the greetings of the 
French Army to his audience. 

After the meeting was over, the stage was 
crowded with people eager to shake hands 
with the speakers. It was announced that 
this is Lieutenant Perigord's last speech 
in this country, as he is returning to active 
service within a short time. 

The Treble Clef Club of Hartford fur- 
nished the music, singing national and 
trench songs, under the direction of Edward 
F. Laubin. The committee in charge con- 
sisted of James S. Stevens, Rev. J. G. Mur- 
ray. Aubrey L. Maddock. Judge Herbert S. 
Bullard, Judge Edward L. Smith and Ed- 
ward F. Laubin. 






COMMITTEE ON AMERICANIZATION 



Harrison H. Wheaton, organizer and exe- 
cutive chairman of the National Committee 
.ii One Hundred on Americanization, has 
been appointed to be director of the Con- 
necticut Americanization Bureau. Mr. 
\\ heaton lias accepted the appointment. He 
is described by the chairman of the com- 
mittee of the < onnecticut State Council of 
Defense in charge of the bureau as "the 
best man in the country for this particular 
posil ion." 

Since hi- appointment as supervising in- 
vestigator of New York State Department 
of Labor in the Bureau of Immigration in 
1912, Mr. Wheaton's work has been entirely 
among the immigrants, and since 1914 lias 
centered upon Americanization of our for- 
eign born population. In 1914. as special 
representative of the Bureau of Education, 



he made a tour of the country to investi- 
gate conditions of immigrant education, and 
in 1915 he organized the "America First " 
campaign which was followed by two cam- 
paigns on a larger scale. He also formu- 
lated the War Americanization Plan for the 
Council of National Defense. 

Mr. Wheaton is accepting the position in 
Connecticut, on condition that he need not 
sever his connections with the national body. 
He will begin his work here about Sep- 
tember 1. 

At the meeting of the council July 29, 
three new members of the Committee on 
Americanization were elected on recommen- 
dation from the Woman's Division. They 
were Mrs. Elizabeth S. Ayres of Hartford, 
Mrs. Charles G. Morris of New Haven, and 
Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees of Greenwich. 



The bulletin on Canning and Drying 
which is being published by the Food 
Committee is ready for distribution and 
may be secured by application to their 
new office at 48 Lewis Street or by 
applying to the County Farm Bureau 
office in each county or the Connecticut 
Agricultural College, Storrs, Connecticut. 



Federal Supervision 
of Solicitations 

Wanted by Council 

(Continued from page 1. ) 

and an intensive Red Cross membership 
drive will be held. " As a consequence of 
these facts," said the council's letter, "we 
fear a feeling of dissatisfaction is being en- 
gendered which may eventually interfere 
with the success of future endeavors to 
raise the funds necessary for conducting 
most important and essential activities." 
The council feels that there should be 
greater frankness in announcing the needs 
and plans of agencies soliciting support, 
and that the public should have some defin- 
ite guide as to the relative importance of 
the appeals and a knowledge of the admin- 
istration of such enormous sums. 

Auxiliary war work organizations of the 
United States fall into these four classes. 
the council statement points out: 

1. The Red Cross. 

2. Six organizations under the Fosdick 
Commission on Training Camp activities: 

Young Men's Christian Association. 

Young Women's Christian Association. 

Knights of Columbus. 

Jewish Walfare League. 

The War Tamp Community Service. 

American Library Association. 

3. The Salvation Army. 

4. Approximately ninety other organiza- 
tions. These organizations have not been 
officially approved by the Council of Na- 
il 1 Defense but nevertheless are listed 

as having been examined and approved as to 
their objects and management by the Char- 
ity Organization of New York, to which 
bodv State Councils of Defense are referred 
By the Council of National Defense. 

Tt is obvious that, these organizations 
\;iiv enormously in their value and that H" 
public has no means of judging this varia- 
tion, the council's letter said. There have 
been local plans for counteracting the pres- 
ent unsatisfactory svsfem of promiscuous 
•jiving and asking which show that in many 
places there is a determination to hit upon 
some plan for a reasonable, uniform, and 
scientific method of managing war appeals. 

Tin letter of the council ended: 



"This council believes that the situation 
to be extremely serious and suggests the fol- 
lowing outline of a plan as a possible rem- 
edy i hereof: 

" There shall be a supervising commission 
which shall prepare and publish a list of 
auxiliary war agencies entitled to national 
support. They will state that the sums 
asked are proportionate to the work accom 
plished, guarantee against duplication of 
effort, and show administrative reliability. 
This would involve a survey of the agencies 
and doubtless the co-ordination of some and 
elimination of others. The commission 
would also determine a plan for apportion- 
ing quotas, such quotas to be based upon 
itemized budgets, as a measure against over- 
subscription. 

" This council further believes that the 
onlv body whose authority and influence are 
sufficient to carry out the foregoing or some 
similar scheme is the Council of National 
Defense, and respectfully urges upon that 
body the earnest consideration of the situa- 
tion herein outlined and of the suggested 
remedy contained." 



Womans Division 



The special committee of the Woman's 
Division of the Connecticut Slate Council of 
Defense in charge of the recruiting of stu- 
dent nurses in this state reports that the 
success of the campaign is practically as- 
sured. There have been numerous appli- 
cants at all the station-. Mil the difficulty 
in getting young women with high school 
training has been everywhere evident. The 
two other main difficulties generally met by 
the recruiting officers have been the matters 
of transportation expense, and the fact that 
most of the girls of proper age cannot 
afford to give up the money they are now 
earning. 

The figures at the end of the first week 
of recruiting from the three cities whose re- 
ports were ascertainable were 190 volun- 
teers from Hartford, 77 from New Haven, 
and 70 from Bridgeport. These volunteers 
are not accepted until they have passed the 
required examinations. 



«v of B. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Greenwich Leads State in 

War Savings Enlistment Drive 

Per Capita Pledges of $21 secured in Fairfield County Town — Litchfield Leads 
in Number of Pledges Secured with 88 per cent. 



Greenwich showed the way to the en- 
lire state in the recent enlistment day drive, 
when Chairman John P. Shea and his work- 
ers secured pledges of $21 per capita for 
every man, woman and child in that com- 
munity. Next in line was Ansonia with 
$1'2.2.",', followed by New Canaan with $10.84. 

Hartford led the four large cities of the 
state with per capita pledges of $7.27, fol- 
lowed by Waterbury with $6.88 and New 
Haven with $5. New London made an ex- 
ceptional showing, with $9.50. New Brit- 
ain "went over the top" with $10.23. The 
list of cities and towns subscribing more 
thai] $5 is as follows: 
OVEB $20.00: 



Greenwich, 

$10.01 TO $12.50: 

Ansonia, 

New Canaan. 

East Hampton, 

New Britain, 

Beacon Falls, 

Groton, 
$7.51 TO $10.00: 

Burlington, 

Litchfield, 

Avon, 

Xew London, 

East Windsor, 

Vernon, 

Suffield, 

Woodbridge, 

Portland, 

Plainfleld, 

Norwalk, 

Manchester, 

Simsbury, 

Watertown, 

\\ .■-ton. 

Bristol, 

Granby, 

Hampton, 

West Hartford, 

East Granby, 

Old Lyme, 
$5.00 TO $7.50: 

1'onifret, 

Windsor Locks, 

Bozrah, 

Stamford, 

Hartford, 

Sprague, 

Columbia, 

Middlebury, 

Essex. 

Plainville, 

Willimantic, 

Waterbury, 

Enfield, 

Washington, 

Kaston, 

Willington, 

Westbrook, 

Torrington, 

Eastford, 

Soiners, 

Southington, 

t ornuall. 

( lanton, 

Mansfield, 

t liester, 

Naugatuck, 



$21.00 

12.26 
10.84 
10.57 
10.23 
10.09 
10.05 

9.96 
9.93 
9.92 
9.50 
9.39 
9.12 
8.86 
8.74 
8.67 
8.60 
8.24 
8.12 
8.08 
7.88 
7.79 
7.66 
7.63 
7.62 
7.57 
7.56 
7.56 

7.42 
7.41 
7.37 
7.36 
7.27 
7.25 
7.18 
7.18 
6.97 
6.96 
6.93 
6.88 
6.87 
6.87 
6.84 
6.71 
6.70 
6.67 
6.66 
6.62 
6.51 
0.45 
6.44 
6.44 
6.42 
6.38 



i loshen, 


6.29 


Sherman, 


6.28 


Branford, 


6.15 


Clinton, 


6.07 


Drihy, 


0.02 


Scol land, 


5.90 


Bethany, 


5.89 


Farmington, 


5.87 


East Lyme, 


5.86 


Stafford, 


5.77 


( lomw I'll, 


5.70 


ding, 


5.65 


Westport, 


5.63 


Madison, 


5.61 


North Branford, 


5.55 


Preston, 


5.55 


Glastonbury, 


5.49 


Warren, 


5. 1 1 


Old Saybrook, 


5.44 


( loveiitry, 


5.39 


Orange, 


5.38 


Middlefleld, 


5.35 


Thompson, 


5.32 


Norfolk, 


5.20 


Putnam, 


5.20 


Unionville, 


5.19 


Hebron, 


5.14 


Anilover, 


5.07 


Guilford, 


5.00 


Sharon, 


5.05 


Lebanon, 


5.04 


Waterford, 


5.03 


New Haven, 


5.00 


The following 52 towns secured registra- 


tion of 60% and over in 


the Campaign: 




per cent 


Town 


Regis 


Litchfield, 


88 


Avon, 


85 


New London, 


78 


Beacon Falls, 


76 


< iranby, 


76 


Ansonia, 


75 


Hampton, 


75 


Old Lyme, 


75 


Vernon, 


73 


Branford, 


72 


Danbury, 


72 


Ellington, 


72 


Torrington, 


72 


New Britain, 


70 


Unionville. 


70 


Burlington, 


69 


Chaplin, 


G9 


Clinton, 


69 


Thompson, 


69 


Groton, 


08 


New Fairfield, 


68 


Plainville, 


67 


Westbrook, 


67 


Monroe, 


66 


Woodbury, 


66 


Newtown, 


66 


i ' entry, 


65 


East Granby, 


65 


Easton, 


65 


t lolchester, 


64 


Portland, 


64 


West Hartford, 


04 


( lanton, 


63 


Essex, 


63 


Hartford, 


63 



FIELD SECRETARIES 



Representatives of Council in Each County 
to Assist Local Agencies 

To bring the efficiency of the local war 
bureaus throughout the state to the highest 
possible point, the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense has appointed county field 
secretaries. The field secretaries will also 
assist in reorganizing town committees into 
war bureaus. 

The appointments are: for Fairfield 
County, Charles F. Green of Bridgeport; 
for Hartford County, Richard Wayne of 
Hartford; for Litchfield County, F, L. 
Vanderpoel of Litchfield; for Middlesex, 
County, Lewis S. Smith of Middletown; 
for New Haven County, Benjamin F. English 
of New Haven; for New London County, 
Allyn L. Brown of Norwich; for Windham 
and Tolland Counties, Frank Brainerd of 
Portland. 



Manchester, 

Pomfret, 

Simsbury, 

Columbia, 

Eastford, 

Killingworth, 

Lisbon, 

New Canaan, 

Norwich, 

Rocky Hill, 

Sprague, 

Windsor Locks, 

Woodbridge, 

Berlin, 

East Windsor, 

Putnam, 

Sharon, 

The following 37 towns 
50% but less than 00%: 
Enfield, 
Willimantic, 
Bristol, 
( 'ornwall, 
Naugatuck, 
Andover, 
East Hampton, 
Hebron, 
Mansfield, 
Orange, 
Chester, 
Cromwell, 
Guilford, 
Bridgewater, 
Goshen, 
Madison, 
North Branford, 
Old Saybrook, 
Southington, 
Lyme, 
Norfolk, 
Bozrah, 

New Hartford, 
Union, 
Milford, 
Plainfleld, 
Staff, rd, 
Windsor, 
Barkhamsted, 
Brookfield, 
North Stonington, 
Scotland, 
Sterling, 
( rreenwich, 
North Canaan, 
Saybrook, 
Southbury, 



63 
62 
62 
61 
61 
61 
61 
61 
61 
61 
61 
61 
61 
60 
60 
60 
60 

registered over 

59 
59 
58 
58 
58 
57 
57 
57 
57 
57 
56 
56 
56 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
54 
54 
53 
53 
53 
52 
52 
52 
52 
51 
51 
51 
51 
51 
50 
50 
50 
50 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Governors Purpose 

Is to Make Council 

Truly Representative 

(Continued from page 1) 

measuring aiftl weighing of children under 
five years of age. 

MEETING OF JULY 29 

Those present were His Excellency Gov- 
ernor Marcus H. Holcomb, Chairman Rich- 
ard M. Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Mrs. T. 
Belknap Beach, William BroSmith, Mrs. 
Morgan G. Bulkeley, Frank B. Cheney, Ho- 
mer S. Cummings, Adjutant General 
George M. Cole, Howard A. Giddings, 
( harles A. Goodwin, Janus T. Moran, Ira 
M. Ornburn, Lucius F. Robinson, Justice 
George W. Wheeler, Caroline Ruutz-Rees of 
the Council, Margaret X. Convin, Anna B. 
Sands, and the following chairmen and mem- 
bers of sub-committees: Hr. Walter H. 
Brown, George B. Chandler, Admiral U. 
S. Cowles, retired, B. F. English, Hr. C. C. 
Godfrey, Edward P. Jones, Aubrey L. Mad- 
dock, Arthur L. Shipman, Herbert Knox 
Smith, Mrs. J. W. Alsop, Mrs. Richard M. 
Bissell, Hr. Valeria H. Barker. 

The appointment of a volunteer Field 
Secretary to supervise work with girls in 
the State was recommended to the council 
at its meeting July 2U by a special commit- 
tee of the Woman's Division which re- 
ported that the services of a volunteer 
could be obtained for a period of three 
months. 

Those present at that meeting were chair- 
man R. M. Bissell, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, 
Winchester Bennett, .Mrs. Morgan G. Bulk- 
ley, Howard A. Giddings, Lucius F. Robin- 
son, Julius C. Stremlau, Justice George W . 
\\ heeler of the council and Anna B. Sands, 
Hr. C. C. Godfrey, Stanley H. Holmes. 
Arthur Howe, Edward P. Jones, Aubrey L. 
Maddock, Arthur L. Shipman, Margaret I. 
( orwin, and Dr. Valeria H. Barker. 

Hr. Walter H. Brown of Bridgeport was 
elected chairman of the Child Uelfare De- 
partment of the council. Dr. Brown rec- 
ommen led his committee which was elected 
by vote of the council. Its members are 
Miss Margaret Stack, Mrs. William D. 
Stack, Mrs. George B. Chandler, Miss Eva 
Cohen, Miss Mary G. Harris, Miss Mary 
Grace Hills, Henry C. Morrison, Prof. C. E. 
A. Winslow, Dr. Black, Miss Rose M. Dwyer, 
Mrs. Arnold Gesell, Mrs. De Vere H. 
Warner. 

It was voted that Mrs. Elizabeth S. Ayres 
of Hartford, Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees of 
Greenwich, and Mrs. Charles G. Morris of 
\e\\ Haven be elected members of the Amer- 
icanization Committee of the council. 

The subject of garbage utilization, which 
had been referred to the Commercial Econ- 
y Division of the Committee on Com- 
mercial Relations, was referred to the Fed- 
eral Food Administration on recommenda- 
tion of the chairman of the committee. 



The Committee of Food Supply of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense 
and the United States Food Administra- 
tion which formerly occupied offices at 
No. 36 Pearl Street have moved their 
entire force and equipment to No. 4S 
Lewis Street where they have taken up 
more commodious and convenient 
quarters. The telephone number 
(Charter 9611) remains the same. 



DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SUPPLY 



Preparations are well under way for the 
Food oupply Committee's part of the coun- 
cil exhibit at tue agricultural lairs. The 
committee has planned an attractive exhibn 
mat will especially appeal to cuy people anu 
suburbanites, lucre will be demonstrations 
of the best metnods of canning, drying, 
pickling and other methods ot preserving 
iruits and vegetables. There will also be 
demonstrations to show the uses of milk, 
cheese and other dairy products ana by- 
products. A feature ol tne show will be a 
war Kitchen in winch lood conservation will 
lie demonstrated with a special reference to 
the use of cereals and sugars which are ol 
such vital interest to every housewife at 
tins time. Attendants will be on hand to 
answer questions and conduct informal dem- 
onstrations in the several departments of 
the food exhibit. 

The city man, who is trying to do his part 
by keeping hens or pigs or growing a gar- 
den will find on exhibition real live liens 
laying real eggs in a real house. He can 
learn how to distinguish the hens that lay 
from those that don't and get any other in- 
formation he wants on the matter of grow- 
ing poultry. Xhe pig and sheep exhibit 
will be handled in much the same way. The 
garden exhibit will illustrate plans for next 
year's gardens, showing how to save seed 
for the garden, how to store your vegetables, 
how to control insects, etc. The County 
Farm Bureau will have a booth and will 
serve as the general information desk for 
all departments. 

The exhibit is in charge of an executive 
committee of three: I. G. Havis, County 
Agent Leader, for the Committee of Food 
Supply; Miss Dorothy Weir of Ridgefield, 
for the Food Administration; and J. N. 
Fitts of Storrs, for the Connecticut Agricul- 
tural College. The complete personnel of 
the committee is as follows: 

Agricultural Census, G. S. Godard, State 
Librarian, Hartford; Boys' and Girls' Clubs, 
A. J. Brundage, Storrs; Canning and Dry- 
ing, Miss Emily Whitney, Hartford; Cere- 
als, Prof. W. L. Slate, Storrs; Dairy Pro- 
ducts, Prof. G. C. White, Storrs; Farm Bu- 
reau, R. H. Barrett, Hartford; Junior Food 



Army, Mrs. Samuel Russell, Middletown; 
Markets, Prof. G. C. Smith, Storrs; Miscel- 
laneous Poods, Miss Horotiiy Weir, Ridge- 
field; Poultry and Poultry Products, Roy 
E. Jones, Storrs; Sheep, A. G. Skinner, 
Storrs; Swine, D. G. Sullins, Storrs; War 
Gardens, G. M. Codding, Hartford. 



Steps have been taken to encourage trac- 
tor demonstrations such as held last week 
at the Watkinson Farm School under the 
auspices of the Hartford Count}' Farm Bu- 
reau. A circular letter was sent to each 
farmer in the county urging attendance in 
order to get first-hand information regard 
ing the use of tractors for farm work. 

Ten different makes of tractors entered 
the competition, each of them plowing one- 
half acre of sod land to a depth of six 
inches, then harrowing it with a seven-foot 
double disc. In addition to the field work, 
there were demonstrations of the use of 
tractors for driving other farm machinery. 
liver 800 attended this demonstration. 



Through the cooperation of W. D. As- 
cough, president of the Connecticut Xheatri- 
cal Managers' Association, the Committee 
of Food Supply has been able to try out 
for the first time the use of lantern slides 
in the moving picture theatres. Last week 
the committee put three slides into each 
theatre in Hartford. 



Early and incomplete reports indicate 
that Connecticut will measure up to her 
full quota of five million quarts of canned 
fruits ami vegetables. In the Danbury sec- 
tion of Fairfield County 5300 pledge cards 
have been signed, pledging a total of 167,- 
000 quarts. In New Haven County, 4,000 
cards have been signed and 275,000 quarts 
pledged. 15 towns not heard from. New 
London County 2,500 families have signed 
up for 155,000 quarts and six towns have 
not reported. In Litchfield County, 3,000 
families have pledged 111,000 quarts, 16 
towns have not been heard from. 



SCHOOL BOYS TO HELP HARVEST 



Assistant State Director Arthur Howe of 
the U. S. Boys' Working Reserve has issued 
an important letter to the principals of the 

3c) Is of Connecticut. He calls attention 

to the fact that during the summer more 
than 1,000 high school boys have been ren- 
dering patriotic service on the farms, help- 
ing to take care of the largest acreage of 
food crops in the history of the state; and 
yet the farmers' efforts and the boys' ser- 
vices will, in large measure, prove futile 
unless (he crops can be harvested. Mr. 
Howe, therefore, is proposing that the prin- 
cipals arrange the boys in groups so that 

soi an be released under competent 

leadership to go out to the farms for a day 



or two or a few days as needed, during the 
harvest season. Mr. Howe says: "A large 
group of bo3~s with a good leader can finish 
the same job in one day where it would 
take one or two boys a month; expert teams 
for the harvest are more essential than 
fine records in football." 

School principals are urged to advise Mr. 
Howe at once as to when school opens and 
what assistance can be rendered by the boys 
during the month of September. Mr. Howe's 
letter is cordially endorsed by the Federal 
Food Administrator Robert Scoville, who 
also sends a letter to school principals in 
which he says: "I trust every man at the 
head of a school will realize the importance 
of the coming harvest." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT 



(Continued from page 1.) 



employing 100 or more men, must be re- 
cruited through the I'. S. Employment Ser- 
vice only. Industries nut engaged in war 
work, or those employing less than 100, 
and also farm and railway employers, are 
not included in the new order, except that 
they are forbidden to hire men away from 
war work. Individual employees are free to 
seek employment where they will, and em- 
ployers may hire anj who come voluntar- 
ily to their gates, as of course it is not in- 
tended to interfere with the fundamental 
right of individual contract, but employers 
may not use any inducements, whether per- 
sonal or by advertising, to recruit labor, and 
employers are strictly forbidden to hire 
away from each other men engaged on war 
work, except in eases approved as necessary 
by the U. S. Employment Service. While 
these regulations apply at present to un- 
skilled or common labor only, it is expected 
that as the situation develops, all employ- 
ment will be included, to the mutual ad- 
vantage of all concerned. 

It soon became apparent, also, that these 
enormous transfers of labor could not be 
adequately and satisfactorily effected by 
the U. S. Employment Service alone. There- 
fore, the plan of the U. S. Public Service Re- 
serve, already so helpful in recruiting men 
i'ir ship-building and for munition plants, 
was extended to meet the emergency. 

In Connecticut, for illustration, fourteen 
offices and districts of the U. S. Public Re- 
serve are to lie established in as many in- 
dustrial centers, and the Superintendent of 
the Reserve in such industrial center will at 
once ascertain ami make careful record i i 
tlie location and qualifications of each 
worker in his district (such district in- 
cluding the industrial center and the neigh- 
boring towns), and such information will 
be available for the demands of the U. S. 
Employment Service. The office facilities 
of the U. S. Employment Service, statewise 
and locally will be available for the work 
■ o' the 1" S. Public Reserve, but the tunc 
tions of these two, while coordinate, will be 
i ntirely separate. 

It will be the business pf the U. S. Public 
Reserve to recruit workmen and show where 
tney em be found, with intelligent and ac- 
curate classification of their qualifications. 
Recruiting under the new plan consists of 
enrolling unskilled labor (the term labor 
being used in its broadest sense), under 
pledge to go, when called, into any work 
which the government considers more essen- 
tial than that in which they are now en- 
gaged. Such a declaration would not mean 
that these workmen would be moved at once, 
and some may never be moved, but they 
express their willingness to leave their pres- 
ent jobs, or even the city or section of the 
country, if the federal employment service, 
representing the nation itself, considers 
-ueli a change would make for more efficient 
prosecution of the war. In no case will 
the U. S. Public Service Reserve direct or 
olaee workers: that is the function of the 
1 T . S. Employment Service. Both branches 



are nniler the direction of the Federal Di- 
rector of Labor for the state whose office is 
at the State Capitol, and who works in eo 
operation with tlie Connecticut State I oun 
cil of Defense. 

Put for the vast undertaking of trans- 
ferring workmen from non-war work to 
war work, something more than the co- 
ordinate cooperation of the U. S. Em- 
ployment Service and the U. S. Public 
service Reserve is necessary. Who shall 
say what workers shall be so transferred, 
and when and how, and from what in- 
dustries, or how many from non-war in- 
dustry, or where they shall go? These are 
vital questions, involving not only personal 
but even community welfare. Therefore to 
comprehend the whole program, and to make 
sure that all interests shall be fairly rep 
■ I. i ii' government has devised tin 
pli n of State and Community Boards coop 
elating with the Labor Department at 
Washington. 

Organization Committee 

In establish these boards, a State Organ- 
ization Committee was named by the Labor 
Department at Washington, such organiza- 
tion committee consisting of the federal di- 
rector of the state as chairman, with one 
representative of the workers and another 
ii the employers. These three men have 
named two representatives of employers and 
two of workers, to constitute, with the fed- 
eral director of the State as chairman, a 
blate Advisory Board; and the organiza- 
tion committee is also naming the personnel 
of fourteen Community Labor Boards, one 
such Community Labor Board for each of 
the U. S. Public Reserve districts, and each 
Community Labor Board to consist of three 
members; one, as chairman, to be a repre- 
sentative of tlie L. S. Employment Service, 
mi.' as a representative of employers and one 
to represent the workers; the latter two to 
be chosen among residents of the local dis- 
trict. Bear in mind that members of the 
state Advisor}' Board and of the Commun- 
ity Labor Boards are thus named by the 
State Organization Committee, subject to 
approval by the department at Washington, 

the final authority for replace nt or re- 

val being the Secretary of Labor ill the 

President's Cabinet, after approval through 
the office of the Director General. 

State Advisory and Community Boards 

the State Advisory Board is to be con 
suited in determining all plans for recruit 
hag labor through the U. S. Public Reserve 
am! the regulation of such plans in local 
districts, and in transfers of labor to dif 
ferent points within the state. The Federal 
Director directs all placements of labor. 
Pro dams of local distribution and place- 
ment- are to be determined by the Commun- 
ity Labor Board, but a majority member of 
such local board may appeal to the State 
Hoard. Determination of all questions of 
priority are subject to regulations and de 
cisions of theW'ar Labor Policies Hoard of 
the Department of Labor at Washington. 

The local Community Board will he in 
constant touch and counsel with the local 
Supeiint indent of the 1". S. Employment 
Service and help him to decide as to which 
essential industries are most in need of men, 
and where and how tlie recruiting from the 
lessei essentials or non-war industries shall 



be done. Similarly the Stale Advisory 
Hoard will he in touch with the Federal 
Direi tor of the Mate to determine transfers 
of labor within or beyond the state, and to 
help solve all problems of the ( ommunity 
Boards, or to confer with Federal Authori- 
ties with regard to interstate placements or 
transfers. Labor cannot be recruited or 
placed or moved or transferred except bj 
order of the Federal Director of the Stale. 

Thus the entire system from Washington 
to the local community is organized to se- 
cure authority, responsibility, ami efficiency 
in carrying out the war labor program, and 
at the same time to proceed with the con- 
stant counsel and cooperation of the fair 
interests of employers and employed and of 
the community at huge — all with the com- 
mon purpose and full determination to win 
the war. 

After the war, the unified plans thus de- 
veloped for the emergency of war will un- 
doubtedly prove of permanent value not 
only for efficient production and distribution, 
tint also more equitable than former Bepar 
ale plans for both employers and employed 
and for the " promotion of the general wel- 
fare " in community, state and nation. 



Charles E. Julin, secretary of the New 

Haven Chamber of C merce, has accepted 

appointment as secretary of the New- Haven 
office of the United States Employment 
Service, as successor to professor II. P. Fair- 
child. The number of men calling at the 
office for employment passed the 300 mark 
last week ami is steadily increasing. New 
Haven manufacturers and employers have 
agreed to cooperate fully. 

* * # 
Announcement has been made of the ap- 
pointment of Julius E. St rend in of Mferi 
din a- superintended of I In- I niti d States 
Employment Service office at New London. 

* # # 

David Elder, field representative of the 
United State- Employment Service for this 
state, has continued his visits to the office 
of the United States Employment Service of 
New York and has met much success in re- 
cruiting common labor for manufactures 
ami also some experienced farm hands. A 
total of 131 men was recorded during the 
month of July. 

* * # 

I rider superintendenf Edwin S. Blodgett, 

i he si am ford office of the United States Em 

ploj ut Service i< doing splendid work. 

Thirty-two of the manufacturers have 
signed .in agreement to work in full cooper 
atiou with the Service and the labor turn- 
oxer has been materially reduced. A pub- 
licity campaign similar to that in vVatet 
bury will he inaugurated at once. 



The cards recentlj distributed by the 
United states Employment Service at fac 
tories in Hartford advising applicants to 
call at tic Employmenl Service at No. 8 
Ford street, were found of ureal practical 
service. With this system it has been pos 
sible to aid smaller establishments in se- 
curing help as the majority of applicants 
weie strangers and appeared only at the 
larger establishments, as they knew nothing 
of the smaller factories or the Employment 
Service. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



FUEL CONSERVATION 



I he difficulty in getting the general 
public interested at this time of year in 
their winter household heating problems is 
fully realized. However, unless this matter 
is taken up at this present time, a good 
many are likely to find they will not be 
able i" obtain in the Fall, the material 
which they may desire to use in making 
their houses tight. This refers particularly 
to weather strips, double windows, storm 
doors, pipe covering, etc. New al-o is 
the time, if it has not already been attended 
to. to see th.it the flues, chimney pipes and 
chimneys are properly cleaned of soot and 
ashes. The Fuel Administration and the 

railroad c panics are doing their utmost 

to provide the necessary supplies and trans- 
portation to furnish sufficient coal to keep 
the homes of the country warm this coming 
Winter but to aid in this desired result, ail 
householders must do their utmost to get 



all the good possible out of the coal that 
they do use and make their houses tight so 
as to prevent waste of heat when once it is 
generated. 



The Fuel Administration expects to have 
ready in a short time a little pamphlet 
giving simple instructions and suggestions 
showing how to s,i\e real in the home. 
Supplies of these will, upon request, be 
furnished to local administrators and coal 
dealers, for distribution as they may see 
lit. If you desire a copy, send in your 
a line to the Hartford Office. Everyone 
should study his individual problems; con- 
sult with his furnace man if necessary and 
male ready for the Winter. It is a pleasure 
lo urge as your duty, the study of recom- 
mendations which, if followed, will save you 
money. 



CONNECTICUT RECRUITING 
DISTRICTS 



The recruiting districts info which the 
Btate has been divided for the labor pro- 
gram of the U. S. Employment Service are 
as fellows. 

Iii Tolland County, one district; district 
office at Rockville (Vernon) ; towns in- 
cluded: Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Cov- 
entry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, 
Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willing- 
ton. 

In Windham County, two districts; one 
district office at Willimantic (Windham); 
towns included: Ashford, Chaplin, East- 
ford, Hampton, Scotland, Windham; second 
district office at Danielson (Killingly) ; 
towns include: Brooklyn, Canterbury, Kill 
ingly, riainlield, Pomfret, Putnam, Ster- 
ling. Thompson. Woodstock. 

In Xew London County, two districts; one 
district office in New London; towns in- 
cluded: East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, 
Lyme, Montville, New London. .North Ston- 
ington, ()ld Lyme, Stonington, Waterfordj 
second district office in Norwich; towns in- 
eluded; Bozrah, Colchester, Franklin, Gris- 
wobl, Lebanon, Lisbon, Norwich, Preston, 
Salem, Sprague, Voluntown. 

In Hartford County, two districts; one 
district office in New Britain; towns in- 
cluded: Berlin, Bristol. New Britain, Plain- 
ville, Southington; second district office in 
Hartford; towns included: Avon, Bloom- 
field, Burlington, Canton, Last Granby, 
East Hartford, East Windsor, Enfield, 
I a i niington. Glastonbury, Granby], Hart- 
fi id. Hartland, Manchester, Marlboro, New- 
ington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, South Wind- 
sor, Suffield, West Hartford, Wethersfield, 
U tndsor, Windsor Locks. 

In New Haven County, three districts; 
listrict office in New Haven; towns in- 
cluded: Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, 
Guilford, New- Haven, Eas1 Haven, Hamden, 
North Branford, Madison, Milford, Walling- 
ford, North Haven, Orange, Woodbridge; 
second district office in Ansonia; towns in- 
cluded: Ansoiiia, Beacon falls, Derby, Ox 
ford, Seymour; third district office in 



Watcibury; towns included: Meriden, 
Mhldloliiiry, Naugatuck, Prospect, South- 
bury, Waterbury, Wolcott. 

In Fairfield county, two districts; one 
district office in Bridgeport; towns in- 
cluded: Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Hunt 
ington, Norwalk, Redding, Stratford, Trum- 
bull, Weston, Westport; second office in 
Stamford; towns included. Bethel, Brook- 
licld, Danbury, Darien, Greenwich, New 
Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, 
Ridgefield, Sherman. Stamford, Wilton. 

In Litchfield County, one district; district 
office in Torrington; towns included: Bark- 
hamsted, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Canaan, 
Coleluook. Cornwall, Goshen, Harwinton, 
Kent. Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, New 
Milford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Plymouth, 
Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Thomaston, 
Torrington, Warren, Washington, Water 
town. Winchester, Woodbury. 

In Middletown County, one district; dis- 
trict office in Middletown; towns included: 
Chester. Clinton, Cromwell, Durham, East 
Iladdam. East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, 
Killingworth, Middletown, Middlefield, Old 
Saybrook, Portland. Saybrook, Westbrook. 



ERECT DRYING PLANT 



Bridgeporters Volunteer Time and JVla= 

terials for Building to Aid 

Food Conservation 



A public dehydrating plant in Bridgeport 
was erected and completed Saturday after- 

n i by the patriotic co-operation and good 

will ot builders, contractors and workmen 
ot the city. The War Bureau, under whose 
direction the building was erected, received 
patriotic oilers of many sorts from those 
who wished to see a building provided for 
the drying of fruits and vegetables as a 
food i onset \ ation measure. 

the contractors built the plant at actual 
cost. The men contributed their .time. 
Paint, cement blocks, and other materials 

were given by patriotic c ins of the city. 

The building was completed between 1 p. m. 
and dark, the accidental collapse of the 
roof lengthening the time beyond the lour 
horns first estimated. 

It is expected that the plant thus erected 
through community patriotic effort will save 
many hundreds of dollars' worth of fruit 
and vegetables which would be wasted if it 
were not for a public drying plant. 



Soldiers' and Sailors' 

Information Bureau 



The official Connecticut casualty list, be- 
ing kept by the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense, is ready fur reference at the 
office of the Soldiers' and Sailors' informa- 
tion Bureau in Room 47. The lists are up 
to date from the time the War Department 
began making public the addresses of the 
men listed by General Pershing in his 
official casualty report. The records are 
expected from Washington, complete from 
the entry of the United States into the war. 

The list is compiled from the official rec- 
ords sent from the War Department. When-, 
however, the names of Connecticut men 
dead, wounded, or prisoners in the Nation's 
service are reported from other sources, 
ili. \ are added if investigation proves them 
reliable. Such additions are frequently only 
anticipations of the official casualty list 
which have been cabled here immediately to 
friends or families. 



SMILEAGE BOOK" CAMPAIGN 



An issue of "The Smileage News," the 
record sent, from time to time to local 
Smileage ticket agents in Connecticut, was 
sent this week. It stated that seventeen 
states have already passed their Smileage 
apportionment. 

Connecticut has sold only 12 per cent, of 
its allotment of "Smileage Books." 

Get busy. Sell "Smileage." Put our 
quota across. 

# » # 

An entertainment for the benefit of 
"Smileage Books" was recently given in 
iic i Hartford, the total net receipts of 
which were $150. Owing to the generosity 
of some West Hartford and Hartford ladies, 
the entertainment was furnished without 
any charge and a great deal of publicity 



was obtained through the teachers in the 
public schools, who explained the value of 
" Smileage Books " to their pupils. The 
price of admission was thirty-five cents, and 
most of the tickets were sold by members 
of the Committee and by school children. A 
child wdio sold ten tickets was given one 

free admission. 

# # * 

liaising a "Smileage" fund by a golf 
tournament is the latest method to be re- 
ported. The Fairview Country Club, near 
New York City, ran such a tournament and 
raised over $1,000 for "Smileage." They 
arc sending the books to the Western and 
Southern camps which need "Smileage" 
most. There is no East or West when it 
conies to putting a laugh on a soldier's face. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Two Songs Dedicated to Connecticut State Guard 

Written by Philip E. Browning, Corporal, Sanitary Detachment, Second Infantry, C. S. G. 



Democracy 



(Air — Beulah Land) 

Awake ye sons of liberty, 
A message comes across the sea, 
Autocracy its power maintains, 
And human brotherhood disdains. 

Choiuis : 
Democracy, Democracy, 
The world must be made safe for thee, 
The people's voice shall be supreme, 
This was the patriot's cherished dream; 
The heritage our lathers gained, 
By us, their sons must be retained. 

From ancient lands beyond the sea, 
The cry of those who would be free 
Comes throbbing with its note of pain, 
A call that shall not sound in vain. 

No more shall haughty potentate 
Voicing the claim "I am the State," 
Assail the shrine of Liberty, 
Equality, Fraternity. 

From north and smith, from east and 

west, 
Brothers we come at your behest, 
( lur boast shall be, Democracy 
The world has been made safe for thee. 



Connecticut's Seal 

(Tune — Duke Street I 
When to this fair New England shore 

Our fathers came across the main. 
This legend in their hearts they bore, 

" He who transplanted will sustain." 

Freedom of conscience, liberty. 
Justice for all, they sought and 
gained ; 

The vines of true Democracy, 

lie who transplanted lias sustained. 

Sons of this sturdy parentage, 

Let mil your brothers call in vain, 

Share with mankind your heritage, 
" lie who transplanted will sustain." 

Connecticut, thy triple vine 

Thy loyal sons with love maintain. 
Still mindful of that hand divine 

That did transplant ami does 
sustain. 



FLAGS DOT EVERY STATE 

The loyalty of the men "over there" to 
their home towns is well proved by the 
popularity of the map of the United States 
hanging en the wall of the " Eagle lint " 
in London, England. The legend above it 
reads, " Flag your home town," and the 
numberless little American flags stuck close 
together arc witness to the pleasure the 
men take in pointing cut "my home town.'' 
Mutual friends are found and homesickness 
dispelled by the stories "swapped" in the 
group around the map. 



THRIFT STAMP CASES 

"Take a thrift stamp in your change?'' 
" I can't. I haven't any way to carry it." 
This justifiable objection of the busy 
shopper has been solved to some extent. 
\ pocket ilirift stamp case has been designed 
. i lid the pattern of the small celluloid post- 
age t imp case so that the twenty-five cent 
government loans can be safely carried in 
the pocket until they can be put in the card- 
board folder. 



To Readers of the Connecticut Bulletin: 

The Connecticut Bulletin is your publication. 
It is printed to give you a record of what the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense is doing. 
Read carefully each issue and keep in touch 
with defense council progress. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



DIVISION OF LIBERTY CHORUSES 



VERNON LEADS IN SALES 
OF W.S.S. DURING JUNE 



James S. Stevens, director of the Division 
of Liberty Choruses of the Publicity De- 
partment, was called to Washington to con- 
Milt with the Council of National Defense 
on the subject of Liberty ( 'lionises. As a 
result of this conference, a nationwide cam- 
paign i- being started this week to make 
America a singing nation. Bulletins have 
been scut out to the stale councils of de- 
fense throughout the country urging upon 
them the value of community singing as a 
means of keeping the victory spirit at high 
pitch. The movement was orginated in 
Connecticut last fall. There are now 127 
Liberty Choruses in the state and several 
not yet registered. 

The director returned from Washington 
full of enthusiasm about the soldiers' sing- 
ing. Liberty Chorus Directors will be in- 



terested to know that the following songs 
are mosf popular with the men in uniform: 

" K-K-K-Katy," 

"Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight," 

" Keep Y. nr Head Down, Fritzie Boy," 

" Little Buttercup," 

"When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez 
VOUS Ir.ineais.'' 

The first three songs were used at the war 
rally for Lieutenant Perigord and Dr. 
Scherer held in Hart foul July 31 with great 



The latest edition of song sheets for public 
singing contains songs of a more popular 
character such as " Juan of Arc," " Keep 
(he Home Fires Burning." "A Long. Long 
Trail." and " Pack Up Your Troubles in 
Your did Kit Bag." 



NEW LONDON PREPARED 



Establishes Emergency Organization of 
Form Approved by State Council 
An emergency organization along the lines 
approved by the ' onnecticut State Council 
of Defense, was formed in New London this 
week. The organization is formed to insure 
immediate measures for relief in case of an\ 
war emergency of a local nature. The 
mayor or hi- chii i lid in the absence of the 
ii;, executive is responsible, ruder him 
are four branches, military, medical, trans- 
portation, and relief. When the organiza- 
tion has been perfected, one of the foul 
branches will he ready to meet any emer- 
gency, and cooperation between the four 
branches and the executive be immediate. 



GROWTH OF PIG CLUBS 

The food committee has iu-i received from 
D. G. Sullins, Pig Club Specialist, a reporl 
on the progress of pig club work in the 
state. During the pasl year there has been 
an increase of odd per cent, both in mem- 
hci ship and in the ninnlci ,n pigs t hat the 
boys and idrls are growing. Last year, 
there viae ;, 1 1 members enrolled and 600 
pigs were grown and fattened. Now there 

; ver 2500 members growing more than 

3,000 pigs. This means a pork production 
in the state of over one half million pounds. 
These pigs arc being raised largely on 
dairy by-products, kitchen, garden and or- 
chard refuse that -would otherwise have 
been wasted. Seventeen banks and trust 
compani - in the stale have helped to fi nance 
hoys and girls who wanted to grow pigs. 
I h.< following table shows the enrollment 

bv counties; each member has at least i 

pig, main have two or three-, and some have 
more. 

New Haven County, 800 members 

Hartford ( lounty, 564 members 

1 a 1 1 licli i ( lounty, -ins members 

Litchfield County, 237 members 

Tolland County, 1 1 1 membei - 

New London County, 102 members 

Windham ( 'ounty, 98 membei - 

M iddles ex ( 'ounty, 96 membei 

loial enrollment, 2500 members 



NOT GERMAN SCHOOLS 

The statement that " in some states such 
as Wisconsin, North Dakota and South 
Dakota state money has been spent largely 
for the maintenance of public school- thai 
are exclusively German " has been denied 
by the Wisconsin State Council of Defense. 
The State Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
tion showed that there is a state rule to the 
effect that foreign language instruction, 
m t to exceed one hour a day. may be added 

to grai ar school schedules if desired. 

This rule has been strictly adhered to and 
only 163 one room schools in the state take 
;i'h ant aye of the ruling. 



MOTOR MESSENGERS HELP 

In one month the Motor Messenger Service 
of New Haven furnished 257 cars which 
covered 2,557 miles. The time given, not 
including waiting time, would have amounted 
to more than $3,000 in taxi fares at the 
customary taxi rate of $4 per hour. 



RENT COMMISSIONS 

Bridgeport. — On the organization of the 

rent c mission in Bridgeport, Judge John 

W. Banks was made chairman. 



JOKES FOR THE ARMY 

"Jokes wanted for the I . S. Army." It's 
a fact. Funny stories are essential for the 
camp theatrical entertainments which add 

- ii h to the good spirits of the men in 

uniform. English soldiers who whiled 
awaj many hours at these amateur per- 
formances gave up their efforts, it was 
discovered, when the jokes grew old and 
they were far from the base of supply. 
Tlie jokes received will be reprinted and 
distributed among the camp dramatic 
directors. Such humorous contributions 
should be sent to Austin Strong. Librarian 
Manuscript Division. War Department, 
Training (amp Activities, No. 1521 Broad- 
way, New York. 



East Windsor, Litchfield and New 

Canaan Next in Line— New London 

and Ansonia Show Well 



The town of Vernon, which includes the 
<!i\ of Rockville, leads all communities of 
the state in sales of war savings stamps 
during June with $4.74 per capita, accord- 
in" to figures announced By the Connecticut 
War Savings Committee East Windsor was 
second with $3.89 and Litchfield was third 
with $3.66. New London and Ansonia also 
showed up exceptionally well, as did Putnam 
and New Canaan. Complete figures are as 

follows : 

Vernon, $4,74 

Eas1 Windsor, ;;.sti 

Litchfield, ;|j;i; 

New Canaan, 3.0] 

East I lantpton, 2. HO 

New London, j 95 

I lantpli n. 2. SI 

Putnam, 2.74 

Goshen, 2.44 

Thomaston, 2. on 

Ansonia, 2.0s 

Seymour. 2.05 

Old Lyme, 2.114 

Bridgewater, 2.03 

Beacon Falls, 2.03 

Essex, 1.93 

Westbrook, 1.93 

North Canaan. 1.90 

West |" it . 1 .no 

V, ashington, 1 .83 

Willimantic, 1.83 

Plainville, 1.79 

Hart ford, ],74 

Clinton. 1.70 

Munhcstor, 1.87 

( 'and n. J 55 

Suffield, 1.52 

Glastonbury, 1.51 

New Britain, 1.51 

Middletown, 1.49 

Watertown, 1.49 

Branford, 1.43 

Windsor Li cks, 1.4i' 

( he-hire, 1.41 

Norwich, i.4ii 

Woodbury, 1.3S 

Vfadison, 1.37 

Bristol, 1.36 

Guilford, I.M4 

Winds! 1. I.32 

Chester, 1.30 

Enfield, 1.28 

Trumbull, 1.27 

Sterling, 1.25 

Cornwall. 1.21 

Old Saybrook, 1.16 

Bozrah, 1.12 

Eastford, 1.10 

Simsbury, 1.10 

Saybrook, 1.08 

Portland, 1.07 

Darien, 1.06 

Newington, 1.06 

Dei In. 1.05 

Stamford. 1.05 

Winchester, 1.05 

Middlefield, 1.04 

Torringtbn, 1.03 

Avon. 1.02 

D.inliury, 1.00 

Salisbury, 1.00 




Cfan tgrttntt lulletm. 

Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. II 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AUGUST 23, 1918 



No. 3 



"WAR CHEST" ACTION 
IS TAKEN BY COUNCIL 
AFTER FULL INQUIRY 



Feels that Communities Should Decide 
For Themselves, But Finds Plan is 
" Satisfactory and Practical Method 
of Raising Funds " for Auxiliary 
War Agencies — Council Passes 
Resolutions in Matter 



OFFERS HELP TO ALL 

WHICH ADOPT SCHEME 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
lias declared in favor of a properly prepared 
Community War Chest as "a satisfactory 
and practical method of raising funds for 
war auxiliary agencies" for those towns 
which arc dissatisfied with the present 
multiplicity of drives. 

Following an extensive investigation of 
the War Chest subject, which included 
inrjuiry into the method of raising and dis- 
bursing War Chests in more than 500 towns 
and cities, the Council has decided that the 
War (best idea deserves endorsement. The 
right of each community to decide for itself, 
however, the method it. shall follow in rais- 
ing funds for auxiliary war agencies is 
recognized by the Council. With this fact 
in view, the Council endorses the War Chest 
idea, but leaves it to the individual com- 
munity to decide whether it shall raise 
funds by this plan, offering, at the same 
time, to give the benefit of its help and ad- 
vice to those communities which decide upon 
the War Chest method of raising funds. 

The resolutions passed by the Council of 
Defense covering this matter are as follows: 

" WHEREAS many communities have 
asked this Council for advice concerning 
the establishment of ' War Chests,' and have 
expressed dissatisfaction with present 
methods for collecting contributions for 
auxiliary war agencies, and 

" \\ I1F.IJEAS because of these requests 
this Council has caused to be made a careful 
investigation of the so-called ' War Chest 
plan,' and is as well informed concerning 
such plans as existing coalitions permit, 
and in order that the needs of the various 
communities of the State in regard to this 
matter may be served 

" BE IT'RESOLVED That it is the sense 
of this Council 

" First. That the methods in each com- 
munity by which funds for auxiliary war 
agencies are to be collected should be de- 
cided by each community for itself, having 
in view its own necessities and peculiarities, 
as well as size, character of population and 
occupations of its inhabitants. 

" Second. That a properly planned and 
wisely administered War Chest would prove 
in most communities a satisfactory and 
practical method of raising funds for war 
auxiliary agencies. 

(Continued on page 2) 



PRESIDENT COMMENDS 
COUNCILS OF DEFENSE; 
TO INCREASE DUTIES 



Tasks and Scope of State Organizations 
and Their Local Agencies to be 
Made Greater — Secretary Baker 
Says Services Rendered by Differ- 
ent State Councils are Most Valu = 
able 



NATIONAL DEFENSE 

IMPORTANT FEATURE 



State councils of defense and their local 
agencies throughout the country will ha\e 
their activities and scope of work increased 
and broadened in accordance with the sug 
gestion id' President Wilson to Secretary of 
War Raker, just made public. 

The President has asked the Secretary oi 
War to communicate with all federal depart- 
ments and administrations his wish " that, 
when they are considering extensions of 
their organizations into the state or new 
work to be done in the states, they consider 
carefully whether they cannot utilize the 
state council system." The letter ot 
President Wilson to Secretary of War Raker 
was in reply to one written to the President 
by the Secretary of War outlining the 
accomplishments of the state councils of 
defense and recommending tbat increased 
use be made of these war organizations. 

The completion of Connecticut's organic 
zation was in advance of that in a majority 
of the other states. Consequently, awaiting 
the perfection of these other organizations] 
i! was impossible for the administration to 
suggest that stale councils be generally used 
throughout the country. In the mean! 

time, however, tl rganization in this state! 

because Washington considered it efficient: 
has been made use of extensively. 
The President's Letter. 

In reply to Secretary Baker's letter out- 
lining the achievements of the state councils 
of defense President Wilson wrote: 
" My Dear Mr. Raker : 

" I have read with great interest your 
account of the achievements id' the state 
councils of defense and your general sum- 
mary of the activities in which they arc 
now engaged. It is a notable record, and I 
shall be glad to have you express to tin 
»t ite councils my appreciation of the service 
they have so usefully rendered. I am 
particularly struck by the value of extend 
ing our defense organization into the small-* 
c-t communities and by the truly democratic 
character of a national system so organized, 

" I believe in the soundness of your eon 
tention that in the interest of economy aiuj 
efficiency such machinery as that provided 
by the state council system for the execu- 
tion of m:in\ kinds of war work should be 

(Continued on page 6) 



WAR WORK MAN POWER 
IN STATE INCREASED 
BY DELIVERY REFORMS 



Commercial Economy Division Chair- 
man Reports to Council on Action 
of Communities in Matter of Cur- 
tailment — Connecticut's Stand on 
Funds for Auxiliary War Agencies 
Approved by Other States 



TO LEARN CITIZENSHIP 

OF SCHOOL TEACHERS 



The- release of a vast amount of man 
power in Connecticut for war work by 
putting into effect the curtailed delivery 
recommendations of the federal Commercial 
Economy Board was reported to the I on 
necticut State Council of Defense on Mon- 
day by Alton T. Mirier, a member of the 
council, who is chairman of the Commercial 
Economy Division of the council's Commit- 
tee on Commercial Relations. Mr. Miner 
presented a report covering a number of 
communities and showing that a majority 
had adopted the commercial economy 
recommendations. lie estimated that 6,000 
men in this state had been released by the 
curtailments effected. The council voted 
approval of the report. 

Those present at the meetings were Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, 
Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Mrs. Morgan 6. 
Bulkeley, Frank Dexter Cheney, Adjutant 
General George M. Cole, Howard A. Gid- 
dings, Charles A. Goodwin, Alton T. Miner. 
dames T. Moran, Ira M. Ornburn, Julius C. 
Stremlau, William R. Webster, and Justice 
George W. Wheeler of the Council: Anna 
B. Sands, Henry M. Wriston ami the fol- 
lowing chairmen and members of sub- 
committees: C. G. Bill, Frank J. Brainerd, 
George I!. Chandler, Howell Cheney. Har- 
rison I'.. Freeman, Dr. C. C. Godfrey, Ed- 
ward P. Jones, G. Ellsworth Meech, Dr. 
Valeria H. Parker, Thomas W. Russell. 
Louis I'. Smith, F. A. Verplanck. 

Mr. Hissell read letters from the New 
Hampshire Committee on Public Safety and 
the t olorado State Council of Defense ap- 
proving and endorsing the statement of the 
Connecticut council with regard to the 
control of war auxiliary agencies, sent to 
the Council of National Defense. 

A report from the Americanization Com- 
mittee with regard to the immediate launch- 
ing of a program, ami outlining a proposed 
course of action, read by -Mr. Alsop, was 
approved. .Mr. Alsop also reported on the 
results of a questionnaire sent members of 
the Council with regard to the day of meet- 
ing. The result showed a decided prefer- 
ence for Monday. 

Announcement was made by the council 
of the preparation of posters by the Pub- 
licity Committee for use in tie' coming draft 
(Continued on page 2) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 

Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol. II HARTFORD, CONN., AUG. 23. 1918. No. 3 



WOMEN WORKERS GET 

AWARDS FOR WORK 

Twenty=Four Farmerettes Addressed 

by Governor After Three Months 

Labor on Farms 



Twenty-four young women who have 
worked for three months or more on farms 
in different part of Connecticut last Wed- 
nesday received from Governor Marcus H. 
Holcomb brassards in token of recognition 
of the services which they have performed 
in carrying on agricultural work in tins 
state in the absence of the boys who arc now 
in the service. 

Those in attendance at the presentation, 
which took place in the Governor's office, 
were Former United States Senator Morgan 
G. Bulkeley and Mrs. Bulkeley, Richard M. 
Bissell, Chairman of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense, Major Samuel and Mrs. 
Russell of Middletown, Mrs. E. G. H. 
Schenck of Wilton, chairman of the 
Woman's Army of Land Workers, Robert 
W. Scoville, federal food administrator, 
George M. Landers, chairman of the Food 
Committee of the State Council of Defense, 
Mrs. Arthur Dodge, and Mrs. Joseph W. 
Alsop. 

Those who received the brassards were: 
Margaret Whitmore Bulkeley of Hartford, 
wife of Lieutenant Houghton Bulkeley of 
the 101st Machine Gun Battalion, now in 
Berviee in France, Dorothy Pope Gillette of 
Hartford, Elsbeth Merck of Wilton, Elsie 
Hopkins of New Britain, Margaret Zernow 
of New Haven, Mrs. Personius and Miss 
Ruth Personius of Bridgeport, Antoinette 
D.ur of New Canaan, Lucy McNicholl of 
Greenwich, and Margaret Zernow, Cynthia 
Dozier, Evelyn Lownestein, Sada King, 
Rosie Arronawitz, Jean Manning, Alice 
Philips, May Walker, Daisy Myerson, Cora 
King, Signa Hagen, Emma Abrams, Eunice 
Klagg, Katherine lieehem, Llizabcth Thomp- 
son and Helena Brooks, all of New York, 
Cornelia Brandreth of Elizabeth, N. J.. 
Dorothy Jagels, Marion Nelson, and Ruth 
Fairchild all of Summit, N. J.. Helen Taylor 
of Mount Vernon, N. Y.. Dorothy Gerow and 
Lillian Heebner of East Orange, N. J., and 
Eunice Flagg of New Rochellc. N. Y. 

Governor Holcomb began his remarks to 
tin- voting women by saying he was delighted 
that instead of spending the summer in 
turkey trotting and at pink teas they had 
taken' up men's work and were doing their 
own capable part looking toward the win- 
ning of the war. 



War Work Man Power 
In State Increased 

By Delivery Reforms 

(Continued from page 1. ) 

registration, and also the listing of the 
names of probable registrants which was 
obtained from the military census by State 
Librarian George S. Godard. 

Mr. Bissell suggested a census of non- 
citizen teachers in schools within the state 
and it was voted that the Board of Educa- 
tion be requested to add to the annual 
questionnaire questions which will elicit full 
information as to the country of origin and 
citizenship of all schools under the jurisdic- 
tion, and that all other schools be requested 
to promptly fill out and file the same ques- 
tionnaire. 

The matter of a census of certain foreign 
language speakers and observing and re- 
porting on their attitude toward the war 
was referred by the council to the American- 
ization Committee. 

Mr. Bissell read a letter from I. G. Davis, 
county agent leader, reporting success in the 
matter of the labor of boys and women on 
farms. 

Dr. Valeria H. Parker reported on the 
proposed reorganization of the Health and 
Recreation Department, recommending that 
the present members of the Health and 
Recreation Department be retained as a 
sub-committee on the protection of girls; 
that an executive committee be appointed 
by the council, to consist of the chairman 
of the Legal Committee of the Council, the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of the State 
Board of Health, the Supervisor of State 
Policewomen, the President of the Connecti- 
cut State Travelers' Aid Association, and a 
representative of the State Board of 
Charities; and that a committee on law 
enforcements to consist of a lawyer from 
each county and a woman from each county. 
interested in correctional work be appointed. 
The council voted that the report of Dr. 
Parker be accepted and approved. 



MEETING OF AUGUST 12 

Those present at the meeting of the coun- 
cil on August 12 were Acting Chairman 
Joseph W. Alsop, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, 
Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Frank D. Cheney. 
Charles A. Goodwin, Ira M. Ornburh, James 
T. Moran, Alton T. Miner, Lucius F. Rob- 
inson, Caroline Ruutz-Rees, Justice George 
\V. Wheeler of the Council, and the follow- 
ing chairmen and members of sub-commit- 
tees: C. J. Bennett, William P. Conning. 
Charles C. Cook, Edward P. Jones, Arthur 
L. Shipinan. 

It was voted that a Committee on His- 
torical Records he established, and that Mr. 
Godard, as chairman, be empowered to ap- 
point, his associates with the approval ol 
I he council. 

Mr. Holmes presented a report for the 
Committee on Americanization, outlining 
the re organization of his committee, and 
announced the appointment of H. H. 
Wheaton, as director and R. E. Fagan, as 
assistant director. He stated that the active 
work would begin September I. 

Mr. Shipman brought tip the subject of 
proper procedure in the matter of legisla- 
tion which may become necessary or advis- 
able, al the next meeting of the Legislature, 
making the suggestion that conferences of 
all departments be called with the special 

o. of D* 

Sjff 4 1118 



committee to discuss these matters. 

Mrs. Beach reported for the Woman's 
Division on the exhibits at fairs, outlining 
the proposed work. 



"War Chest" Action 

Is Taken By Council 

After Full Inquiry 

(Continued from page 1. ) 

" Third. That the Executive Depart- 
ment be instructed to communicate the 
above resolutions to appropriate War 
Bureaus, Chambers of Commerce and other 
individuals who may ask the advice or 
assistance of this Council, and that they be 
informed that this Council has in its service 
experts who have made a careful study of 
the methods employed by the several War 
Chest organizations throughout the country, 
and strongly advises any community which 
desires to conduct a War Chest to consult 
the executive department as to the best 
plans and methods for establishing and con- 
ducting the same." 

The community War Chest matter, when 
brought to the attention of the Council 
some months ago, was referred to the Com- 
mittee on Commercial Relations under the 
direction of which the Council's inquiry has 
been conducted. Edward P. Jones, chair- 
man of the Committee, carried on an exten- 
sive investigation of the subject, after wfiich 
Professor Henry M. Wriston of Wesleyan 
University gave up his entire time for a 
long period of weeks to getting reports on 
war chests for the Council. The final action 
of the Council in this matter is based on 
the favorable report of the Committee on 
Commercial Relations which is the com- 
mittee through which the Council co- 
operates, and with the Connecticut Chamber 
of Commerce and the report of Professor 
Wriston. 



TO TRAIN HEALTH NURSES 



Letters Urge Those not Fitted for Mili- 
tary Work to Take Special 
Courses 



Under the auspices of the Child Welfare 

Commit t< f the Connecticut State Council 

of Defense, efforts have been made to urge 
upon the graduate nurses of thi; state 
the importance of training for public health 
work. Circular letters were sent to the 
trained nurses under thirty -five who were 
listed dxiring the military census of nurses 
as unable to undertake foreign service, re- 
commending to their attention the import- 
ance of public health in war times and the 
need of training for such work. The pros- 
pectus of the remarkable course being offered 
in New Haven by the New Haven Visiting 
University and a list of the other organiza- 
tions in the country offering such courses 
were enclosed. 

This campaign for public health nurses 
is the direct result of the weighing and 
measuring of children under six in this 
state. The "follow up work" after the ex- 
aminations called for public health super- 
vision and several towns have already ap- 
plied to the Field Director of Child Welfare 
| to find them suitable visiting nurses. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



SALES OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS IN THIS 

STATE DURING JULY EXCEED $3,900,000 



Unprecedented Figures Reached in Con = 

necticut as Result of Enlistment 

Day Drive on June 28 



S;iles of war savings and thrift stamps 
in Connecticut during the month of July 
amounted to almost $4,000,000, according to 
announcement made by Howell Cheney, 
state director for Connecticut of the Na- 
tional War Savings Committee. The exact 
amount sold was $3,918,133.98) an average 
of $3.01 per capita for every man, woman 
and child in the entile state. 

Figures compiled by Mr. Cheney show 
that up to August 1 the total value of thrill 
and war savings stamps sold in the state 
since December 3 last was $S,SU3,415.2;,. 
The epiota of the state for the year it 
$26,000,000, so it can be readily seen thai 
the longest part of the road looking towari. 
the fulfillment of the quota is still to bi 
traveled before December 31. 

Director Cheney holds the war savings 
pledge drive which culminated on June ilb 
as responsible for the large increase in 
sales during the month. At the present time 
more than 00 per cent, of the adults ol 
Connecticut are pledged to buy war savings 
stamps regularly during the balance of tlit 
year. In addition 150,000 school children 
are making regular purchases of thrift 
stamps. This, Mr. Cheney believes has re 
suited in more than 80 per cent, of the total 
population of the state becoming war savers. 

Hartford is still leaning the large cities 
of the state in per capita sales up to August 
1, with a total of $7..i4. Bridgeport is next 
in line with $6.25, followed by New Haven 
with $5.85. The latter city is making rapid 
strides toward the front, as sales for the 
week ending August 3, were $86,000. 



NEW BRITAIN SALES 


Factory sales of thrift 


and war 


savings 


stamps in New Britain as 


reported l>\ 


Chair- 


man F.' R. Gilpatric are as follows: 






Per 


Total 




C.i pihl 


Sales 


Minor & Corbin Box Co., 


$36.69 


2,018 


Fafnir Bearing Co., 


25.38 


12,176 


Union Mfg. Co., 


23.50 


14,102 


New Britain Machine, 


17.46 


19,208 


National Spring Bed Co., 


16.32 


1,061 


The Stanley Works, 


15.00 


45,037 


Hart & Hutchinson, 


14.71 


1,471 


Skinner Chuck Co., 


14.47 


3,257 


Hart & Cooley, 


13.31 


1,997 


Stanley Rule & Level, 


13.09 


13,098 


Landers, Frary & Clark, 


12.26 


41,474 


P. & F. Corbin, 


10.15 


15,231 


Parker Shirt Co., 


9.66 


1,498 


Corbin Cabinet Lock, 


8.17 


7,002 


Traut & Hine Mfg. Co., 


7.77 


5,440 


North & Judd Mfg. Co., 


7.69 


9,235 


American Hosiery Co., 


5.47 


1,915 


Vulcan Iron Works, 


4.63 


1.08-2 


P. J. Flannery, 


3.46 


190 


Corbin Screw Corp., 


3.16 


5,694 


Russell & Erwin, 


1.00 


1,000 


Beaton & Cadwell, 


0.00 






SIX MILLION MEMBERS 

IN W. S. S. SOCIETIES 



Government to Send Bulletin at Regu- 
lar Intervals to Every Organi- 
zation in Connecticut 



Six million members enrolled in 120,000 
War Savings Societies throughout the coun- 
try have been put on Uncle Sam's mailing 
list and will hereafter receive the instruc- 
tions of the Food and Fuel administrations, 
the War Industries Board, and all other 
government departments devoted to conser- 
vation as soon as issued. 

The bulletin which will carry these in- 
structions is known as "The Savings Let- 
ter " and will be issued as often as neces- 
sary by the National War Savings Commit- 
tee in Washington, topics of the first let- 
ter reached Cue members of the 500 War 
Savings Societies ill Connecticut this week. 
The announcement in the initial issue read 
in part as follows: 

•• lour Government wants every member 
of every .society to be its mouthpiece for 
-pleading important messages all over the 
country. You will receive ' The Savings 
Letter ' direct from Washington every wee,, 
or so. It will be a message to you person- 
ally from your government — a call to 
action from all the big departments ii 
Washington — War Savings, Food, Fuel, 
War Industries, etc., etc." 

The letter included a request from the 
Qnited States Food Administration that 
American consumption of sugar in the home 
be reduced to two pounds per person per 
month, exclusive of sugar used for home 
canning or preserving. Despite the difficulty 
of reducing the ration of a free people, un- 
bound by compulsory rules, the Food Ad- 
ministration reiterated its belief that tin 
American people could solve the food prob 
lem by voluntary service and sacrifice and 
declared : 

"The time has come when real service is 
required — when it is the duty of every pa- 
triot to convince each objector or malcon- 
tent that the indulgence of a luxury today 
is tantamount to treason." 

The letter also contained instructions is- 
sued by the Fuel Administration as to va- 
rious means of reducing the consumption 
of coal. Each issue of the letter will carry 
direct to all society members the latest an- 
nouncements of one or more of the conser- 
vation boards, which have reached them in 
the past only in a roundabout way. The 
Connecticut War Savings Committee ex- 
pects that through this system of co-opera- 
tion between the different governmental 
savings agencies, there will be a marked in- 
crease in the amount of materials conserved 
for war purposes and in the purchase 'd 
War Savings Stamps with the results of this 
saving. 



BUY W. S. S. 
EVERY DAY 



ANS0NIA LEADS STATE 

IN W. S. S. PER CAPITA 



Sales in Naugatuck Valley City up to 

August 1st Amount to $14.32 — 

Figures for other Communities 



Anson ia leads all cities of the state 
in per capita war savings sales, according 

to announcement made by State Director 

Unwell Cheney of the Connecticut War Sav- 
ings Committee, with per capita figures of 
$14.02. New London is close behind, with 
$13 54, followed by Manchester with $12.59 
and Willimantic with $11.94. 

Hartford leads the larger cities with 
$6.94, followed by New Britain with $6.71, 

Bridgeport with $0. _!.">, Waterhury with 
$5.58 and New- Haven with $5.31. Sales in 
all communities exceeding $5 are as follows: 

Ansonia, $14.32 

Xew London, 13.54 

Manchester, 12.59 

Willimantio, 11.94 

New Canaan, 11.67 

Vernon, 11.62 

Putnam, 9.78 

Plainfiekl, 9.59 

Sharon, 9.47 

Old Lyme, 9.28 

Seymour, 8.98 

Avon, 8.97 

Wellington, 8.«9 

Siinsburv. 8.41 

Washington, 8.23 

Watertown, 8.10 

Torrington, 7.91 

Windsor Locks, 7.91 

East Windsor, 7.73 

Bristol, 7.52 

Suffield, 7.41 

Essex, 7.36 

Chaplin, 7.28 

Cheshire, 7.26 

Litchfield, 7.26 

Canton, 7.15 

Cornwall. 7.11 

Guilford, 7.03 

Hartford, 0.94 

Winches! er, 6.86 

Windsor, 6.72 

New Britain, 6.71 

Coventry, 6.70 

North Canaan. 6.64 

Unionville, 6.62 

Thomaston, 6.59 

Norfolk, 6.58 

Stafford, 6.58 

Sprague, 6.44 

Woodbury, 6.39 

Salisbury, 6.34 

Bridgeport, 6.25 

Granby, 6.25 

Portland, ■ 6.17 

Andover, 6.16 

Middletown, 6.10 

Clinton, 5-97 

Glastonbury, 5.92 

Thompson, 5-81 

Beacon Falls, 5.68 

Hampton, 5.61 
(Continued on page 4. ) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Ansonia Leads State 

in W. S. S. Per Capita 



(Continued from page 3) 




Waterbury, 


5.58 


Farmington, 


5.54 


Naugatuck, 


5.51 


Pomfrei . 


5.46 


\ol w icll, 


5.43 


Stamford, 


5.40 


( loshen, 


5.32 


New i lav en, 


5.31 


Bridgewater, 


5.24 


I'ti inville, 


5.11 


PER CAPITA SALES 




Sales for (In 1 month of July 


exceeded 


$1.00 per capita in the following t 


owns, as 


reported to the State Director: 




Wellington, 


.- i.s; 


Plainfield, 


3.75 


i in iiwall, 


3.18 


Andover, 


2.S4 


Roxbury, 


2.65 


Vernon, 


2.0;; 


Portland, 


2.58 


Clinton, 


2.50 


Avon, 


2.54 


Ansonia, 


2.47 


Suffield, 


2.42 


Washington, 


2.37 


Sprague, 


2.'-!:; 


Manchester, 


2.19 


old Lyme, 


2.17 


New Canaan, 


2.1(1 


Sharon, 


2.12 


Beacon Falls. 


2. US 


Hampton, 


2.08 


New London, 


2.02 


Pomfret, 


2.01 


Seymour, 


2.01 


Easl Lyme, 


1.97 


Madison, 


1.93 


Putnam, 


1.90 


Bridgeport, 


1.S9 


Coventry, 


1.87 


Willimantic, 


1.85 


Columbia, 


1.81 


Essex, 


1.80 


Redding, 


1.79 


Goshen, 


1.77 


Enfield, 


1.75 


Litchfield, 


1.75 


Cheshire, 


1.74 


Thompson, 


1.74 


Monroe, 


1.64 


Earmington, 


1.03 


Bridgewater, 


1.59 


Norwich, 


1.59 


Wilton, 


1.58 


New Britain, 


1 .oil 


Waterford, 


1.56 


Cromwell, 


1.55 


Guilford, 


Lot 


Norfolk, 


1.53 


Hartford, 


1.50 


Unionville, 


1.49 


Glastonbury, 


1.48 


Torrington, 


1.48 


i anaan, 


1.47 


Canton, 


1.46 


\\ estbrook, 


1.46 


Newington, 


1.45 


Watertown, 


1.45 


East Haddam, 


1.42 


Lyme, 


1.41 


Middlefield, 


1.39 


Woodbury, 


1.39 


Brookfield, 


1.38 



BUREAU OF SOLDIERS' AND 

SAILORS' INFORMATION 



Eastford, 

New Haven, 

Simsbury, 

Colchester, 

Morris, 

Windsor Locks, 

Bristol, 

Haddam, 

Montville, 

Newtown, 

Old Say brook, 

Naugatuck, 

Berlin, 

Chester, 

l'lainville, 

Bolton, 

Middlebury, 

North Canaan, 

Lebanon, 

Salisbury, 

Bethany, 

East Windsor, 

Griswold, 

Windsor, 

Durham, 

Waterbury, 

Winchester, 

Mansfield, 

North Haven, 

Chaplin, 

In the 
were t he 
sales for 



1.3S 
1.38 
1.37 
1.32 
1.32 
1.31 
1.30 
1.29 
1.20 
1.25 
1.23 
1.22 
1.21 
1.20 
1.18 
1.17 
1.15 
1.15 
1.13 
1.12 
1.10 
1.09 
1.06 
1.06 
1.05 
1.04 
1.03 
1.01 
1.01 
1.00 



towns listed tin' sales for- July 
percentages indicated of the total 
the preceding six months: 



Roxbury, 
Wellington, 

East Lyme, 

Monroe, 

Lyme, 

Waterford, 

Brookfield, 

Andover, 

East Haddam, 

Lebanon. 

Cornwall, 

Redding, 

( linton, 

Wilton, 

Montville, 

Portland, 

Madison, 

Columbia, 

Plainfield, 

Morris, 

Colchester, 

Middlefield, 

Pom fret. 

Pomfret, 

Beacon Falls, 

Enfield, 

Eastford, 

North Haven, 

Goshen, 



137 per cent. 

121 

116 

107 

105 

104 

94 

85 

84 

82 

80 

80 

75 

75 

72 

71 

GO 

04 

04 

62 

59 

59 

58 

5S 

57 

55 

55 

52 

50 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 

IS WAR PLEDGE 

REDEMPTION DAY 



Attention is called to the changes in reg- 
ulations relating to the payment of allot- 
ments from soldiers and other enlisted men, 
winch change went into effect July 1, 191b. 
A notice sent to the various Commanding 
Officers of the United States Army and 
Navy, .Marine Corps and Coast Guard, botli 
in this country and abroad, directs that all 
allotments to dependents of Class B hereto- 
fore paid by the Bureau of War Risk Insur- 
ance without family allowance were dis- 
continued automatically June 30, 1918, and 
if enlisted men desire to continue such allot- 
ments effective July 1, 1918, new allotment 
papers should be executed and forwarded to 
the Quartermaster General if in the Army, 
to the Navy Allotment Officer, if in the 
Navy, to the Paymaster, United States Ma- 
rine Corps, if in the .Marine Corps, and to 
the Captain Commandant, United States 
Coast Guard if in the Coast Guard. Class 
B includes fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters 
and grandchildren to whom allotments have 
been made without asking for an allowance. 
In order to have these become again effec- 
tive new allotment papers must be executed 
by the soldier or other enlisted man and 
transmitted through the proper channels. 
To soldiers located in the several depots in 
this country this new regulation may be 
complied with without great inconvenience, 
but to the great number of soldiers and 
other enlisted men serving abroad, most of 
whom are in the field, it may not be so 
readily complied with and persons who have 
been in receipt of such allotments are ad- 
vised to write to such soldiers and sailors 
advising them of this change and asking 
them to re-execute such allotment papers. 

There have been many complaints brought 
to the Bureau by persons who have failed 
to receive their insurance certificate, they 
having been notified that the soldier had 
taken out insurance in their favor. No ap- 
prehension should be felt by persons who 
have not received these certificates. The re- 
ceipt of the certificate is not essential to 
the insurance protection, they being merely 
evidences of the existence of a contract for 
such insurance, but it forms no part of sucl 
contract. The Bureau of War Risk Insur- 
ance is sending forward these certificates as 
rapidly as possible and ultimately all will 
be delivered. 

The Adjutant General's Department has 
stated that very soon more detailed informa- 
tion will be furnished regarding wounded 
soldiers and this Bureau will he prepared to 
obtain such information when called upon 
to do so. 



HAD TO "SHOW" FARMERS 



When Missouri farmers refused the volun- 
teer farm labor or business men from town 
to get in a suddenly ripened harvest of 
wheat, the Chamber of Commerce in Nevada, 
Mo., went out by night, sneaked into the 
fields, and shocked the grain of one of the 
skeptics. Since then the farmers are eager 
for " the town dudes " they scorned. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 



BOY LABOR BIG FACTOR 

IN FARM PRODUCTION 



County Labor Agent Davis Reports 
Youths are Giving Material Assist- 
ance in Agricultural Work 



SECRETARY WILSON TOO 



" In the opinion of the County Agents and 
the farmers of Connecticut, boy labor has 
proved the most satisfactory emergency 
factor placed on the farms this year, with 
women labor under the Woman's Land Army 
ranking a fairly close second," reports 
[rving G. I >;i \ i ^ . county labor agent for 
( 'onnecticut. 

Mr. Davis further remarks in a letter to 
Arthur S. Howe, associate director of the 
(J. S. Boys' Working Reserve, "you max 
have no hesitation in carrying your project 
for the training and. placing of boy laboi 
on farms, so far as you have the means 1" 
carry it another year, provided you take 
care in selecting ami training boys as you 
have this year." 

I'.. W. Ellis, County Agent in Windham 
County, says that the only appreciable as- 
sistance which bis farmers have received on 
the labor problem lias come from the boy 
labor, and that of twenty boys from the 
Boys' Working Reserve in bis county, be 
does not know of one who has not made 
good. 

Secretary of Labor YV. B. Wilson is most 
enthusiastic regarding 1 the results achieved 
l'.\ tie- I . S. Boy's Working Reserve. Mr. 
Wilson i- quoted as follows: "The U. S. 
Boys' Working Reserve from small and ex- 
perimental beginnings has already attain.;! 
an importance claiming national attention. 
The necessity that the country avail itself 
of hoy labor is upon us. That this should 
he done according to an intelligent plan is 
essential to the fullest utilization of this 
labor, together with due consideration for 
the welfare of our young manhood. As a 
human element of the war machine it 
merits Special consideration, and T am 
happy to see that it is receiving the 
thoughtful Care of minds well trained in the 
problem's of the American boy. The officials 
in control of the policies of the U. S. Boy's 
Working Reserve have a true realization of 
its possibilities and are making the most 
of them. The facts and figures for 191S. 
not yet complete, are eloquent of what may 
be expected from this vital branch id' tin 
Employment Service in the coming crop 
year. I look forward with confidence to a 
still more wonderful record by the 1". f 
Boys' Working Reserve in 1019. Thanks 
of the Department of Labor are due to the 
Governors of the states, the State Councils 
of Defense, the educational forces, and our 
.evn agents in the field, for their unselfish 
devotion of time and effort to this im- 
portant work." 



FARM PRODUCTS SHOW 
FORTY PER CENT INCREASE 



Farmers in Connecticut Say Crops For 

Present Year Will be Much Greater 

Than in 1917 



Senator Elijah Rogers of Southington, 
Farm Specialist, connected with Federal 
Director I. eo A. Korper's office, has been 
constantly in the field in touch with the 
farm bureaus and with farm labor demands. 

lie reports that Connecticut agriculture 
is well liken care of. There is no surplus 
of farm help, by any means, ami the harvest 
season is likely to bring some extra demand 
which will require special effort to fill 
sen mn Rogers estimates that the food pro- 
duction for Connecticut in 1918 is not less 
than 4(1 per cent, larger than in 1917. The 
fact that the farm help situation is so well 
cared for. in spite of this big increase, is 
gratifying. Farmers who need other help 
for the remainder of the season should 
notify the U. S. Employment Service or the 
County Farm Bureau of their needs at once. 
It will not do to assume that the situation 
will lie taken care of in the future, just be- 
cause it has been thus far. In this connec 
tion, special attention may be called to the 

fact that, while arrangements have I n 

made with the schools to furnish units of 
hoys, to he released for a few hours or e 
few days at a time for emergent, needs, this 
plan will not of course compensate for the 
withdrawal of hundreds of boys from regu- 
lar farm work because of their return to 
school. Therefore, farmers needing help for 
fall work should hear this fact in mind. 



PART TIME PLAN AT NEW 
HAVEN 

C. E. Julin, Secretary of the Chamber of 
Commerce, has 1 n appointed Superintend- 
ent of the New Haven office of the U. S. 
Employment Service. One of Mr. Julin's 
first steps after be bad been appointed 
Superintendent of the New Haven office, was 
to call together the personnel men of the 
larger factories of New Haven, in order to 
present to them the aims and purposes of 
tlie CJ, S. Employment Services, and at this 
meeting plans were discussed for securing 
the cooperation of these men. It was pro- 
posed that weekly meetings be held with 

the emploj nt managers of the city, and 

in this way the fullest cooperation will be 
obtained. Further, Mr. Julin lias asked the 
Trades Council to cooperate, and a similar 
meeting will probably be held in a shorl 
i iiee with them. 

An incident of some interest, in which 
the I*. S. Employment Service has played 
a part, came about during the past week. A 
group of highly skilled workmen, who are 
at present engaged on non-war work, sent a 
(Continued on page 6) 



DIRECTOR KORPER WARNS 
STATE TOBACCO GROWERS 



Hiring Away of Men From War Indus- 
tries Frowned Upon by U. S. 
Employment Director 



On complaints that certain tobacco grow- 
ers near Hartford were hiring men away 
from war industries by offering excessively 
high wages, federal Director Korper, in 
a newspaper interview, at once not i lied 
thi < tobacco growers that their action was 
lee only unpatriotic but a direct violation 

of the government's labor rules, 1 must 

cease at once, lie stated that all workers 
who had been so hired awaj from essential 
industries must he released immediately, 
and that their services could not lie retained 
until the tobacco crop was harvested. 
Director Korper pointed out that when the 
government made its ruling that farmers 
must he reckoned as engaged in essential 
industry, tobacco growers were not included 
as tobacco growing is not reckoned as farm- 
ing or food growing, or in any way an 
essential industry, under the government 
ruling-. The Federal Director expressed 
regret that these few short-sighted tobacco 
growers should be so unpatriotic, as their 
ie! hni was likely to prove embarrassing to 
the entire tobacco industry. Director 
Korper complimented many tobacco grow- 
ers who had been patriotic in response to 
the appeal of the State Council of Defense, 
not inly nut increasing their tobacco acre- 
age this year, hut also planting increased 
acreage of staple foods and refraining from 
hiring men away from essential work. Tin 
U. S. Employment Service has. in fact, 
helped the tobacco men of Connecticut, by 
bringing in many special tobacco laborers 
without interfering with essential in- 
dustries. 



FIELD NOTES 

The Willimantic Office has given effective 
co-operation to the local Woman's Commit- 
tee in the recruiting of young women for 
the I '. S. Student Nurse Reserve, during the 
preliminary and enrollment campaign end- 
ing Aug. 11, 1918. Three of the candidates 
enrolled, signed their enrollment cards and 
secured their applications at the U. S. Em- 
ployment Office. There were two other 
recruiting centers in the city. Everyone of 
the candidates has superior educational 
qualifications. 

Lieutenant .1. R. MaeMillin, recruiting 
officer for the Tank Corps, U. S. Army. 
recruited seventeen men through Director 
Korper's office, during his recent visit to 
Connecticut. .More than 12."> men have al 
ready been accepted for the Tank service 
through the Federal Director's office here in 
i i" ecticut, with a number of additional 
applications pending, and several have been 
accepted al other points to which they were 

I efel red. 



< 'ONNECTICUT BULLETIN" 



WANTS EDUCATIONAL 
STANDARDS OF STATE 
FULLY MAINTAINED 



Proclamation Urging Matter as a War 
Message is Issued by Governor — 
Trained Men and Women Vital 
Factor, lie Says 



Governor Marcus IT. Holconib, in a pro- 
clamation issued this week, calls for the 
continued maintenance of Connecticut's 
educational sfendards as a war measure. 
Che proclamation of the Governor follows: 

" The present world war is making Hie 
greatest demand upon our resources in man 
power, a demand not only for men abroad 
on the fighting line but also for men at 
home iu evei\ Jvpe "i PQmmereia.1, indus- 
trial and agricultural pursuits. A tempta- 
li' n arises ai once to employ young men and 
ng women, boys and girls, who under 
normal conditions would continue in school 
and college. If we yield to this temptation, 
we will make serious inroads on our supply 

of trained n and women who are to be a 

vital factor in solving successfully the 
serious and intricate problems which will 
face this nation at the close of the war. 

" Therefore, 1 call upon all those in 
charge of universities, colleges and technical 

scl Is ti. apply themselves diligently to 

the training of our youth that the number 
of well educated and well equipped men and 
women 1"' no! diminished, and. I call upon 
all those in charge of elementary and 
secondary schools both public and private to 
maintain these schools for the normal num- 
ber of hours ner week and for the normal 
nuntbeT of weeks per year, that no pupil be 
deprived of any part of that full measure 
of education which is his birthright, and 
especially I call upon all school hoards and 
school committees to use every endeavor to 
see that both the number and s ope of 
evening schools be increased, in order that 

every facility may 1 ffered to the foreign 

born persons within our borders, to learn 
rhe English language, and citizenship, and 
to aid them to become Ameri tans." 



President Commends 
Councils of Defense; 

To Increase Duties 



(Continued from page 1) 

utilized as far as possible by federal depart- 
ments and administrations. May I Buggest, 
therefore, that you communicate to the 
heads of all such departments and adminis- 
trations my wish that when they are con- 
sidering extensions of their organization 
into the states or new work to be done in 
the states they determine carefully whether 
they eannot utilize the Slate Council sys- 
tem, thus rendering unnecessary the crea- 
tion of new machinery; and that they trans 
mit all requests for action by the state 

councils through the state council's sec I 

of the Council of National Defense? 
" Cordiallv and sincerely yours. 
" WOODROW WILSON." 
The letter from Secretary Baler calling 
attention to the activities of the state coun- 



cils of defense and outlining their ability 
t.i handle war work efficiently, which called 
fur the reply printed above, states that the 
accomplishments of the councils of defence 
in the slates of the union where established 
indicate that valuable service in war activi- 
ties has been rendered everywhere. Before 
the creation of the United States Food 
Administration they led the national cam- 
paign for food conservation. Most of the 
councils lock prominent parts in the insti- 
tution of home guards to take the place of 
men called into the Federal service. Organ- 
izations, Mr. Baker reports, have been built 
up which are uniquely suited to war pur- 
poses. The work of Americanization has 
also been of great value, as has been the 
campaign to solve transportation problems. 
Tn conclusion Secretary Baker says that the 
cr.it imi of a great national system of de- 
fense has been of great value to the War 
Department in its plans. 



Part Time Plan 



(Continued from page 5) 

committee to the U. S. Employment Service 
office, offering their services on part time 
hasis fur war work, feeling that it was their 
duty In contribute in some way to winning 
the war. One of (he larger concerns was 
communicated with on this subject ami the 
following arrangements were made. There 
were between eighteen and twenty-five of 
these men who were willing to take up such 
a proposition. Accordingly, it is arranged 
that these men should work in groups of 
six for two nights a week each, between the 
hours of seven and eleven p. m. At the 
present time the plan is working very sue 
cessfully and the manaeer of the factory 
which is using them on the part-time basis 
is very enthusiastic about the work which 
they are doing. This work is being carried 
on with the full cooperation of the men's 
regular employers, ami reports are being 
made each day by the part-time employer. 
showing which men are working at. night 
The men themselves report that they are 
much pleased with the arrangement, and 
'hit (he chairman of the committee stated 
that more men were applying than he could 
make arrangement for at present. 



ACTIVITIES AT STAMFORD 

The Stamford Employment Service has 

1 1 ' ■ ' i | ■. i i i"ii uf " The Stamford 

Bulletin," which gives full information to 
employers ami employed ami all others in- 
terested. Forty factories are now on the 
list, pledging full cooperation with the 
government labor plans, which are working 
out very satisfactorily and have greatly 
reduced the " turnover." 

There are in Stamford thirty industries 
engaged mi essential war work and em- 
ploying a total of 7032 males and 2408 
females. These factories need 21211 addi- 
tional employees. The Bulletin makes 
special patriotic appeal to men and women 
in Stamford ami vicinity not now engaged 
in war work, to register with the Employ- 
it cut station and get into Uncle Sam's serv- 
ice as soon as possible. 

The Housing and Rooming Committee is 
making a thorough study of housing and 
ooming conditions, with a view to provid- 
ing attractive living quarters for all work- 
ers. The publicity committee is also active 
to mike the labor needs of Stamford known. 
Definite appeal is made In house-holders to 
lent rooms. A careful system of character 



references is kept, to be sure that no un- 
desirables are admitted to homes or punn- 
ing houses. Emplo3'ers are asked to be 
ready to place promptly all workers who 
apply. 

Last Friday evening, Superintendent 

Blodgett, by invitation, addressed a ling 

of representatives of organized labor, and 
-el forth the scope ami purpose of the U. S'. 
Employment Service. Plans to enlarge the 
Stamford Bulletin were discussed, and 
many helpful suggestions were made by 

I hose present. 



FARM BUREAUS HELP 

EXHIBIT AT FAIRS 



Efforts During Next Few Weeks to be 

Devoted in Giving Assistance to 

State Council of Defense 

Plans 



I iiis <if (he County Farm Bureaus in 
Connecticut, during the latter part of 
August and the. month of September and 
early October, will be devoted largely to 
preparing and carrying on educational work 
at fair exhibits. The Connecticut State 
Council of Defense is preparing two exhibits, 
each of which will be sent to six of the 
smaller fairs. One-half the space in these 
exhibits will be devoted to food production 
ami food conservation. The food exhibit at 
these fairs will be handled by the farm 
bureau of the county in which the fair is 
held. One such exhibit will be held in New 
London County, two in Tolland, two in 
Hartford, two in Litchfield, two in New 
Haven and one in Middlesex. The Exten- 
sion Service of the Connecticut Agricultural 
College will assist the county farm bureaus 
in making these local exhibits and the 
State Council of Defense will furnish signs, 
posters anl labels. In many of the counties 
lack of space in the State Council of Defense 
tent will make it necessary for the farm 
bureaus to carry on supplementary exhibits. 

In New London County two tents 30 by 
60 feet will be required in addition to the 
Stile Council i f Defense tent to care for the 
food exhibits. One of these tents will be 
devoted -to the exhibits and competitive 
demonstrations of the Junior Fooil Army. 
The other will be u?ed for educational 
demonstrations in dairying, pig growing 
ami selecting the slacker hen. 

In addition to the State Council of 
Defense exhihits the county farm bureaus 
will carry on small educational exhibits 
along- f,| (lr | lines at the smaller fairs through- 
out the state. These exhibitions will be 
handled by the bureaus with assistance 
from the Connecticut Agricultural College. 
There will also lie shown in every countv of 
the state a competitive exhibit of Junior 

F 1 Army products. The Junior Food 

Army work which has been under the 
supervision of the Junior Department of 
the farm bureaus in each county has occu- 
pied conspicuous place in the production 
and conservation activities of the state this 
year. Tn Litchfield County Washington 
Fair will he devoted entirely to the ; e Junior 
Food Army exhibits, including competitive 
demonstration by teams of boys and girls. 
Tn tlie eight county exhibits being held in 
the state. 50.0(10 members of the Junior 
Food Army will be el'gible to compete and 
the winners at each county fair will compete 
in the state contest at the state fair in 
Berlin. 




dtftmrctintt lulktm. 



Published BUVVeekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. II 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918 



No. 4 



BIG WAR EXHIBIT SHOWS 
CHARTER OAK FAIR CROWDS 
WHAT THE STATE IS DOING 



All Departments of State Council of 
Defense Represented by Booths 
Displaying War Work — Exhibition 
Hall at Charter Oak Park Filled — 
National Organizations Represented 



SHOWS WILL GO ON CIRCUIT 

TO FAIRS THROUGH STATE 



An exhibit of the war work of this 
state occupied the big Exhibition Hall at 
the Charter Oak Park Pair in Hartford, 
September - to (i. The exhibit was given 
under the auspices of the Connecticut State 
C ouncil of Defense, its departments and 

i mittees arranging booths to display 

their work. The Red Cross, Y. M. ('. A., 
Y. \Y. C. A.. Knights of Columbus, and 
Food Administration displays were in- 
cluded in tne council hall. 16,000 square 
feet of floor space were covered. The coun- 
cil exhibit will be reduced in size and sen! 
on circuit to tne other fairs of the state 
during the winter. 

Opposite the entrance was an enormous 
facsimile of Governor Holcomb's telegram 
sent to the President two days before the 
United Slates severed diplomatic relations 
with Germany. The telegram said "You 
can depend "u the loyal support of Con- 
necticut." 

Actual demonstrations showing how Con- 
necticut's war munitions are manufac- 
tured were among the principal features 
of the exhibition of the labor and industry 
committees. The demonstrations were con- 
ducted by skilled mechanics working on 
milling machine-, hand screw machines, 
and other mechanical appliances used in 
the munitions factories of Connecticut. 

Another feature of the exhibit was a 
machine gun exhibit showing the Brown- 
ing type, the Vickers and tne Cult. Tic 
automatic pistol which is now the official 
weapon in many American army units was 
also shown. This display was made by 
special permission of the United States 
government and was loaned by the Coll 

Patent hire Arms Manufacuring I panj 

of Hartford. Other articles shown were 
machine gun ammunition, cartridges of all 
sends, Enfield rifles, automatic saoi guns, 
time fuses and cartridge cases. Parapher- 
nalia necessary for the outfitting id' a 
soldier and sailor were shown and eon- 
sisted of blankets, overcoats, army and 
navy uniform cloths, cartridge belts, 
slickers, etc. Articles used constantly in 
the service — bayonets, scabbards, trench 
knives, sabres, me, kits, tools, and tents 
were also shown. Models of a Like sub- 
marine and a camouflaged ship were 
centers of interest. 

The exhibition of the Woman's M 
of the State Council was an important fea- 
ture of the exhibit of Connecticut's con- 
tribution to America's war efficiency. The 
exhibit of the Woman's Division oi 
the third largest amount of space allotted 
!" any department. It included exhibits 



"Fair Edition" of 

" Connecticut Bulletin " 



In place of the regular issue of 
"The Connecticut Bulletin" for Sep 
teniher 6, a special edition. - .; i m , , i 
f... aisliluulTull at the fairs ,,f the 
Btate, was sent to the regular mailing 
list of " The Bulletin " and to other 
makers of public sentiment in Con- 
necticut. The "fair edition" was 
self-explanatory — a digest of the 
yeai 's work of the council. 

The present issue therefore, con- 
tains a record oi the activities of the 
council for a month, instead of for 
two weeks, as usual. 



COMMEND ALLIED DRIVE 
ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
IN COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS 



of war time fashions, possibilities of 
salvage, motor messenger, occupations for 
women, child welfare, day nurseries and 
an educational exhibit. 

The war time fashions exhibit showed 
possibilities of making over clothes, eco- 
nomical buying, and distributed free pit 
terns for cutting children's clothes from 
out of fashion garments of their elders. 
Salvage has been described elsewhere in 
this paper. 

A feature of interest in the motor mes- 
senger booth was a tire changing contest 
which lasted throughout the week and 
Which was open to all women whether ex- 
perienced or inexperienced in automobile 
matters. A prize of $25 was offered to the 
woman who changed the tire in the quick- 
est time. 

The booth "Occupations for Women" en- 
rolled women for various war tim u 

pations ami gave information as to what 
w. iicen could do in whole time and in put 
time towards winning the war. The uni- 
form of a munition worker, nurse, yeo- 
women and farmerette were displayed on 
lay figures, and interesting photographs 
showing women working in various indus- 
tries and occupations, also pamphlets and 
literature for distribution, made this booth 
of value. 

A feature of the child welfare exhibit 
were two contrasted rooms, one showing 
squalor and dirt and the other identical 
in size, demonstrating wdiat can be ace n 
plished with a little care and attention. 
Attractive posters and other devices called 
attention to the welfare of the children 
and to the m ed for public health nurses. 

Another feature conducted by the 
Woman's Division which attracted atten- 
tion was the model day nursery. This had 
a capacity of fifteen children, and compe- 
tent women in charge looked after the 
little ones and for a small fee served 
-ample meals. 

A model playground located outside the 
Exhibition Hall was looked upon with 
great favor by the children. In it were 
-nid boxes, slides, ladders, swings, a toy 

'ill with miniature houses and oilier 

devices. This playground was conducted 

under the direction of the Parks and 

Playgrounds Department of the City of 

(Continued on page 2) 



Urge Syrian War Relief *" ! * ■ —■ • ■ 

sen with Red Cross — Americaniza- 
tion Bureau Starts Work — French 
Army Band Entertained — Council 
Visits Charter Oak Fair 



REPORT OF FOUR 

WEEKS' COUNCIL MEETINGS 



Recommendations to the Armenian and 
Syrian Relief Committee in New York 
City urging that they combine with the 
Red Cross and become a part of the 
larger organization were passed by the 
Connecticut State Council id' Defense at iis 
meeting Monday at the State Capitol. The 
recommendations were made on the occa- 
sion of an invitation from the Syrian Relief 
requesting the attendance of a representa- 
tive of the council at a conference in New 
York next weel . 

A letter was read from the New Haven 
County Farm Bureau expressing the grati 
fade of that body for the assistance of the 
council in the matter of securing jail 
labor as emergency farm help in that area. 

The rest of the general session was occu- 
pied by financial considerations. Those 
present wire: His Excellency Governor 
Manns II. Holcomb, Chairman Richard M. 
Bissell, Winchester Bennett, Mrs. T. Bel- 
knap lieaeh, Howard A. Giddings, Charles 
A. Goodwin, dames T. Moran, Ira M. Orn- 
burn. Lucius F. Robinson. William R. 
Webster, and Justice George W. Wheeler of 
the council: Margaret T. Corwin, .John T. 
Roberts, Anna B. Sands, Henry M. 
Wriston; and the following chairmen and 
mcmbers'of committees. General Lueien F. 
Burpee, George II. Chandler, Harrison B. 
i'i oinan. Fred P. Griffin, Dr. Valeria If. 
Parker and Arthur L. Shipman. 

Between the general session in the morn- 
ing and the executive session in the after- 
noon, the council entertained the members 
of the French Army Band at luncheon in 
the Memorial Hall at the State Library. 
About seventy members of this famous 
musical organization which is touring the 
state under the auspices of the council 
were present. 

SEPTEMBER 9 

A resolution of the Connecticut State 
('ouncil of Defense rejoicing in the part 
]da\ed by the troops of the Allies in the 
iieent offensive on the Western Front 
and expressing special pride in the work 
of the soldiers of this state was passed at 
the regular meeting of the Council 
the State Capitol, September 9. Copies 
of the resolutions were forwarded to 
Connecticut senators and representatives 
in Congress, and to the commander of the 
American Expeditionary Force with the 
request that they be further forwarded 
by him to the commanding officers of all 
(( fontinued on page s ) 



i>\< 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 
(Special Extra for Distribution at Connecti- 
cut War Exhibit i 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
r « — • i>nf is designed merely to keep 
members of the council o ~c<. — :j„ m-o-nni- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.11 HARTFORD. CONN., SEPT. 20, WIS No. 4 



CONN. MEN REPRESENT 
U. S. ARMY WITH HONOR 



High Praise for Conduct of Former 

National Guard of 

this State 



High tribute to the 102nd United States 
Infantry, made up of the old First and Sec- 
ond Regiments, Connecticut National Guard, 
is paid by Hamilton Holt, Yale '94, in an 
article entitled "A Visit to the Yale Mobile 
Hospital," printed in the summer supple- 
ment of the " Yale Alumni Weekly." Be- 
cause this article deals so intimately with 
Connecticut boys now fighting in Fiance, it 
is reprinted here in part: 

" It will interest all Yale men to have 
me repeat here the story Colonel Dowell 
told me of the part Lieutenant Charles E. 
Lockhart, '09, S., played in that battle 
'When the Germans made their great at- 
tack on that fateful night,' said Colonel 
Dowell, ' Lockhart was isolated with a com- 
mand of thirty-seven men when we had to 
fall back. After two days of fighting, when 
we regained our trenches and threw the 
Germans back, killing and wounding over 
60 per cent, of them, I went to Colonel 
Parker in command of the 102d and sug- 
gested that he and I go out and look for 
Lockhart and his boys. Just as wo left the 
trenches we met Lockhart coming; back. 
The first thing he did was to dra.v himself 
up and salute, apologizing for his two days' 
growth of beard and dishevelled appearance, 
In response to our requests as to how he 
had fared, he replied: ' I am glad to report, 
sir, that we have eight still alive; the other 
29 are dead in the trenches, sir.' 

"Think what this means! Here was the 
first fight in which America took part in 
the Great War. The honor of represent- 
ing America fell to a regiment of Con- 
necticut boys. When the order was given 
to retreat, one little band in command of 
a modern Nathan Hale held their ground 
for two days, though entirely surrounded 
by the Germans. And then when they were 
finally relieved there, they were every single 
man of them, dead or alive, at his post. 
Our histories tell us that America never 
produced a braver soldier than old Israel 
Putnam. I cannot help feeling that were 
the old General alive today he would not be 
ashamed of these boys from his native 
state." 



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Big War Exhibit Shows 
Charter Oak Fair Crowds 
What the State is Doing 



(Continued from page 1.) 

Hartford in co-operation with the Woman's 
1 livision. 

The subject of keeping the child in 
school was treated iu the educational 
exhibit. An exhibit of work done by 
children in the trade schools was given 
special emphasis, as was also the value of 
the public library. 

Posters, literature for distribution, Hags 
— » ; ~'- ';..,.- ,i..vi,,,.; mil miniature ex- 
hibits helped to make the whole exhibit ot 
the Woman's Division one of interest. 

The Food Administration display made 
plain the various rules and regulations 
concerning the use of substitutes for wheat, 
sugar, and fats. A war kitchen was set up 
in one corner of the building so that 
people could see just how easy it is to 
get along without many of the things 
which have heretofore been considered in- 
dispensable. A particularly interesting 
feature was the exhibition of the amount 
and kinds of food that the government 
allows each soldier ami sailor for a month; 
beside this were the food requirements of 
the average family of five for a week. 

The food department of the council of 
defense in cooperation with the Connecti- 
cut Agricultural College ami Farm Bureau 
prepared a most effective exhibit to show 
food production in all its phases. One 
booth was given over, for instance, to an 
exhibit of vegetables grown by war 
gardeners and in the same booth was 
shown the insect pests ami fungus diseases, 
the famous aphis and other plant enemies 
that make the name " war garden " par- 
ticularly apropos. All the various activ- 
ities of the 50,000 hoys and girls enlisted 
in the Junior Food Army were shown. The 
exhibit included docile lambs, grunting 
pigs and cackling hens; not models but real 
live ones. There were demonstrators in 
every booth to show how to select, the 
good hen or choose a good pig. 

The exhibit of the Publicity Department 
included an enormous map of the war 
front, large portraits of Washington, 
Pershing, and the President, official photo 
graphs released by the Committee on Pub- 
lic Information, posters, and some special 
attractions. A printing press and printer 
were kept busy printing and distributing 
the blank middle column of a special fair 
edition of " The Connecticut Bulletin " 
with the latest war news. Automatic stere- 
opticans showed America's military and 
naval achievements in a series of pictures, 
and a phonograph reproduced speeches of 
government and military officials who sent 
their greetings to the people of Connecti- 
cut in this way. A large chart showed the 
newspapers in this state who are co-oper- 
ating with the department in putting Con 
necticut civilian activities before the 
people of the state. A cartoonist at the 
midway entrance to the Exhibition Hall 
drawing Avar cartoons attracted large 
crowds. Four Minute Men occasional!} 
addressed these crowds on Avar subjects. 

The War Savings exhibit offered the 
public an opportunity to "paste" the 
Kaiser's picture with War Savings Stamps 
The Liberty Loan also had a booth. 

The Connecticut State Guard had ex- 
hibits of their equipment and organization, 
with uniformed attendants to explain the 
munitions. 

The Federal Employment Service, Mili- 
tary Census", . StQtf {Jyicultural College 

OCT J I9| 8 



VISIT HISTORIC LEBANON 



Large Crowd Goes to Old Home ot 

Connecticut's Earlier War 

Governors 



About 0,000 patriotic pilgrims went to 
Lebanon on Sunday, September 8. 

The Lebanon War Bureau invited the 
people of Connecticut to come to that his- 
toric town about which so many of the im- 
portant eA'ents of the American Revolution 
center, and to visit the landmarks of other 
days. The pilgrims Avent to the Trumbull 
tomb, the Trumbull Mansion Avhere the 
Oov«inoi lived, and the Old War Office 
where he and his Council of Safety did so 
much for the armies of Washington and 
Lafayette. 

The speakers at the places of historic 
interest where the crowds stopped Avere: 
GoA r ernor Marcus H. Holcomb, Rev. G. B. 
Cabanel, chaplain of the famous French 
"Blue Devils," Mayor Earnest E. Rogers 
of New London, Aubrey L. Maddock, secre- 
tary of the publicity department of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, Henry 
Hovey of Sedgewick Post, G. A. R., Nor- 
wich Rev. Hollis A. Campbell of Lebanon, 
Rev. W. A. Keefe of Plainfield, Mayor 
George A. Quigley of NeAv Britain, and 
I harles D. Lockwood of Stamford. 



TO MEET HOUSING PROBLEM 



Go\ T ernment plans for the housing of 
munitions worker.; in Waterbury Avere ex- 
hibited at the mayor's office last Aveek. The 
housing problem has been acute in the 
munitions centers for some time, and the 
plans for its relief are being hastened. 



FARMERETTES HONORED 



Twenty-four young Avomen who have 
worked for three months or more on farms 
in different parts of Connecticut recently 
received from Governor Marcus H. Holcomb 
brassards in recognition of the services 
which they have performed in carrying on 
agricultural work in this state in the 
absence of the boys avIio are noAv in the 
service. 



CONNECTICUT NURSES LEAD 



Connecticut, NeAv Jersey, and Ne\v York 
lead the nation in the enlistment of trained 
nurses for war duty through the American 
Red Cross. Over thirteen thousand Avere 
enlisted in this country up to August 1. 
This is not quite half the quota wanted 
by next January. 



had educational and explanatory booths. 

The Transportation Committee displayed 
a large chart showing the map of Connecti- 
cut ami the working of the "return load" 
plan in this state. 

The Fuel Committee also had an auto- 
matic stereoptican which showed charts 
and photographs on the subject of the 
conserA'ation of coal and substitution of 
Avood when possible. Samples of coal and 
other fuel, samples of properly burned and 
wasteful ashes, conservation devices, and 
charts sliOAving AAdiat the Fuel Administra- 
tion has accomplished in this state Avere 
part of the display. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



WOMAN'S DIVISION 



The first report of the Woman's Divi- 
sion of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense in its re-organized form was issued 
September 15. 

The report contained an account of the 
personnel, organization, and departments of 
the organization for the carrying out of 
the war work of Connecticut women. An- 
nouncement has already been made of the 
re-organization and personnel of the new 
division. The departmental reports in a 
condensed form are as fouows: 

1. Registration — Mrs. J. W. Alsop, 

Chairman. 

Since the last report, plans have been 
made for registration in Bridgeport and 
Stamford. This registration will probably 
be in the form of a canvass for industrial 
workers. Training courses for Volunteers 
are to be held in New Haven beginning 
October 1, under the auspices of the 
Young Women's Christian Association and 
the Volunteer Placement Bureau of the 
Woman's Committee. It is hoped that 
other courses will be planned and carried 
out in the larger cities of the state. 
Placement work through registration is be- 
ing carried out in towns where registra- 
tion has been taken already; that is, in 
New Haven and Waterbury. 

Mrs. J. W. Alsop has been appointed 
woman assistant to the director of Federal 
Employment in Connecticut. She has 
just taken up her work and is planning 
to help in every way possible to meet the 
demand for factory workers in the state. 

2. Food Production — Miss M. Estella 

Sprague, Chairman. 

This report concerns the success of the 
Woman's Land Army which is printed in 
The Bulletin as a separate article. 

Another activity of the committee is 
the work in behalf of the conservation of 
clothing which was undertaken by the 
Woman's Division in an exhibition of war 
time fashions at the Connecticut Fail- 
held in Hartford. In this exhibit the 
actual coats, dresses and other garments, 
displayed on forms, were recommended for 
their general utility and economy and by 
the fact that many of them had been made 
over from old garments and combinations 
of old garments. A feature of the exhibit 
was patterns of children's clothes made 
from the discarded clothing of their 
parents. Free patterns were distributed of 
the various remodeled clothes. Enthusi- 
astic women in the booth helped to make 
it a center of interest and of real value. 
As this exhibit on a smaller scale is to go 
to the other fairs held throughout the 
state this fall, we hope that its message 
will reach many more women. 

3. Food Administration and Home Eco- 

nomics — Miss M. Estella Sprague, 

Chairman. 
The United States Department of Agri- 
culture asked each state what responsibil- 
ity it would assume in canning fruits and 
vegetables. Connecticut replied through 
the Extension Department and the Food 
Committee that she would can 5,0 10,000 
quarts. The reports of enrollment are 
not complete but promise the 5,000,000 



goal. Report cards for the final state- 
ment of actual accomplishments will be 
issued and collected at the close of the can- 
ning season. 

Twenty towns in Connecticut have com- 
munity canning centers in operation. 
Wiusted, New Milford, Stamford, Green- 
wich, Willimantic, New Haven, Waterbury 
and Bristol have each a Liberty shop or 
food center. The object of these centers 
is to have a central place to which persons 
can go for information on food subjects, 
for literature, etc., to see equipment and 
demonstrations. Two cities, Hartford and 
Bridgeport, have a municipal drying plant. 

4. Child Welfare — Miss Margaret K. 

Stack, R. N. 

About one hundred and ten of the one 
hundred and sixty-eight towns have 
finished or are in the process of weighing 
and measuring children under six. New 
Haven is the only large town in this re- 
port, so that Hartford, Wiaterbury and 
Bridgeport will bring the total up very 
much. 

Incomplete reports show 36,884 children 
examined and of that number between six 
and seven thousand needed attention. 
" The Connecticut Baby Special " is tour- 
ing the state to examine children in the 
country districts. 

Through the co-operation of the Public- 
ity Department of the State Council, an 
effort is being made to get in touch with 
every nurse in the state who is not able 
to do actual war nursing and placing needs 
of public health work before them. 



Health and Recreation - 
H. Parker. 



- Dr. Valeria 



In addition to the work of the police 
woman, who are largely concerned with 
the protection of girls, the department has 
concerned itself with the organization of 
girls' work. It co-operated with the 
Woman's Committee of the Council of De- 
fense in calling a conference on work with 
girls, which was held at the State Capitol, 
July 10th. Since the conference, it has 
worked with representatives of the 
National League of Women Workers on a 
preliminary survey of the state prepara- 
tory to forming a statewide organization. 

It has also co-operated with the Con- 
necticut State Farm for Women which was 
opened in July for the reception of women 
or girls committed to it. 

Seven policewomen are now commis- 
sioned on the state police force. During 
the two months they undertook a number 
of special investigations, in addition to 
their ordinary protective and preventive 
work. The policewomen, forming part of 
the state police force, are not under the 
control of an.\ municipal authority. They 
•a cuk under the supervision of Dr. Valeria 
II. Parker, chairman of the Health and 
Recreation Department. Two are stationed 
in New Haven, two in New London, one 
in Hartford and one in Norwich but any of 
the women are available for work or in- 
vestigations in other places if needed. 
Much of the protective work for girls is 
done by ire ins of probation without the in- 
tervention of the courts. The department 



works in co-operaion with all organizations 
doing protective work for girls in the 
-into, and also with state organizations 
of girls' clubs and organizations providing 
recreation for girls. It also co-operates 
with institutions giving shelter to girls. 
The Girls' Patriotic Leagues throughout 
the state are in close touch with the de- 
partment, as is also the work done by the 
Connecticut branch of the National League 
for Women Workers and that of the Con- 
necticut Y. W. C. A. and the Connecticut 
Women's Christian Temperance Union. 

In July a State Travelers' Aid Associa- 
tion was formed under the auspices of the 
deparment, and co-operation with this 
association has been close and frequent. 
There are five cities in which travelers' 
aid agents are employed at the stations. 
and all these cities have membership in 
the State Travelers' Aid Association. 

6. Educational Propaganda — 

.Mi<s Caroline Ruutz-Rees has been made 
woman representative on the Americaniza- 
tion Committee of the State Council. The 
work of this department is oeing carried 
out by the newly created Americanization 
Bureau of the Council of which Mr. II. II. 
Wheaton is in charge. He has but re- 
cently taken up his work. 

The Speakers' Bureau of the Woman's 
Committee has been supplying speakers for 
a few women's club meetings, rallies, etc. 

During the summer the four-minute 
women were tried out. 

The Speakers' Bureau is arranging for a 
series of lectures to be given between 
October 1 and Thanksgiving in connec- 
tion with Grange meetings, club meetings, 
etc. The object of these lectures i some- 
what different than that of the war rallies 
held throughout the state in that they arc 
intended to give information, to interest, to 
instruct and at times to entertain. 

Community singing is carried out under 
the Liberty Chorus Section of the State 
Council. A special song for the Woman's 
Division of Connecticut entitled " Loyalty " 
has recently been selected. 

7. Liberty Loan — Mrs. Morgan G. 

Bulkeley. 

Preparations are being made for the 
Fourth Liberty Loan drive by the Woman's 
Liberty Loan Committee. 

The War Savings Campaign has re- 
ceived the help of the women throughout 
the state. Plans are under way for salvage 
work in this connection. 

8. Home and Foreign Relief. 
See previous report. 

SPECIAL WORK. 

Student Nurse Reserve — Mrs. J. W. 
Alsop, Chairman of Committee in charge 
of Recruiting. 

Apnroximately 600 enrollment cards for 
the Student Nurse Reserve were signed. 
Of this number only 405 have sent in their 
application blanks completely filled out. 
\s applications still continue to come to 
this office, we feel sure that Connecticut 
will attain its quota of 450. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



United States Employment Service 



The personnel of the community labor 
boards appointed in fourteen districts in 
Connecticut by Leo A. Korper, slate direc- 
tor of the United States Employment Serv- 
ice. The duty of these boards is to decide 
what industries of their district must give 
up workers for the benefit of essential war- 
work plants. Their appointment i- part of 
the government labor program, inaugurated 
last month, to bring all the unskilled labor 
of the country under federal control. 

the community labor districts and mem- 
bers of the community labor boards, show- 
ing the towns included in each of the dis- 
tricts, are given below : — 

First District — includes the town- oi 
Avon, Bloomfield, Burlington. Canton, East 
Granby, East Hartford. East Windsor. En- 
field, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, 
Hartford, Hartland, Manchester, Marlboro, 
Newington, Rocky Hill. Simsbury, So. 
Windsor, Sufneld, West Hartford. Wethers, 
field, Windsor and Windsor Locks — Arthur 
G. Woolley, Hartford, Chairman; Mitchell 
S. Little,' Hartford. Edward 1'. Clarke, 
Hartford. 

Second District — includes the towns of 
Berlin. Bristol, New Britain, Plainville and 
Southington — Henry S. Tallard, New 
Britain, Chairman; Carlisle H. Baldwin. 
New Britain. M. T. Kerwin, New Britain. 

Third District — includes the towns id' 
Lethany, Branford, Cheshire, Guilford, 
Madison, Milford, Wallingford, New Eaven, 
East Haven, Hamden, North Branford, 
North Haven. ( (range and Woodbridge — 
Henry W. Earnani. New Haven. Chairman; 
Wilson H. Lee, New Haven, (!. F. Mordeoai, 
New Haven. 

Fourth District — includes the towns id' 
Meriden, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Prospect, 
Southbury, Waterbury and Wolcott — 
l):i\id llloi niilii hi, Meriden, Chairman; D. 
L. Sunrnrey, Waterbury, J. F. Cbrrigan, 
Waterbury. 



HELP FOR CAPTURED NURSES 



A hill has been introduced to Congress 
for the continuation of the pay of army 
nurses in the event of their capture by the 
enemy. At present, the pay of army nurses 
stops as sunn as they are captured. The 
chairman of the Committee on Nursing of 
the Council of National Defense says that 
a failure to adopt this hill would strike a 
vital blow at the efficiency of America's 
armies. 



FUEL CONSERVATION ADVICE 



tine way to save coal is by the careful 
regulation of window shades. Pull down 
the curtains at dusk, as a drawn shade is 
almost as good as a double window in keep- 
ing out the cold. Raise the shades when 
the sun is shining — sunlight is free heat. 



Fifth District — includes the towns of 
Ansi'iiia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Oxford and 
Seymour — M. A. Durrschmidt, Derby, 
Chairman; Walter Randall, Derby, 11. W. 

i aniiw . i lel'liy. 

Sixth District — includes the towns of 
Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Huntington, 
Monroe, Redding, Stratford, Trumbull, 
Weston ana Westport — William i'. liiris, 
Bridgeport, Chairman; G. M. Lames, 
Bridgeport, A. J. McKeon, Bridgeport. 

Seventh District — includes the towns of 
Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Green- 
wich, .New Canaan. New Fairfield, Newtown, 
Nforwalk, EUdgfield, Sherman, Stamford and 
Wilton — Frank B. Gurley, Stamford, 
Chairman; Joseph A. Home, Stamford, 
Philip 0. Fiske, Stamford. 

Eighth District — includes the town of 
ISarkha instead. Bethlehem, Bridgewater, 
Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Har- 
wintun, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hart- 
ford, New Milford, Norfolk, North Canaan, 
Plymouth. Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon. 
I'lioinastun, Torrington, Warren, Washing- 
ton, Watertown, Winchester and Woodbury 
— John 11. Lancaster, Litchfield, Chairman; 
S. C. Workman, Torrington, H. E. \ ail, 
I'urnngton. 

Ninth District — includes the towns of 
East Lyme, Uroton, Ledyard, Lyme, Mont- 
ville, Ntw London. North Stonington, Old 
Cyme, Stonington and Waterford — Holton 
E. Lnderhill, New London, Chairman; E. 
W. Mercer, New London, Daniel Callahan, 
New Loudon. 

Tenth District — includes the towns of 
liozrah, Colchester, Franklin, Griswold, 
Lebanon, Lisbon, Norwich, Preston, Salem, 
Sprague and Voluntown — Allyn L. Brown, 
Norwich, Chairman; Herbert R. Branche, 
Norwich, Jeremiah Angell, Norwich. 



TO ENTERTAIN WOUNDED 



For wounded soldiers at Camp l)ix whose 
condition requires them to lie in one posi- 
tion lor days at a time. V. At. C. A. enter- 
tainers have devised an arrangement of 
black screens and mirrors to throw moving 
pictures on the walls and ceilings where 
the mini can see them. 



WHAT THE SOLDIERS READ 



One day's circulation of the war service 
library maintained at (amp Meade, Mary- 
hind, by the American Library Association, 
shows the sort of reading the men in camp 
are doing: French history, mechanics, 
topography and strategy in war, self-pro- 
pelled vehicles, hand grenades, field en- 
trenchments, bridges, chemistry, physics, 
astronomy, geology, hydraulics, electricity, 
mediaeval history, calculus, civil engineer- 
ing, geography, American history, survey 
ing, materials of construction, general his- 
tory, masonry, concrete. About three- 
fourths of 1he books taken out were non- 
fiction. 



Eleventh District — includes the towns of 
Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Durham, East 
Hampton, Essex, Iladdani, Killingworth, 
Ivliddlefield, Middletown, Old Saybroojs, 
Portland, Saybrook and Westbrook — J. H. 
Bunce, Middletown, Chairman; E. S. Davis, 
Portland, Charles Anderson, Middletown. 

Twelfth District — includes the towns of 
Ashford, Chaplin. Lastford. Hampton. Scot- 
land and Windham — Albert A. Burton 
Willimantic. Chairman; Clifford J. Al- 
paugh, Willimantic, Rufus IE Rood, Willi- 
mantic. 

Thirteenth District — includes the towns 
of Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Plain- 
lichl. Pomfret, Putnam. Sterling, Tnompson 
and Woodstock — Frank Case, Putnam, 
Chairman; William E. Keaeh, Danielson, 
Joseph Halle, Danielson. 

Fourteenth District — includes the towns 
of Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, 
Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Staf- 
ford, Tolland, Union, Vernon and Willing- 
ton — William II. Head. Stafford Springs, 
Chairman; Francis T. Maxwell, Roekville, 
William J. Hetzler, Roekville. 



MEN BROUGHT FOR HARVEST 



The Hartford Office of the U. S. Employ- 
ment Service, cooperating with the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, has been bringing from 
12 to 35 men per day to place among the 
farmers of Connecticut, to ensure the har- 
vesting of staple crops, and also to help the 
tobacco men. 

The manufacturers of Hartford and vicin- 
ity have cooperated heartily with the U. S. 
Employment Service as to the recruiting 
of unskilled labor since Aug. 1, 1918. Rep- 
resentatives of the Employment Service have 
held meetings with employment managers. 
The Hartford Office has been measurably 
successful in personal appeals to employees 
io •■ stick to the job" for the sake of win- 
ning the war. There has not been a case, 
says Superintendent Davenport, where a 
frank statement of the facts has not been 
effective. 

there is at the present time a large call 
for women in factories and appeal must be 
made to those engaged in homes or non- 
essential work. At the request of Superin- 
tendent Davenport, the clergymen of Hart- 
ford included this feature in their notice on 
Sunday, Aug. 18. A special enrollment day 

was set to recruit the services of w n. 

The Hartford Office has been for several 
months making a special effort to secure 
young men to enter the various manufac- 
turing plants and learn a specific trade, and 
many of the reports from the factories 
show gratifying results in this direction. 



OAK TREES FOR HEROES 



Cleveland. Ohio, is perpetuating the 
memory of its soldier dead in an appropri- 
ate manner. One of the finest boulevards 
in the city has been renamed "Liberty 
Row," and an oak tree is to be planted on 
it for every Cleveland man to lose his life 
in the war. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN- 



NEW ENGLAND CHORUSES 



James S. Stevens, Connecticut Di- 
rector of Liberty Choruses, Ap- 
pointed Head of District 



Supervision of the organization of 
Liberty Choruses in Maine, New Hauip 
shire, Vermont. Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island and Connecticut wa rded James 

S. Stevens, Director of Liberty Choruses 
for the Connecticut State < <nineil of De- 
fense, by federal appointment this we k. 
Mr. Stevens a1 once took up his duties of 
i rganizai ion. 

The nationwide adoption of Liberty 
Choruses, which had it- beginnings in 
Connecticut a year ago this fall, is to be 
supervised by a system of districts, the 
district directors being in direct touch 
with Hie Council of National Defense and 
co-operating personally with the local state 
councils of defense. The director's work 
is advisory and supervisory in character, 
and is intended to encourage and install 
liberty singing throughout the United 
siit,.,. The actual organization work is 
done by the local state councils of d fense. 

The new director for New England, in 
commenting on his appointment, said, 
"This war is a war of spirit: it i- the 
spiritual against the gross and material. 

Music has I n found oi f the - i 

and n:n-t effective mediums in arousing 
the spirit of the soldiers and civilians. It 
is a tremendous privilege to be permitted 
to participate in a work of this character. 
and its significance is sacred at this time." 



Harvard Professor Discusses 

the "Business as Usual" Folly 



O. M. W. Sprague Tells Why War 
Should be Partly Financed Out of 
America's Savings 



BY O. M. W. SPRAGUE. 

Converse Professor of Banking and 

Finance, Harvard University. 

Each month finds . us engaged more 
deeply in war activities, both military 
and industrial. The business-as-usual 
folly is decidedly and significantly less 
vociferous. More and more generally it 
is being recognized that, since the war 
requires the use of supplies of materials 
now, it is only through the curtailment 
of consumption now, i. e., by saving, that 
the war can be financed. Each of the 
three possible methods of financing the 
war brings about this contraction in con- 
sumption, but with important differences 
in the burden on different individuals 
and classes in the community. The issue 
of government paper money and bank 
credit, whether in the form of bank notes 
or of deposits, enforces economy 
through advancing prices, but in a hap- 
hazard fashion, and mainly from those in 
receipt of stationary money incomes. We 
would certainly regard a tax as most un- 
just which took $300 or $400 a year from 
a woman having a fixed income from 
bonds of $1,000. And yet that is pre- 
cisely what we are doing in financing the 
war in part by means of credit inflation. 



Subscriptions to Liberty Bonds, from 
whatever source derived, provide the 
government with funds, but those of 
them which are made by banks and by 
means of loans by commercial banks to 
subscribers are an effective means of 
securing a larger portion of the total 
output of industry for war uses only be- 
cause the money incomes of a large pro- 
portion of the people do not advance at 
an even pace with rising prices. The 
war can only be financed with savings 
from current income. Credit inflation is 
a potent means of enforcing involuntary 
economy, but in a most uneven and 
grievously unjust fashion. Some escape 
entirely and even profit from the situa- 
tion; higher salaries and wages in the 
case of many more, at least in part, off- 
set the advance in prices; there remains 
a very large number who secure no re- 
lief whatever. They contribute a huge 
quota of enforced savings in support of 
the war and have nothing to show for 
it, either in Liberty bonds or even in 
the inward satisfaction of definite tax 
payments to the government. 

Enlightened self-interest, then, should 
prompt every one with a stationary or 
near stationary income to advocate 
vigorously all measures designed to in- 
duce or compel a sufficient amount of 
direct saving to cover the entire cost of 
the war. 



DIVISION OF LIBERTY CHORUSES 



The Council of National Defense is 
actively urging the organization of Liberty 
Choruses throughout the country. Reports 
af progress have been reeeived from Wyo 
ming, Colorado, Massachusetts. Rh'ode Is- 
land, and other states. Connecticut origi 
natatid this plan for liberty singing, the 
first chorus having been formed just a year 
ago this month. 



Liberty singing in the parks is becoming 
an institution in this state. In Rockville, 
Ihii i for. I, Waterbury, New Britain. New 
Haven, and other places, the "sings" 
have proven extraordinarily popular. At 
Colt Park in Hartford recently six hundred 
people sat in the rain for half an hour 
rather than stop singing. In Hartford at 
Riverside Park two thousand, Pope Park 
-ix thousand, Colt Park three thousand, 
and Bushnell Park two thousand, sang the 
national songs with spirit and enthusiasm. 
Try this plan in your city. 



The Hungari Society of New Haven 
under the leadership of Max Dessauer, and 
composed entirely of men of Austrian blood, 
is Liberty ( horus Number S3. The spirit 
of Liberty wins! 



" Liberty Choruses for Male Voices," a 
collection of American national songs pub- 
lishi d by the Division of Liberty Choruses 
for Connecticut, is being used at the LTnited 



states Training Camp at Tufts' College in 
M issachusetts. 



The state director of Liberty Choruses 
recently conducted, by invitation, a 
" Liberty Sin;.' '" under the auspices of Har- 
vard College, at Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



The Division of Liberty Choruses urges 
that every one stand in an attitude of 
respectful attention and that men remove 
their hats when the flag i3 passing or the 
w tar Spangled Banner is being sung. It 
is a duty politely to call the attention of 
the unthinking or uninformed to their neg- 
lect when they do not pay this courtesy. 
It is also urged that everyone in Connecti- 
cut learn the words of the Star Spangled 
Banner, Tin- Battle Hymn of the Republic, 
rd Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, and 
thus become in reality " liberty singers." 



At the Lebanon Patriotic Pilgrimage on 
September 8, delegations from twenty six 
Liberty Choruses of Connecticut were pres- 
ent. With one exception this is the largest 
representation of Liberty Choruses evei 

l -hi together. The delegation formed 

a backbone for a chorus of (5.000 people 
whose singing contributed largely to one of 
the most spirited and patriotic gatherings 
that has been held in the state. 



WOMAN'S LAND ARMY 



Nine Units Do Patriotic Service on Con = 
necticut Farms During Summer 



The Women's hand Army in Connecticut 
has established during the past summer 
nine units throughout the state. They were 
located iii tin- following place-: Greenwich, 
Nevi i anaan, Ridgefield, Wilton. New Mil- 
ford. Litchfield, Washington, Middletown 
nil Stonington. The Woman's University 
Club of New York City has also maintained 
a unit at Redding. 

The largest unit was the one at New Mil- 
ford. More than thirty girls and an aux- 
iliary have been working on the surround- 
ing farm-, doing the corn, potato, and tie 
bacco work in particular, but assisting 
with every branch of farm work. A small 
group of girls was sent to New Milford to 
till an emergency call for huckleberrj 
pickers, ami it can truly he said that they 
saved t lie crop. 

The majority of the girls employed have 
been from Connecticut, hut in me early 
part of the season, before the schools i 
help had to he brought from other - 
In the mid-summer mure girls enlisted than 
could he placed, hut now at the harvest 
time, so many are being recalled to - 
that the demand cannot he met. 

A large proportion of the women have 
been ten her- and students who have given 
their vacation to this work, hut the vaca- 
tion has not been long enough and now it 
-t vital season the urgently needed 
must leai e. It se an- to the state 
committee on the Woman's Land Army that 

arrangement should be made with the 

-ehiii]- and colleges whereby the women 
can he released for this work. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



FUEL CONSERVATION 



FOUR MINUTE MEN MEET 



Tear This Off and Tack It Up Near the Kitchen Range 

A Few Special Suggestions on Care of Kitchen Range 



Do the cooking as far as possible in one part of the day. 

Do not run kitchen range solely for the purpose of heating kitchen. 
It is more economical to heat this room from the furnace. This is especially 
true if you do your cooking with gas. 

SIFT THE ASHES carefully and use the unburned coal you recover 
when you want a slow fire in the range or furnace. 

DO NOT SHAKE DOWN BURNING COAL. If you do, you lose 
the heat that it contains. 

SOOT IS A NON-CONDUCTOR OF HEAT. Its presence in the 
flues slows th.' oven and clogs the drafts. Keep the flues over and under the 
i.vcn idean and free from ash and soot. 

WATCH THE DAMPERS. Keep the draft clown as much as you can. 



Tear This Off and Tack It Up Near the Furnace 

A Few Special Suggestions on Care of Furnace 



BEFORE FIXING THE FIRE look at the temperature in the house 
and the weather probabilities and be governed accordingly. 

KEEP FUEL BED MODERATELY THICK. Except in emergency, 
do not check fire by opening fire door. While this causes the fire to burn 
at a slower rate the large quantity of cold air passing over the fire chills 
the heater and carries the heat up the chimney. Avoid over-heated condi- 
tions by thoughtful regulation of dampers. Never leave drafts on full ex- 
cept when absolutely necessary and then only for a short time. 

IN MILD WEATHER do not shake all the ashes off the grate but leave 
a layer of ashes between the grate and the active fuel bed as an effective 
check on the draft. 

KEEP THE SOOT CLEANED OFF from all heating surfaces and 

Hues. 

Close the ash pit door when you shake the fire. This prevents the fine 
ashes from being carried up through the fire by the draft and settling on 
the heating surfaces and clogging the flues. 

DO NOT SHAKE DOWN BURNING COAL. Keep the ash pit 
(leaned out. A pile <>f ashes in the ash pit may result in burning out the 
grate. 

SIFT YOUR ASHES if there is unburned coal in them, but a well 
run furnace should burn the coal completely. 



The following allowances of coal are computed to be sufficient for an 
average house. For a house in a brick row or block protected on two sides, 
one ton of coal per room; for a two apartment house, protected on one side, 
a ton and a quarter per room; and for an isolated house a ton and a half 
per room. Halls should be counted as rooms, and bathrooms and pantries 
as half a room each. You are probably wasting coal if you are using more 
than these amounts. 



Day of Recreation and Business at 

Highland Country Club 

In Meriden 



A get-together meeting of Connecticut 
Four Minute Men was held September 4 at 
the Highland Country Club in Meriden. 
The day is reported a success not only as 
a profitable gathering but also as a social 
occasion fur the better acquaintance of the 
four-minute speakers of the state. Credit 
is due Robert I.. Hirschfteld and the Meriden 
Four Minute Men for the success of the 
uncling. The special features of tlie pro- 
gram were as follows: 

1. Reports from the following directors 
of four minute speaking: 

" Theaters," Mr. William D. Ascough of 
Hartford. 

"Catholic Churches," Rev. John (1. Mur- 
ray of Hartford. 

"Protestant Churches," the state direc- 
tor for Judge William C. Hungerford of 
New Britain. 

" Granges," Prof. Charles A. Wheeler of 
Storrs. 

" Schools," Robert L. Hirschfeld of 
Meriden. 

" Summer Resorts and Pairs," Mr. Wil- 
liam V. Dee of Bridgecort. 

Mr. Hirschfeld introduced Merideirs prize 
junior four minute speaker, who made a 
very tine address on "The Thrift Stamp — 
the Children's Liberty Bond." 

2. Cartoons by our four minute car- 
toonist, Mr. William Steinke of Bridgeport. 

3. An address by Judge Michael J. Mur- 
ray of Boston, representing the speakers' 
bureau of the Federal Reserve District of 
New England, upon the theme " History of 
and Necessity for National Preparedness." 
Judge Murray made an eloquent appeal for 
a permanent military establishment and 
compulsory military training. 

4. Address by General Azgapetian of the 
Russian Army representing four minute 
headquarters in New York City, " The 
Russian Situation." Governor Holcomb ex- 
pressed himself as deeply indebted to Gen- 
eral Azgapetian for his able exposition of 
the rise and decline of the Bolsheviki. 

5. Address by Governor Marcus H. Hol- 
comb, at the conclusion of which the Gov- 
emor said that he valued so highly the 
work of the Four Minute Men in Connect] 
cut that he wished to see the organization 
continued after the war to assist in the 
wink of Americanization. 

6. Open air movies showing conditions 
in Russia, and other films. Second intro- 
duction of Mr. Steinke and General Azga- 
petian in the evening. 

7. Concluding Address. Hon. George B. 
Chandler, Chairman Department of Pub- 
licity. Connecticut State Council of Defense. 
Mr. i handler warned the Four Minute Men 
against the coming German drive for peace, 
telling them to steel the hearts of the 
people toward German peace proposals. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



w s s 



FLAG FLIGHT FOR 

W. S. S. CAMPAIGN 



Old Glory will be Relayed from Boston 

to Washington through Con = 

necticut in October. 



SCHEDULE IS OUTLINED 



In October, right on the heels of the Lib- 
erty Loan Drive, the Stars ami Stripes is 
to travel over the old battle-ground of its 
early history. This journey has been 
planned with a two-fold purpose: to rally 
school boys and girls around the flag in a 
campaign of patriotism, and to stimulate 
the sale of War Stamps in all cities and 
(owns along the line of flight. 

In September an American flag will be 
made in the Betsy Ross House, Philadel- 
phia, by women who are descended from 
Revolutionary stock, aided by other women 
who represent alien races now mingling so 
completely to effect a world democracy in 
the United States. The blue field of this 
flag will be unadorned with stars. In the 
latter part of October this flag will be sent 
to Boston and on a determined day will be 
unfurled at Concord bridge, near the statue 
of the minute man. A girl from the Con- 
cord High School will sew the first star 
to the blue field of the flag, at the base of 
the statue, with her schoolmates gathered" 
around her, singing national hymns and 
war songs. Then the flag will be handed 
over to a boy from the Concord High 
School, the captain of the school's flag 
squad, and he will run with it to another 
boy, stationed on the road to Lexington 
Common. Carried in this way, by trained 
milers, and half and quarter milers, the flag 
will pass through Lexington, Arlington and 
Cambridge, and into Boston, being halted 
in its flight only for the brief time required 
for the sewing on of the school stars, with 
appropriate ceremonies, community sing- 
ing, etc. 

When the flag leaves Boston it will follow 
i he line of the old post road over which 
Washington journeyed to Cambridge in 
177o. through Worcester, Springfield and 
Hartford, and then, deviating from that 
route, it will rush on to New Haven, to 
turn west and advance to New York 
through Bridgeport and the Long Island 
Sound towns. New York presents a splendid 
field for grouping great events and figures 
of our history around the flag. 

After the ' flag has crossed the North 
River it will thread a way over its old 
battle-ground in New Jersey, passing 
through Newark, Elizabeth, New Bruns- 
wick, Princeton and Trenton. After cross- 
ing the Delaware the flag will be rushed on 
to Philadelphia, its birthplace. German- 
town. Valley Forge, Independence Hall, the 
Betsy Ross House, suggest memories that 
are woven into the very texture of Old 
Glory. 

From Philadelphia the flag will go on 
through Wilmington and Baltimore to 
Washington, to be handed over to President 
Wilson or some representative of national 



war work. Forty-eight high schools along 
the line from Boston to Washington will 
have their stars on this flag, which will be 
preserved at the Capitol or in the Smith 
sonian Institute. 

It is the purpose of the originator of this 
idea of the Flight of the Flag to make it a 
decided aid in the sale of War Stamps dur- 
ing October and November. Each high 
school on the route will have allotted to 
it a certain amount in sale of stamps during 
a fixed period. If a school reaches this 
amount it will be honored with a silver star 
on this Hag. If it goes over its allotment, 
to a second determined amount, it will be 
granted the privilege of sewing a gold star 
to this flag. 

Samuel Abbott, of the National War 
Savings Committee, with headquarters at 
1431 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, who is 
responsible for this idea of the Flag Flight 
Campaign, lias made a two years' study of 
the history of the Stars and Stripes and has 
a lecture, "The Flag and Its Meaning," 
illustrated with 100 lantern slides, the 
majority of them in color. He will follow 
the (lag on its journey from Boston to 
Washington and plans to give this lecture 
in such cities and towns as are reached at 
evening. He intends to get away from the 
set. lecture form of entertainment and will 
stage in each community where it is pos- 
sible, an enthusiastic patriotic meeting for 
the glory of the flag and an increase in the 
sale of War Stamps. 



DAMAGED STAMPS 



CELEBRATE REGISTRATION 



In redeeming War Savings Stamps pre- 
sented by the holders for payment, and 
Thrift Cards exchanged for War Savings 
Stamps, postmasters will be guided by the 
following rulings of the Treasury Depart- 
ment. 

1. "Portions of War Savings Certificate 
Stamps that are manifestly more than one- 
half of such stamps shall be redeemed at 
the full redemption value upon any given 
.late of a full stamp, and no payment what- 
ever shall be made upon a portion of a War 
Savings Certificate Stamp which is not 
manifestly more than one-half of a whole 
stamp. 

2. " Portions of United States Govern- 
ment Thrift Stamps which are manifestly 
more than one-half of such stamps shall 
lie I., lived for credit at the full face value 
of such Thrift Stamps, and no credit what- 
evi r -hall be made on a portion of a United 
Slates Thrift Stamp which is not manifestly 
more than one-half of a whole stamp." 

Postmasters should understand that the 
foregoing rulings do not authorize them to 
redeem or replace damaged or mutilated 
War Savings Stamps not affixed to War 
Savings Certificates, or Thrift Stamps not 
affixed to Thrift Cards. Stamps which have 
beci me detached from certificates and dam- 
aged, or which are so badly damaged by fire 
or otherwise that the certificates to which 
they are affixed can not be presented at 
post offices for redemption in the usual 
manner, may be sent by the owners to the 
Secretary of the Treasury, Division of 
Loans and Currency, with a sworn state- 
ment of the facts and a request for re- 
demption. 



Statewide Observance of Spirit of Se- 
lective Service When Conn. 
Men 18 to 45 Register 



" It is my earnest hope that every flag in 
Connecticut will be flying on Registration 
Day." said a telegram received by the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense .from 
Provost Marshal General Crowder the day 
before registration. In response to tlii~ 
plan the state council made efforts through 
iis local agepeies and the press lo have 
state-wide celebrations of the registration 
for selective service for nun between 
eighteen and forty-live, September 12. 

On the eve of Registration Day, rallies 
liberty sings, and other celebrations were 
held. As several anniversaries worthy of 
patriotic mention fell within a week of 
the day of registration, they were stressed 
in the speeches made at the celebrations. 

Three times during Registration Day. all 
residents of Connecticut, within hearing of 
a factory whistle, heard a succession of 
long and short blasts to remind them of 
the significance of the day. These blasts 
spelled the word "Victory" in Ihe con- 
tinental code which is used by wireless 
operators, and by the Signal Corps of the 
United States Army. The signals were 
sounded at. the request of the local war 
bureaus, who made the suggestion at the 
instance of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense. 

The complete registration for Connecti- 
cut of men between the ages of eighteen 
and forty-five was 197,447. 



The Worst Kind 

of a Slacker 

The man who converts his War 
Savings Stain |is into cash when he can 
afford to carry them during the five- 
year period is the worst kind of a 
slacker. He should be in Germany 
fighting for the Kaiser. Tost office 
statistics are showing that it is not 
the widows who have sons in France 
or persons who have suffered illness 
or financial misfortunes who are cash- 
ing in their War Savings Stamp-, but 
men who purchased War Savings 
Stamps merely for show or to gain 
patriotic publicity. Such men think 
tiny ean secretly sneak around to the 
post office, get the money which they 
have invested ill stamps and use it 
I'm -mne other purpose or pleasure 
without the public's knowing about 
ii. In reality such a person is worse 
than an open enemy. He is willing 
to stab Uncle Sam in the back in the 
dark, while he supports him openly 
in the light. It has been suggested 
that post offices keep a record of all 
persons cashing in their War Savings 
Certificates, that the public may know 
who arc and who are not true Ameri- 
can citizens. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



DEPARTMENT OF 
FOOD SUPPLY 



Between four and five hundred people, 
mostly farmers, attended the held day and 
tractor demonstration of the Fairfield 
County Farm Bu'-au at the Lapham estate 
in New Canaan. The large attendance is 
indicative of the unusual interest that 
fanners all over the state are taking in ob- 
serving the strong points of tractors in the 
demonstrations being held by the county 
farm bureaus. At this demonstration, 
Moline, Case, Cleveland and Fordson 
tractors competed. Each tractor was re- 
quired to first plow and then harrow one- 
half acre of level but somewhat stony land. 
The behavior of the tractors, both in plow- 
ing and harrowing, was carefully noted by 
the farmers present. Another feature of 
tip meeting was the discussion of the prin- 
ciples of co-operative marketing by Professor 
Smith of the Connecticut Agricultural 
College and a demonstration of selecting 
the slacker hen by Roy E. Jones, Extension 
Poultryman. The interest developed in 
this demonstration resulted in the schedul- 
ing of a number of local demonstrations to 
be helil in the towns of the county. This 
field meeting and tractor demonstration, 
which is the second in the state, will be 
followed by similar meetings in several 
other counties in the near future. New 
Haven and New London counties now have 
definite plans under way for similar demon- 
strations. 



The Food Department, in co-operation 
with tin- agricultural college and tin- farm 
bureaus, lias made exhibits at the Charter 
Oak, Norwich, Norfolk, Roekville and Wood 
stock fairs. In all cases, demonstrators 
have accompanied the exhibits to explain 
and illustrate as fully as may be the prob- 
lem of food production in its various phases. 
In addition, the farm bureaus and other 
representatives of the food department have 
attended fairs held in Goshen, Washington, 
.Madison and North Stonington. 

The Junior Food Army in the beginning 
set for its goal a membership of 50,000 boys 
and girls. The actual enrollment to date is 
45,648. In the eight counties of the state 
130 boys' and girls' demonstration teams 
have been trained for the county contests 
arid the winner of these will compete in the 
state contest at Berlin next week. As evi- 
dence of the co-operation the Food Depart- 
ment is receiving from the fairs, it may be 
stated that the Roekville Fair Association 
offered .stito in prizes for the county con- 
test alone. 



Richard E. Dodge of Washington, Presi- 
dent of the Litchfield County Farm Bureau, 
vice-president of the Connecticut Dairy- 
men's Association and for twenty years a 
member of the faculty at Columbia Uni- 
versity, has accepted the appointment of 
Assistant County Agent Leader orihe Ex- 
tension Service of the Agricultural College 
at Storrs. Mr. Dodge has been urged i 
return to Columbia in connection with the 
University Army Training Corps but consid- 
ered Connecticut's food problem of suffi- 
cient importance to render his services heri 



Commend Allied Drive 
On The Western Front 
In Council Resolutions 



(Continued from page 1.) 

Connecticut units. The resolutions were: 
Resolved: That the Connecticut Council 
of Defense heartily rejoices in the 
magnificent drive 'forward upon the 
Western Front of the trocps of the 
allies and * expresses its clear convic- 
tion that the initiative of the cam- 
paign mi the Western Front has forever 
passed from the Central Powers. That 
we also express our pride in the part 
which our own Connecticut troops 
have taken ever since they landed in 
France, and extend to them our 
warmest gratitude 
Resolved: That we await with confidence 
the day when American troops, under 
their own commanders, shall execute 
their orders and carry on a battle noon 
their own sector. They will emulate 
tin- valor and military skill of our 
allies, and Ave cannot ask for more. 
Resolved: That there must be no peace 
considered until Germany and her vas- 
sals are thoroughly beaten, and her 
far-reaching plan of world dominion 
east into the scrap of oblivion. It is 
the settled opinion of the people of 
Connecticut, that there must be no 
peace or conciliation, negotiation or 
bargaining. 

Germany must he stripped of all of 
the territory she has won, her grip 
on adjoining territorv, nations and 
peoples must he loosed, her hold upon 
the Bagdad railroad jjiven up, and the 
Slav peoples made into independent 
nations standing between Germany 
and the East. 

Justice demands from Germany and 
the German people, and Connecticut 
insists upon that demand, that they 
make reparation for the past, ami give 
adequate assurances for the future 
and lawful liberty for all. 
Resolved: That a copy of these resolu- 
tions be forwarded to our senators 
ami representatives in Congress, and 
to the Commander in Chief of the 
.American Expeditionary Forces with 
the request that he forward the same 
to the commanding officers of all 
Connecticut units. 
Those present at the meeting were: Act- 
ing Chairman, Joseph W. Alsop, Airs. T. 
Belknap Beach, Winchester Bennett, Mrs. 
Morgan G. Bulkeley, Frank D. Cheney, 
Howard A. (biddings', Charles A. Goodwin, 
Ira .M. Ornburn, .lames T. Moran, Lucius 
Robinson, Julius Stremlau, William R. 
i . Justice George W. Wheeler of the 
Council; Anna B. Sands, Henry M. 
Wriston and the following chairmen and 
members of sub-committees: Mrs. H. H. 
Armstrong, Dr. W. II. Brown, George B. 
Chandler, George Godard, Dr. C. C. God- 
frey, Stanley H. Holmes. Edward P. Jones. 
Dr. Valeria H. Parker, Arthur L. Shioman, 
F. A. Yerplanck, Dr. II. H. Wheaton and 
Dr. F. II. Wheeler. 

Mr. Stanley II. Holmes re.port.ed for the 
Americanization Committee to the effect 
that Dr. H. H. Wheaton has entered neon 
his work as state director end has 
virtually completed the organization of his 
office staff. 

Permission was granted for a sttewide 
campaign for $40,000 for the Italian Red 
I n at the request of a committee of 
Italian- Americans. 



Campaigns will be held except in comm- 
unities where the War Chest plan is in 
practice. In such places the Italian Red 
Cross is authorized to apply for an appro- 
priation from the War Chest. 

At the request of the Secretary of the 
Interior for an appointment, bv the coun- 
cil, of a state head of the United States 
School Harden Army, Mrs. Samuel Russell, 
Jr.. now chairman of the Junior Food Army 
in this state, was designated. 

Report was also made of the prepara- 
tions by the Committee on Sanitation and 
Medicine to assist the draft boards in the 
care of remediable diseases. The assist- 
ance of the Publicity Department in this 
matter was requested. 

SEPTEMBER 3 

Since the regular meeting of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense arc 
held on Mondays, it was voted at the 
meeting of August 26 that the next 
general meeting be cancelled, as it would 
fall on Labor Day. The members of the 
council planned to go, instead, to Charter 
Oak Park in Hartford on Tuesday, Sep- 
tember 3, to see the exhibit of the coun- 
cil there. Accordingly, after a short exe- 
cutive session where several financial ques- 
tions were met and plans laid for the cur- 
tailment of Sunday pleasure driving and 
mi tor boating. Governor Marcus H. Hol- 
•omh and ten members of the council 
visited the fair. Joseph W. Alsop, Win- 
chester Bennett, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, 
Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Frank D Cheney, 
Charles A. Goodwin, Alton T. Miner, 
James T. Moran, Julius C. Stremlau, and 
William R. Webster composed the council 
party to the war exhibit at Charter Oak- 
Park. 

AUGUST 26 

Reports on the plans for the Fourth 
Liberty Loan campaign occupied the 
attention of the regular weekly meet- 
ing of tne Connecticut State Council of 
Defense August 26. Those present were: 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. 
Alsop, Winchester Bennett, Mrs T. Belknap 
Beach, William BroSmith, Mrs. Morgan 
G. Bulkeley. Frank Dexter Cheney, Homer 
S. Cummings, Howard A. Giddings, Charle3 

A. Goodwin, Alton T. Miner, Ira M. Orn- 
burn, Julius C. Stremlau, William R. 
Webster and Justice George W. Wheeler 
of the Council, Margaret T. Corwin, Anna 

B. Sands, Henry M. Wriston, and the fol- 
lowing members and chairmen of sub com- 
mittees: H. J. Baker, George B. Chandler. 
Rear .Admiral W. S. Cowles, retired, J. G. 
Davis, Harrison B. Freeman, C. C. Hemen- 
way, Arthur Flowe. G. M. Landers, Aubrey 
L. Maddock, Dr. Valeria H. Parker, Elijah 
Rogers, Samuel Russell, Jr., Airs Samuel 
Russell, Jr., Arthur L. Shipman, Prof. 
Guv C. Smith, Louis S. Smith, M. Estelle 
Whitney and S. F. Willard. 

Professor G. C. Smith reported on the 
progress and possibilities of city markets. 
He said that the work of encouraging the es- 
tablishment of public wholesale and retail 
markets was being extended to the smaller 
cities of the state. Progress was also re- 
ported by the Connecticut Canning Corps 
on the work to meet the state quota of five 
million quarts of canned goods assigned for 
the national canning campaign. 

Suggestions were made for a new farm 
census during the winter and other methods 
of preparing for the necessary changes in 
farm method next year by J. G. Davis in 
his report on the co-operation of the exten- 
sion service of the State Agricultural Col- 
lege with the farm bureaus. 




(Eomwrttmt lulletttt 

Published BU Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. II 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, OCTOBER 4, 1918 



No. 5 



COUNCIL REPRESENTING 
WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD 
CONCERNING BUILDING 



At Request of Washington, Department 
of Non-War Construction Will Judge 
Applications for Permits Throughout 
Connecticut — Speedy Decisions Are 
Promised 



NINETEEN LOCAL DIRECTORS 

HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED 



Samuel Ferguson, vice-president of the 
Hartford Electric Light Company, who has 
accepted appointment by the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense as state director 
of the department of non-war construction, 
will, through local representatives, consider 
all proposed building operations in the 
state, referring applications for permits 
to the Federal War Industries Board for 
final judgment. 

Mr. Ferguson's appointment followed the 
decision of the War Industries Board to use 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
as its representative in passing upon pro- 
posed construction and the creation for 
this purpose by the Council of the depart- 
ment of non-war construction. Mr. Fer- 
guson is chairman of a specially selected 
committee to which the Council has dele- 
gated full authority. He is selecting local 
representatives in all communities whose 
importance requires such action. 

In the interest of war time economy, the 
War Industries Board has decreed that all 
building not absolutely necessary for war 
purposes must stop. But few exceptions 
are made by the Board, and all persons in 
Connecticut wishing to carry on any con- 
struction not under the classes so exempted 
must make application to their respective 
local directors of non-war construction. The 
latter will then make recommendation to 
Mr. Ferguson, who, with his committee, 
will review the matter and transmit their 
decision to Washington for final approval. 
The War Industries Board promises a 
speedy decision in every case. 

At "the recommendation of the respective 
war bureaus, nineteen local directors have 
been appointed. They are J. 0. Enders, 
Hartford; William H. Com ley, Bridgeport; 
Oscar Anderson, Bristol; Theodore L. Bris- 
tol, Ansonia; John Milne, Norwalk; Her- 
man E. Hubbard, Meriden; A. N. Ruther- 
ford, New Britain; Fisk Stevens, Norfolk; 
J. D. Conant, Willimantic; C. D. Morris, 
Wallingford; H. N. Batchelder, Windsor; 
F. W. Cooper, Danbury; C. W. Eddy, Thom- 
aston; F. J. Howell, New London; C. N. 
Downs, Derby; W. E. Malley, New Haven; 
Mayor John P. Cameron, Rockville; Frank 
Shea, Stamford, and N. R. Bronson, Water- 
bury. 



AMERICANIZATION HAS 
VARIED WAR ASPECTS, 
DECLARES DEPARTMENT 



Citizenship for Connecticut's Alien 
Population Would Mean Large In- 
crease in Number of Men Eligible 
for Draft— -Many Are Eager to 
Fight 



INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE 

ALSO SERIOUSLY AFFECTED 



The war aspects of Americanization are 
pointed out in a statement under prepara- 
tion by the department of Americanization 
of the Connecticut State Council of Defense. 
Before the war the spectacle of many thou- 
sands of persons unable to speak English 
and unacquainted witli American institu- 
tions caused relatively little comment. 
since the war began, however, every Ameri- 
can citizen is beginning to see the necessity 
of carrying out a well organized plan ot 
Americanization. 

It is significant that in Connecticut ap- 
proximately 85,000 alien males of military 
age, that is, from IS to 45 years, are un- 
naturalized. This means that unless 
treaties are negotiated with the countries in 
which these aliens are born it. will lie im- 
possible to draft such aliens into military 
service. It seems particularly ironical, 
says the Americanization department, that 
Americans are lighting on the other side in 
behalf of many of the countries in which 
i lie-,,' aliens were born, while the aliens 
themselves are exempt from military serv- 
ice in the absence of treaties. 

Tn the first draft Connecticut registered 
58,569 alien males from 21 to 30 years of 
age. inclusive. Of these 25.988 were aliens 
horn in allied countries; 2,632 in neutral 
countries; 71s in Germany: and 9,25s 
aliens from countries allied with Germany. 
Of course, not all of those born in Germany 
or countries allied with Germany are antag- 
onistic to the cause of the United States. 
In fact, many of them are not only sym- 
pathetically inclined towards this country, 
but are actually fighting against Germany 
and her allies. 

There are 113,937 foreign-born males be- 
tween IS and 44 years of age. Approxi- 
mately 200.(100 foreign-born in Connecticut 
arc engaged in gainful occupations. Tn fact. 
in 1910. 50 per cent, of the persons em- 
ployed in gainful occupations in this state 
were of foreign birth. Fifty per cent, of 
the foreign-born in this state are of working 
age. Many of Connecticut's war industries 
are manned by labor of foreign origin, am' 
especially- is this true since the war began. 
because the native-born labor has been 
drafted into military service. How serious 
this is to industry may be seen when it. is 
a nsidered that 04.327 persons of foreign 
birth are unable to speak the English lan- 
guage. Since a great percentage <>f these 
arc employed in industrial plants, accidents 
are multiplied through inability to speak 
English, compensation cost is increased, cost 
in supervision is greater, and the danger of 
industrial misunderstanding is considerably 
enhanced. 



PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT 
AIDING HEALTH BOARD 
IN FIGHTING INFLUENZA 



Council Votes that Action, Directly and 
through War Bureaus, be Taken as 
Dr. Black May Ask — Mr. Ferguson 
is State Director of Non-War Con- 
struction 



GOVERNOR HOLCOMB THANKED 

FOR HIS LUNCHEON TO BAND 



Following a report on the Spanish influ- 
enza situation in Connecticut by Dr. John 

T. Black, secretary of the State Depart- 
ment of Health, at the general session of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense on 
September 30, it was voted that the public- 
ity department be directed to take such 
action, directly and through the war 
bureaus, as Dr. Black might request, and 
that all machinery of the Council be put 
at his disposal. 

Miss Anna B. Sands reported that Con- 
necticut had met its full quota of nurses for 
sen ice at lamp Devens. 

Richard M. Bissell, chairman of the 
Mate Council, reported the selection of 
Samuel Ferguson as director of the depart 
ment of non-war construction for the ( oun- 
i il acting as agent of the Federal War In- 
dustries Board. .Mr. Ferguson's appoint- 
ment wa» ratified. .Mr. Ferguson submitted 
a list of proposed members of his committee. 
Meigs 11. Whaples, X. II. Batchelder, C. S. 
.Morris, C. L. Taylor, J. O. Enders and a 
person to be nominated by the capital issues 
committee were accordingly appointed. 

The chairman brought to the attention 
of the Council the genen us offer of C. B. 
Whittlesey, president of the Hartford Rub- 
ber Works, offering the use of his collection 
of posters for patriotic purposes. Tim chair- 
man also mentioned a letter from Louis A. 
Perry of New Hartford with reference to 
respect for the flag. 

Following a report on the shortage of 
male teachers in secondary schools, the 
chairman discussed the advisability of 
action to check the shrinkage in the pro- 
portion of male teachers. A letter from 
Assistant Secretary Morrison of the State 
Board of Education was read. It suggested 
deferred draft classification as a possible 
hid [i for the situation. Vigorous action in 
this regard is being taken by the Council. 

The chairman reported progress with re- 
gard to a larger allocation of funds to the 
Federal Fuel Administration in Connecticut. 
He had recently conferred concerning this 
matter with the Fuel Administration at 
Washington. 

It. was voted that the chairman be in- 
structed to convey to Charles Stoeckel of 
Norfolk its appreciation of his liberality 
in personally meeting the guarantee re- 
quired by the French Army Band, his hos- 
pitality in tlirowing open his home and the 
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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 






CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.11 HARTFORD. CONN.. OCT. I. 1918 No. 



CONNECTICUT IS PRAISED 



President of National Community Cen. 

ter Association Says State Council 

Will "Tackle Anything" 



"Connecticut is one of the forward 
states," declares an article on Community 
Council of Defense organization, written by 
John Collier, president of the National 
Community Center Association, and printed 
in " The Survey,'' of September 21. The ar- 
ticle is an interesting discussion of Ameri- 
ca's powerful Council of Defense system ex- 
tending from the Council of National 
Defense down through the State Councils to 
the community organizations which, in Con- 
necticut, are' the war bureaus and (own 
committees. 

The paragraph of the article dealing with 
Connecticut says that "Connecticut's state 
and local councils will ' tackle anything 
Among other services the United States 
Housing Corporation reports that room 
registration has been effectively carried 
out to the satisfaction of the technical 
bureaus of the corporation by Connecticut's 
local councils. In addition, the manufac 
toi ers in a number of cities have been in- 
duced to employ women. The demand for 
labor lias been relieved, without increasing 
the burden of housing facilities. To the 
Connecticut Council the difficult problem of 
rent profiteering has been committed by 
i he I lousing Corporation. 

The article reviews some of the notable 
accomplishments of several Councils of De- 
fense, and reveals, among other things, that 
in Michigan the State Council of Defensi 
has a yearly budget of $5,000,000. 



BOYS TO HAVE DRILL 

Students in Connecticut's secondary 
schools, like their senior-, in the colleges. 
are scon to have military drill. Plans for 
such drill throughout the country, to be 
supervised by the war department in co- 
operation with the United States Boys' 
Working Reserve of the department of 
labor, are now under way. according to an 
announcement by Arthur Howe, federal 
I lirector of the Reserve for Connecticut. In- 
asmuch as these plans have not yet received 
the signature of the general staff, details 
cannot now be announced. 



Department of Food Supply 



The following committee on marketing 
has been announced by the food supply 
committee: Richard E. Dodge of Washing 
ton, chairman; Senator Elijah Rogers of 
Southington, Edward W. Hazen of Haddam, 
II. P. Beers of Greens Farms, H. B. Price 
of Storrs, II. S. Coe of Waterbury, Leon- 
ard M. Ben-ham of Highwood and Profes- 
sor Guy C. Smith of Storrs. 

There are large possibilities in co-opera- 
tive selling organizations for disposing of 
farm products and equal opportunities for 
co-operative buying organizations in obtain- 
ing such staples as feeds and fertilizers. 
It may seem wise to develop in some sec- 
tions community markets in which farmers 
can sell their produce at retail direct to 
consumers. 

The committee on marketing may take 
up in the course of its work the matter 
of standardizing weights and measures in 
an effort to render Connecticut customs con- 
sist, ait with national standards. 

There is also the question of bank credit, 
which has already gained considerable head- 
way, in that over twenty banks in the state 
have adopted a plan for handling short 
time loans to farmers. All factors that 
have to do with the marketing of farm pro- 
ducts will be referred to this representative 
committee for consideration. 

The winners in the several county contests 
held under the auspices of their representa- 
tive farm bureaus met at the Berlin Fair 
last week to decide the boys' and girls' 
championship in cooking, canning, pig judg- 
ing and other Junior Food Army activities. 
More than $1,000 in prize money was 
awarded the boys and girls, and each win- 
ning team w ill get a free course at the State 
Agricultural College at Storrs. 

George B. Fan-ell, who was sent from 
Washington to inspect the boys' and girls' 
exhibit at Berlin, and to assist in judging 
the canned products, selected the ten best 
jars and took them to Washington to set 
up in the office of the Secretary of Agri- 
culture. Subsequently these ten best jars 
will become a part of the Washington boys' 
and girls' exhibit from the thirty-three 
northern slates. 

In the canning contest. Hartford county 
won first place, with a team from Southing- 
ton composed of May Spinello, captain, 
Mary Alanwan and Emily Mongillo. A 
Fairfield county team, representing the Vic- 
tory tanning Club of Stamford, won sec- 
ond place. A Litchfield county team from 
Winstel was third, and a New Haven 
county team from Wallingford was fourth. 
On the basis of 100 points for perfect, the 
Hartford county team scored 87, Fairfield, 
85; Litchfield, 84 V 2 and New Haven, 83y 2 . 
Miss Emily H. Whitney of New Haven, 
chairman of the food department's home 
canning committee, and Miss Dorothy Buck- 
ley of fl, e home economics department at 
Storrs did the judging. 

Tn the cool ing trials a New Haven county 
team of girls from Branford, Josephine 
Munroe, captain, won first place. A Middle- 
sex county team from Portland, Marion 
Ogren. captain, won second place. The 
Taconic team, Elizabeth Pickett, captain, 
won third place for Litchfield county, and 
the Rocky Hill team, Bessie Warner, cap- 
tain, won fourth place for Hartford county. 



Miss Maude E. Hayes acted as umpire and 
judged the wheatless muffins and scalloped 
dishes that were prepared by the several 
competing teams. 

In the vegetable judging and demonstra- 
tion contest the Lakevil'le High School team, 
composed of Marion Eggleston, Katherine 
Finnegan and Emma Reed, won first place 
for Litchfield county. A Middlesex county 
team from the Portland Garden Club won 
second place, and the team for East Haven 
won third place for New Haven county. 
Each team was required to judge five differ- 
ent kinds of vegetables and to give two 
demonstrations to show, first, how vege- 
tables should be prepared for market, and, 
second, how they should be prepared for 
exhibition. 

Emerson Davis, Harold Eastwood and 
Constanti Tetroski composed the Volland 
county team of boys that won first in the 
pig judging contest. These three boys were 
not only the best judges of pure bred pigs, 
but they gave the best demonstrations. 

Ill and around Boston there is an area 
of nearly 400' square miles that is infested 
with a destructive insect known as the 
European corn borer, which threatens the 
com growing industry in New England. 
Governor Marcus II. 1 1 ol comb has recognized 
the danger to the agricultural interests of 
Connecticut, and has accordingly issued a 
proclamation prohibiting the transportation 
of corn on the ear or corn stover from Mis 
sachusetts into Connecticut, and also similar 
shipments from any other state if it passes 
through Massachusetts en route, without 
first obtaining written permission from E. 
H. Jenkins, director of the Connecticut Ag- 
ricultural Experiment Station at New 
Haven. Such permission must accompany 
each shipment. Shelled dry corn or cooked 
and preserved corn products are not affected 
by the quarantine regulations. The insect 
may be transported from one state to an- 
other in ear corn, corn stalks and other 
parts of the plant, and in consequence Con- 
necticut is quarantined against such ship- 
ments either from or through Massachusetts. 
There is especial danger in shipping green 
sweet corn, sweet corn on the cob and corn 
stalks used as packing material for heavy 
[lottery and other manufactured articles. 



AIDING THE LIBERTY LOAN 



War Bureaus Are Expected to Repeat 
Their Valuable Assistance 

All war bureaus in the state have been 
called upon by the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense immediately to offer all 
assistance possible to their respective 
Liberty Loan chairmen during the present 
drive. War bureaus were reminded by the 
State Council that during previous Liberty 
loans their work was of great value, ac- 
cording to reports from the loan chairmen, 
and that repetition of this service is ex- 
I ted, 

War bureaus will contribute to the loan 
chairmen equipment and workers for offices 
and elsewhere. Most Liberty Loan chair- 
men in Connecticut are members of their 
respective Avar bureaus and this will ex- 
pedite the assistance to be rendered the 
former by the latter. In cases where the 
war bureau chairman and the Liberty Loan 
chairman is the same man, it is assumed 
that the desired co-operation has already 
been effected. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



WOMAN'S DIVISION 



The following people are members of the 
child welfare committee of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense: Dr. Walter H. 
Brown, director; Mrs. William E. D. Scott, 
Mrs. George B. Chandler, Miss Eva Coben, 
Miss Mary C. Harris, Miss Mary G. Hills, 
R. N. ; Mr. Henry C. Morrison, Professor C. 
E. A. Winslow, Dr. John T. Black, Miss Rose 
M. Dwyer, Mrs. Arnold Gesell, Mrs. DeVere 
H. Warner, Miss Margaret K. Stack, R. 
N., f Ad director. 

The child welfare committee, appreciating 
that, because Connecticut was late in start 
ing, it will not be able to carry out all the 
suggestions 01 the children's bureau, has de- 
cided to confine itself to the health side of 
the program and therefore has adopted the 
following as its objectives for the year: 

1. Weighing and measuring of all chil- 
dren under five years of age, according to 
the government request. 

2. A public health nurse in every town 
or group of towns. 

3. Co-operation in the plan for more ex- 
tensive training for nurses in public health 
nursing to supply the increasing demand for 
their services. 

4. Co-operation with state authorities to 
secure 100 per cent, registration of births 
and deaths in Connecticut. 

5. Protection of milk supply so that 
every child may be assured clean, safe, and 
an abundant supply of this vital food. 

6. Establishment of more child welfare 
conferences and milk stations. 

7. Co-operation with the State Depart- 
ment of Health. 

8. Creation of a central supply station 
for all child welfare exhibit material, mov- 
ing picture reels, charts and prepared lec- 
tures; also pamphlets on all aspects of in- 
fant and child welfare. 

9. Establishment of a permanent child 
welfare division in the State Department of 
Health. 

The weighing and measuring test has 
been carried on with much interest and 
efficiency. So far it has been reported that 
41,437 children have been weighed and 
measured. It is known approximately that 
over 50,000 have been weighed and meas- 
ured, but all the returns have not been yet 
sent in. From the reports received it is 
found that 5,S89 children need attention. 
A number of the towns have found, since 
conducting the weighing and measuring 
campaign, that it would be necessary to 
have a public health nurse in order that the 
children may be assured the necessary fol- 
low-up work. 

Through the publicity department of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, the 



child welfare committee lias scut appeals to 
8iio graduate muses in Connecticut wdio are 
not eligible fur actual war nursing, telling 
tli. 'in tin- need fur more public health nurses 
and urging them to take training in ordei 
to lie prepared I'm- some of tin- positions 
tli.i i it is known are waiting for them in 
Connecticut. A map has been prepared show- 
i n towns uave public ueiitn nurse 
and which ones have not. This map in 
dudes some pointed facts as to why every 
"■own should have a public health nurse 
The map will be shown on all the official 
bulletin boards in the state, and will also 
be sent to each child welfare chairman. 

The two outstanding features of the child 
welfare department sine,, the last Bulletin 
was published are the " Baby Special" and 
the portable child welfare exhibits. It was 
realized from the beginning that, while the 
larger towns could and did conduit their 
weighing and measuring tests, many of the 
smaller towns would not be able to do this 
unless they had help. This help has keen 
given in the form of the "Baby Special,' 
an automobile truck equipped with all the 
necessary materials for the weighing and 
measuring test, child welfare posters and 
balopticon lantern and slides on public 
health work. This truck is in charge of a 
public health nurse, and, through the co- 
operation of the Motor Messenger Corps, it 
is driven by one of their memoers who 
donates her time. The " Baby Special " is 
one of the first practical efforts to carry 
child welfare work into the rural districts. 
It has been received with the greatest en- 
thusiasm and support, and many of the 
towns that felt they had no need' for chile 1 
welfare work have become eager and anx- 
ious to see that their children were given 
tin' proper tare. The child welfare depart 
ment is sure it is convincing these people 
that there is just as much need for care 
for the country children, who constitute 
three-fifths of the child population, as there 
is need for care for children in the con- 
gested centers. 

Three child welfare exhibits have been 
prepared, two smaller ones, that were used 
for the smaller fairs throughout the state. 
and one large one that, was used at tin 
Charter Oak Fair. The large child welfare 
exhibit has been arranged with the view of 
using it in any community that may desire 
it. Already two communities have asked 
about having it placed in their towns. In 
order to get the greatest benefit from this 
exhibit, it should be demonstrated by a pub- 
lic health nurse, and it is believed that 
wherever it is used it will be of great prac- 
tical value. 

The child welfare department feels that 
the larger part of its program for this year 
must be educational. It is hoped to make 
the people from all parts of Connecticnl feel 
that saving babies' lives and correcting de- 
fects in older children is as necessary as it 
is humane and patriotic. 

The Community Labor Boards, the loca- 
tion and personnel of which were given in 
detail in the " Bulletin " of September 20, 
are now actually at work in their several dis- 
tricts, attacking the big problem of recruit- 
ing labor from non-war industries which is 
to be placed on war work through the United 



States Employment Service. Two special 
meetings of the chairmen of the boards who 
are also organizers of the United States 
Public Service Reserve, have been held to 

pre] ■ forms of questionnaires to be sent 

to employers in order to ascertain just 
where men and women can lie obtained to 
relieve the labor shortage. The call goes 
forth to every person in Connecticut not 
now doing his or her utmost to win the war 
to gel into some service immediately efficient 
to that end. Nobody is excepted from this 
call to high patriotic service. 



ORGANIZING GIRLS 



Auxiliaries of State Council, for 

Patriotic Service, to be 

Formed 



Girls' Auxiliaries of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense are to be organ- 
ized all over the state. Back of them stands 
the State Council, with the health and 
recreation department directly responsible. 

This plan for organizing girls for patri- 
otic service will require the services of 
trained organizers. A state secretary will 
lie employed and paid by the State Council 
for statewide work. The National League 
of Women Workers, which organizes self- 
supporting girls in evening recreational 
clubs, is co-operating with the health and 
recreational department of the State Coun- 
cil in all plans for the girls' auxiliaries. 
The League has temporarily loaned the 
services of its assistant secretary, Miss 
Ruth Reed, to help with preliminary plans 
and the details of organization. 



"SPECIAL" IS POSTPONED 



Because of the epidemic of Spanish in- 
fluenza the child welfare department of 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has, as a precautionary measure, postponed 
the tour to have been taken from Septem- 
ber 30 to October 18 by the " Connecticut 
Baby Special." This action was taken at the 
suggestion of Dr. John T. Black, secretary 
of the State Department of Health. 



TO HELP IN HOSPITALS 



There is one place in the Army School of 
Nursing open to wives of men in overseas 
service, according to information received 
by the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
from the Council of National Defense, the 
place being that of hospital assistant. 
Married women are otherwise ineligible 
for the Army School of Nursing. Positions 
as hospital assistant are also open to single 
women not eligible to the Student Nurse 
Reserve because they are over the age limit, 
35 years, established for it. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 




The first meeting of the state advisory 
board was held at the Capitol on Septem- 
ber 19. This is a board of conference and 
appeal for problems arising through the 
community labor boards recently estab- 
lished in fourteen industrial districts for 
Connecticut. It was decided to hold meet- 
ings every Monday morning at the Capitol. 
The board accordingly met again on Sep- 
tember 23 and September 30, and is actively 
at work. Those present at the first meeting 
were Federal Director Leo A.' Korper, chair- 
man; James T. Moran of New Haven, Ed- 
win A. Moore of New Britain, the last two 
representing management or employers; 
Ira M. Ornburn and William J. Sullivan 
of New Haven, representing workers or em- 
ployees. 

Following the meeting of the board there 
was a meeting of the superintendents of the 
ten local ollices of the United States Kin 
ployment Service, with Director Korper and 
his assistants, and the members of the 
state advisory board were invited to re- 
main. Director Korper presided and from 
his office were present Associate Director 
Allen B. Lincoln, Chief Clerk Dwight L. 
Rogers, Jr., Farm Help Specialist Elijah 
Roers, Field Representative David Elder, 
Traveling Examiner Robert McNeely, and 
Special Representative M. A. Shaw, of the 
United States ordnance department. Nine 
of the ten local superintendents were pres- 
ent: Clifton E. Davenport of Hartford, 
Charles E. Julin of New Haven, A. W. Burri 
of Bridgeport, Ralph W. Budd of Water- 
bury, H. N. Lee of Meriden, Julius C. 
Stremlau of JNew London, William Bowen 
of Derby, H. J. Martindale of Willimantic, 
B. 0. Barnard of Bristol; also Chief Clerk 
Nordin, representing Superintendent Edwin 
S. Blodgett of the Stamford office. 

Brief addresses were made by Mr. Moran, 
Mr. Ornburn, Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Moore. 
Mr. Moran emphasized the fact that the 
duties of the state advisory board were ex- 
actly in accord with its name, advisory, and 
he was sure that a spirit of mutual con- 
sideration and co-operation would prevail 
for the common patriotic purpose of win- 
ning the war. 

Mr. Ornburn pledged the earnest co-opera- 
tion of the labor interests, and declared that 
it was the business of the workers to " take 
off our coats and roll up our sleeves and 
do our very utmost for maximum produc- 
tion and the winning of the war." Mr. Orn- 
burn declared that " next to the army and 
navy the United States Employment Sen ire 
is the most important department of the 
government today, and if we do not, through 
this service, give our boys across the seas 
the very best support of which we are cap- 
able, we are not treating them fairly." 

Mr. Sullivan heartily endorsed the re- 
marks of Mr. Ornburn and pledged his full 
co-operation. 

Mr. Moore said that whatever might be 
the differences of opinion or views, it was 
now our common duty to stand shoulder 
to shoulder and work together to do the best 



thing for the nation and for the winning of 
the war. 

Director Korper announced that it had 
been decided by the labor department at 
Washington to add two women as members 
of each of the fourteen community labor 
boards, one to represent management or 
employers, and the other to represent 
workers or employees, these two women 
in be active or voting members of the com- 
munity labor board on matters directly 
concerning the recruiting ami placement and 
welfare of women in war industries, and 
to sit as advisory members at all sessions 
of the board. 

Forty-eight of the employers of New 
Haven have combined in carrying on an ad- 
vertising campaign of an educational na- 
ture and in support of the United States 
Employment Service. They are to feature 
in this campaign the intense demand of the 
war industries for all kinds of labor and 
they are trying to draw a supply of labor 
to these industries by this means. They 
are urging people who are able to take up 
munitions work to go into it even though 
they have not been employed in such indus- 
tries before. They are urging, furthermore, 
that people take up some type of work which 
will release people who can go into war 
work. 

Attention is called in these advertisements 
to the fact that these firms are co-operating 
wiili i In- United States Employment Service 
and that particulars as to the positions in 
the various firms may be obtained at the 
various employment offices or at the United 
st;itrs Employment Service. 



During the past few weeks the New 
Haven office of the United States Employ- 
ment Service has been able to promote co- 
operation between the employment managers 
of the various larger New Haven concerns 
and the employment service. 

A few weeks ago. at the suggestion of 
('. E. Julin, superintendent of the New 
Haven office, the employment managers of 
these firms were called together, to discuss 
the question of co-operation with the em- 
ployment service. As a result of this meet- 
ing an informal association was formed for 
tlie discussion of employment problems and 
for the purpose of gaining greater co-oper- 
ation among themselves and with the 
United States Employment Service. 



Senator Elijah Rogers, farm specialist 
in the United States Employment Service 
for this state, reports that Connecticut ag- 
riculture is being well taken care of. He 
estimates that the food production for Con- 
necticut in 1918 is not less than 40 per 
cent, larger than in 1917. Farmers who 
seed ludp for the remainder of season should 
notify the United States Employment Ser- 
vice or the County Farm Bureau of their 
needs at once. 



At the second meeting a committee was 
appointed to draw up a program which will 
be adopted and followed in obtaining these 
results. 

At the next meeting the committee re- 
ported a program which was discussed and 
finally decided upon. 



CONNECTICUT IS HONORED 
IN NEW FIELD DIVISION 



Chairman Bissell of Local Council Is 

Made Member of Governing 

Committee 



REPRESENTS ALL THE STATES 



Connecticut is the only state in the 
Union whose Council of Defense is repre- 
sented in the newly created field division 
of the Council of National Defense, Richard 
M. Bissell of Hartford, chairman of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, hav- 
ing been selected for membership on the 
governing committee of six men and six 
women, chosen from the nation, which will 
act with Secretary of the Interior Franklin 
K. Lane as head of the field division. Mr. 
Bissell will represent the State Defense 
Councils of the entire country. 

The other eleven members of the govern- 
ing committee are either persons previously 
connected with the Council of National De- 
fense or men selected solely on the score of 
business prominence. Mr. Bissell's appoint- 
ment to the committee was decidedly compli- 
mentary to the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense. 

Into the field division have been merged 
the State Councils section and the greater 
part of the woman's committee of the 
Council of National Defense. Grosvenor B. 
Clarkson, secretary of the National Council 
and of the advisory committee, will be direc- 
tor of the field division, the associate direc- 
tor of which will be Miss Hannah J. Patter- 
son, who has been resident director of the 
woman's committee. 

The six women appointed to the govern- 
ing committee, besides Miss Patterson, are 
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, former head of the 
woman's committee of the National Coun- 
cil; Mrs. Joseph R. Lamar, Mrs. Stanley 
McCormick, Miss Ida M. Tarbell and Miss 
Agnes Nestor. The latter four are also 
members of the woman's committee of the 
National Council. 



Masters, lecturers and deputies of state, 
Pomona and subordinate granges attended 
a grange conference of Four Minute Men of 
Connecticut at the Berlin Fair on Septem- 
ber 24, at the invitation of Professor Charles 
A. Wheeler, director of four minute speak- 
ing, division of granges. Rev. Morris E. 
Ailing, State Director of Four Minute Men, 
made an address on "What the Four Minute 
Men of Connecticut are Doing." Professor 
Wheeler met all grange workers and 
officials individually. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



w s s 



ANSONIA NEARING ITS 

W. S. S. YEARLY QUOTA 

Sales for Campaign to Date of $16.45 

Reported in Naugatuck Valley City 

— New London Close Behind 



WILLIMANTIC IS THIRD 



Ansonia still leads the entire state of 
Connecticut in per capita war savings sales, 
according to announcement made by the 
Connecticut War Savings Committee. Sales 
in Ansonia are $16.45 for every man, woman 
and child in that city. New London is close 
behind, with $±5.97, followed by Williman- 
tic with $14.59 and Manchester 'with $14.05. 
Hartford leads the four large cities of the 
state, with $8.55, followed by Bridgeport 
»itli $7.89, Waterbury with $6.69 and New 
Haven wih $0,57. No report for August 
was received from New Britain, but the 
sales in that city are now about $9. The 
following are the towns with per capita 
sales of $5 and more: 



Rank. Town. 


Sales. 


1 Ansonia 


$16.45 


2 New London 


15.97 


3 Willimantic 


14.5!" 


4 Manchester 


14.05 


5 New Canaan 


13.84 


fi East Hampton 


13.67 


7 Vernon 


13.63 


8 Putnam 


12.28 


'.) Derby 


11.43 


10 Last Windsor 


11.41 


10 Greenwich 


11.41 


11 Plainfield 


11.31 


12 Old Lyme 


10.87 


13 Sharon 


in..".:. 


14 Simsbury 


10.48 


15 Avon 


111.2:. 


16 Seymour 


111.22 


17 Willington 


10.07 


IS Washington 


9 7 7 


19 Windsor Locks 


9.58 


20 Watertown 


9.3G 


21 Essex 


9.31 


22 Litchfield 


9.27 


23 Canton 


9.2] 


24 Torrington 


9.11 


25 Bristol 


8.90 


26 Cheshire 


8.89 


27 Woodbury 


8.87 


28 Cornwall' 


8.82 


29 Suffield 


8.74 


30 Guilford 


8.69 


31 Hartford 


8.55 


32 Winchester 


8.34 


33 Clinton 


8.31 


:;t Smners 


8.25 


35 Coventry 


7.96 


36 Norfolk" 


7.95 


37 Chaplin 


7.92 


38 Bridgeport 


7.89 


39 Meriden 


7.86 


40 New Britain 


7.81 


40 Thomaston 


7.81 


41 No. Canaan 


7.75 


-12 Portland 


7.7f 


42 Sprague 


7.70 


43 T'nionville 


7.67 


44 Salisbury 


7.59 


45 Killingly 


7.32 


(Continued on page 6) 





EAST WINDSOR LEADS IN 

AUGUST STAMP SALES 



War Savings Campaign Making Good 

in Hartford County Town — $3.68 

per Capita Reported 



BRANFORD IS SECOND 



East \\ indsor leads all communities in 
Connecticut in sales of war savings and 
thrift stamps during August with a total 
of $3.68, according to announcement made 
bj ill. 1 Connecticut War Savings Committee 
Branford is next in line with $2.65, fol- 
low..,] by Willimantic with $2.64. Of the 
large cities Bridgeport leads with $1.64, fol 
lowed by Hartford with $1.61, New Haven 
with $1.26, Waterbury with $1.11 and New 
Britain with $1.12. Sales as reported .in' 
■is follows: 

Sales.l 

$3.68 

2.65 

2.65 

2.5(1 

2.4S 

2.43 

2.34 

2.34 

2.17 

2.13 

2.07 

2.06 

2.01 

2.01 

2.00 

1 .95 

1.94 

1.78 

1.72 

1.71 

1.71 

1.70 

1.67 

1.60 

1.64 

1.63 

1.61 

1.59 

1.54 

1.53 

1.52 

1 .49 

1.49 

1.46 

1 .40 

1.38 

1.38 

1.38 

1.38 

1.37 

1.36 

1.35 

1.33 

1 .32 

1.31 

1.30 

1.28 

1.26 

1.26 

(Continued on page 6) 



Rank. Town. 


1 


East Windsor 


2 


Branford 


2 


Willimantic 


3 


Putnam 


4 


Woodbury 


5 


New London 


6 


Clinton 


6 


i treenwich 


/ 


\i'\\ I anaan 


8 


Ansonia 


9 


Simsbury 





C»nt.on 


11 


Litchfield 


11 


Vernon 


12 


Meriden 


13 


Essex 


14 


Sterling 


15 


l'lainville 


16 


Plainfield 


17 


Cornwall 


17 


Southington 


IS 


East Hampton 


l'.i 


Win.l~i.r Locks 


20 


i ruilford 


21 


Bridgeport 


22 


i Iheshire 


23 


Hartford 


24 


(il.l Lyme 


2.". 


Washington 


26 


Portland 


27 


Norwich 


28 


Somers 


28 


Winchester 


29 


Manchester 


30 


Berlin 


:;i 


Bristol 


31 


Canterbury 


31 


Enfield 


31 


Thompson 


32 


Norfolk 


33 


Naugatuck 


34 


Madison 


35 


Suffield 


36 


Pomfret 


37 


Stafford 


38 


East Lyme 


39 


Avon 


40 


Coventry 


40 


New Haven 



W. S. S. ACTIVITIES 



The Connecticut War Savings Com- 
mittee has received the following 
telegram from William G. McAdoo, 
Secretary of the Treasury, relative 
t.. activities to be followed by town 
and city war savings committees in 
this state during the Liberty Loan 
drive: 

" Far from suggesting any dimuni- 
tion of the activities of the war sav- 
ings organization, it is the intention 
of the Treasury Department to en- 
large these activities and the State 
Directors should assure their organi- 
zations that even greater and more 
important work is before them. For 
the immediate present, they should 
continue their work particularly in 
the activities of war savings societies, 
and should enlist the wholehearted 
co-operation of the entire organization 
in the Liberty Loan drive which 
stalls September 28." 



FRENCH ARMY BANDSMEN 
TRAVEL, PLAY AND DINE 



Fighting Musicians Are Given Enthu- 
siastic Reception by Connecticut's 
People 



Enthusiastic audiences greeted the 
French Army Band during its tour in Con- 
necticut from September 15 to 22. The tour 
was made in automobiles loaned by citizens 
of the several cities and towns which the 
band visited, the ears being contributed at 
tlie request of the transportation committee 
of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
which made all transportation arrange- 
ments. 

Following the luncheon given by Governor 
Marcus H. Holcomb at the state library 
on September 16, the visitors went to New 
Britain. Willimantic, Norwich and New 
London were visited the next day, stops be- 
ing made at East Hartford and South Man- 
chester, where there were informal exercises 
of welcome. Middletown was visited Septem- 
ber 18 and Norfolk the next day. Before 
proceeding to Norfolk, the band visited 
Springfield, Lee and Stockbridge, Mass. At 
Norfolk a reception was given for the 
Landsmen by Mr. and Mrs. Bobbins B. 
Stoeckel. Meriden, New Haven and Water- 
bury were the other cities visited. The 
band gave a concert in each, as well as in 
Hartford, New Britain Norwich and Nor- 
folk. 



MR. JAYNES APPOINTED 



Charles W. Jaynes of Hartford, who has 
oeen in charge of the department of anthra- 
cite distribution for the State Fuel Admin- 
istration during the past year, has been 
appointed Deputy Fuel Administrator for 
Connecticut. 



ft 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN" 



Ansonia Nearing Its 

W. S. S. Yearly Quota 





(Continued from page 5.) 




46 


Huntington 


7.24 


47 


Norwalk 


7.19 


47 


Thompson 


7.1!) 


47 


Windsor 


7.19 


48 


Middletown 


7.12 


4fl 


Stafford 


6.98 


bo 


Andover 


6.96 


51 


Norwich 


6.95 


52 


Plainville 


6.89 


53 


Naugatuck 


6.S7 


54 


Southington 


6.83 


55 


Pomfret 


6.78 


56 


Beacon Falls 


6.71 


57 


Waterbury 


6.69 


58 


\rw Haven 


6.57 


58 


Ridgefield 


6.57 


59 


( Hastonbury 


6.48 


00 


Stamford 


6.47 


61 


Farmington 


6.34 


62 


Bfanford 


I..:;:; 


62 


Westpoit 


6.33 


63 


Bridgewater 


6.27 


64 


( rranby 


6.25 


65 


Enfield 


6.24 


66 


Madison 


6.17 


67 


Hampton 


6.16 


67 


Sterling 


6.11 


68 


Chester 


6.06 


69 


Berliii 


5.94 


70 


Westbrook 


5.92 


71 


Stonington 


5.84 


72 


Cromwell 


5.74 


73 


Roxbury 


5.66 


73 


Wallingford 


5.66 


74 


Old Saybrook 


5.65 


75 


Bethany 


5.62 


76 


Columbia 


5.61 


77 


Canaan 


5.57 


78 


Griswold 


5.56 


79 


Southbury 


5.53 


80 


Newtown 


5.46 


81 


Redding 


5.4-1 


82 


Goshen 


5.32 


83 


New Milford 


5.21 



GET PLENTY OF EGGS 



The slacker hen campaign is progressing 
finely. Demonstrations already conducted 
have proven entirely satisfactory both to the 
owners of the flocks and to the extension 
men at Storrs who have charge of the work 
for the food department. Each poultry 
farmer is requested to keep a record of the 
number of eggs he gets both preceding and 
following the demonstration in order that 
the demonstrators may have a check on their 
work. B. F. Shepard of Stafford Springs 
got 536 eggs in a week from 270 White 
Wyandottes. The demonstrator looked 
these hens over, picked 130 culls and ad- 
vised that they be sold. The following week 
Mr. Shepard by his own count, got 510 
eggs from the remaining 140 hens. In other 
words, those 130 slackers were laying less 
than four eggs a day and it was costing 
$8.00 a week to feed them. L. J. Beaumont 
..f Rocky Hill had 126 liens in his flock, 44 
of which were culled out as slackers. The 
week before the culling he got 152 eggs, tin' 
week after, 146; in other words, in culling 
44 birds he suffered a loss of only six eggs 
a week. 



Publicity Department 

Aiding Health Board 
In Fighting Influenza 

(Continued from page 1. ) 

grounds to the reception committee and the 
public, and his patriotism and efficiency in 
making it possible for the people of Litch- 
field county to contribute .$4,7011 to the 
Foyei dn Soldat, in addition to the guaran- 
ty .if $1.(1(1(1. 

Those present were Chairman Bissell, 
Winchester Bennett, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, 
William BroSmith, Charles A. Goodwin, 
Alton T. .Miner, Ira M. Ornburn, Lucius F. 
Robinson, Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees and 
Julius C. Stremlau of the Council; Mrs. 
Galpin, Treasurer, John T. Roberts, Miss 

Sands. Henry M. Wriston and Thomas W. 
Russell. federal Fuel Administiatoi foi 
Connecticut. 

At the executive session of September 30 
it was voted that the State Council tender 
its thanks to Governor Marcus H. Holcomb 
for his action in giving a complimentary 
luncheon to the French Army Band and to 
the members of the Council and their guests 
on September 16. 



SEPTEMBER 23 

At the general session of the ( onnocticut 
Stale Council of Defense on September 23, 
a communication was read from Fuel Ad- 
ministrator Thomas W. Russell with refer- 
ence to proposed celebrations on Sunday 
which involve travel. It was voted that the 
publicity department be requested to give 
publicity to the fact that public celebra- 
tions on Sunday which involve travel make 
difficult the enforcement of Fuel Adminis- 
trator Garfield's request, and the Council 
therefore disapproves them. 

The fact was brought out that material 
in reference to war industries committees 
for factories is sent direct to managers of 
factories by Secretary of Labor W. B. Wil- 
son, instead of through the State Council. 
Tin' matter was referred to Chairman Bis- 
sell to take up with the authorities in 
Wash iw: I on 'with a view to securing a 
satisfactory procedure. 

Mr. Holmes reported for the Americani- 
zation committee outlining the purposes, 
aims and policies of the department, as 
also a program of work. It is voted that 
henceforth the committee on Americaniza- 
tion, in accordance with regular procedure, 
he styled the department of Americaniza- 
tion. 

Rear Admiral Cowles reported for the 
military and naval committee that naval 
training in high schools has been checked. 
Tn accordance with this report it was voted 
that Admiral Chester be authorized to go 
to Washington to see if the prohibition 
can be lifted. 

Those present were Chairman "Richard M, 
Bissell, Wincester Bennett. William Bro- 
Smith. Frank Dexter Cheney, Charles A. 
Goodwin. Alton T. Miner. James T. Moran, 
Ira M. Ornburn, Lucius F. Robinson, Wil- 
liam P>. Webster, and Justice George W. 
Wheeler of the Council; Margaret T. Cor- 
win, Treasurer John T. Roberts, Anna B. 
Sands and Henry M. Wriston; also the 
following chairmen and members of com- 



mittees, George B. Chandler, Admiral 
Co»hs. Harrison B. Freeman, Dr. Charles 
C. Godfrey, Fred B. Griffin, Stanley H. 
Holmes, E. P. Jones, Aubrey L. Maddock, G. 
Ellsworth Meech, Robert Scoville, Herbert 
Knox Smith, Louis T. Smith, F. A. Ver- 
planck and H. H. Wheaton. 

At the executive session of September 23, 
Dr. Wheaton presented a statement of pur- 
poses, aims, and policies of the American- 
ization department, anil it was voted that 
the general outline of purposes, aims and 
policies be approved. 



East Windsor Leads in 

August Stamp Sales 

(Continued from page 5) 



4(1 Sprague 


1.26 


40 Watertown 


1.26 


40 Westbrook 


1.26 


41 Salisbury 


1.25 


42 Seymour 


1.24 


43 Thomaston 


1.22 


44* Torrington 


1.20 


45 Westport 


1.19 


40 Southbury 


1.18 


40 Willington 


1.18 


47 Redding 


1.17 


48 Middlefield 


1.15 


49 Chester 


1.13 


."ill New Britain 


1.12 


51 Bozrah 


1.11 


51 No. Canaan 


1.11 


51 Saybrook 


1.11 


51 Waterbury 


1.11 


52 Newtown 


1.10 


53 Norwalk 


1.08 


53 Sharon 


1.08 


54 Roxbury 


1.07 


54 Stamford 


1.07 


55 Killingly 


1.05 


55 Old Saybrook 


1.05 


55 Unionville 


1.05 


50 Beacon Falls 


1.03 


50 Bridgewater 


1.03 


56 Canaan 


1.03 


56 Danbury 


1.03 


57 Middletown 


1.02 


58 Columbia 


1.01 


58 Derby 


1.01 



THE PATRIOTIC SHEEP 



1 am a patriotic sheep. 

I did my bit, and (damme!) 
Although I grew my soft warm wool 

Expressly for a Sammy. 
A lady bought it, I have heard 

(And may the foul fiends get her!) 
She took my patriotic wool 

And made herself a sweater! — 

Indiana Bulletin. 
Indiana State Council of Defense. 



Members of the United States Boys' 
Working Reserve in Connecticut will re- 
ceive recognition of their services in spends 
ing their vacations on the farms to raise 
a war crop for the state. A certificate of 
service signed by the governor and a medal 
watch fob are to be given to each reservist 
on receipt of his credit card by the Federal 
State Director at the State Capitol. 




(Efltwflrtiritt Bttlkfiti 

Published Bi=Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. II 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, OCTOBER 18, 1918 



•No. 6 



SERIES OF SCHEDULES 
ON AMERICANIZATION 
ARE BEING PREPARED 



Department Tells Schools, Chambers ef 
Commerce, Industrial Plants and 
Unofficial Organizations How to 
Proceed in Carrying Through Pro- 
gram of Defense Council 



METHODS OF MANY CONCERNS 
ARE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL 



The department of Americanization is 
preparin.tr a series of schedules of operation 
to be used by schools, chamfcei s of comnn rce, 
industrial plants and unofficial organiza- 
tions in carrying through the Americaniza- 
tion program of the Connecticut State Coun- 
cil of Defense. These schedules give in de- 
tail the procedure to be followed in organ- 
izing committees, in establishing classes in 
English and civics, in distributing litera- 
ture on the subject and in getting the pub- 
lic interested in Americanization. 

One of the schedules is entitled "How In- 
dustrial Plants Employing Foreign-Born 
Labor Can Conduct Americanization 
Work," and lays down eight definite things 
which industrial plants can do to American 
ize their employees of foreign birth. The 
industrial plant is one of the greatest fac- 
tors in Americanizing the persons of foreign 
birth in the state, and it is the hope of the 
department of Americanization that the in- 
dustrial plants of Connecticut will take this 
schedule and follow its suggestions in deal- 
ing with their employees of foreign birth. 

There are many industrial plants through- 
out the United States who are making a 
special effort to educate their employees 
of foreign birth in the American language, 
ideals and customs. Some of these plant- 
give a bonus to those employees of foreign 
birth who attend the factory classes or night 
schools regularly. Others give preference 
in promotion to those who can read, write 
and speak the English language, thus stim- 
ulating the desire to attejid schools and 
classes for the purpose of learning English. 

The question may be asked, according to 
the Americanization department. " What 
does the employer get out of all this?" 
lie gets, first, greater efficiency, as an em- 
ployee who understands the English lan- 
guage will be able to take orders accurately 
and execute them efficiently; second, less 
delay in production on account of acci- 
dents, as the English-speaking and literate 
employees can read signs and instructions 
and therefore prevent unnecessary accidents; 
and, third, less turn-over of employees as 
they become better satisfied when they are 
able to communicate with their foremen 
and superintendents in the language spoken 
U\ their superiors. The employee of for- 
eign birth who speaks and reads the Eng- 
lish language is more efficient than one who 
does not and is an asset to the plant rather 
than a liability. 

The Ford Motor Company of Detroit, 
Mich., was one of the first companies to 
(Continued on page 5) 



ASK SCHOOL OFFICERS 
TO REQUEST EXEMPTION 
FOR MALE INSTRUCTORS 



DRUGGISTS REQUESTED 
TO EXTEND THEIR HOURS 
DURING THE EPIDEMIC 



Action Taken by Defense Council In Council Asks that Certain Stores Keep 



View of Necessity of Maintaining 
Educational Standards — Ranks o r 
State's Teachers Thinned Because 
of Desire to Fight 



S. COMMISSIONER CLAXTON 
AND GEN. CROWDER APPROVE 



School boards and committees throughout 
the state have been urgently requested bj 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense to 
make claims for draft exemption on behalf 
of efficient male teachers, whose loss through 
the operation of the selective service law 
would act to the detriment of educational 
standards. Defense Council resolutions of 
similar import to those which led to 
this action were also sent to Provost Mar- 
shal General Crowder and to all district 
draft boards in the state. The action of 
the Defense Council is in full accord with 
the wishes and policy of Federal Commis- 
sioner of Education P. P. Claxton, who 
urged the proceeding with the consent of 
General Crowder. 

The resolutions of the Defense Council 
emphasized the fact that many male 
teachers have hesitated to claim draft ex- 
emption on occupational grounds despite 
the facts that President Wilson has re- 
peatedly urged the maintenance of educa- 
tional standards unimpaired, and that the 
expi i iences of the countries allied with the 
I nited States have shown that the reten- 
tion of a proper proportion of male 
teahcers is absolutely necessary. The De- 
fense Council pointed out that as a result 
of the war the number of male teachers in 
Connecticut's secondary schools has shown 
a consistent and steady decline. This, it 
was said, is a .situation, much to be de- 
plored because of the facts that a large num- 
ber of male teachers are necessary for pur- 
poses of discipline, and that they remain in 
the teaching profession more permanently 
than women. 



WHEN TO LIGHT FIRES 



Individuals Must Use their Judgment, 

Says Fuel Administrator 

T. W. Russell 



The question uppermost in the minds of 
■ i ■ ■ 1 1 1 \ domestic consumers of coal a to 
whether or not there is a regulation in 
force establishing a date for the lighting 
of fires has been answered by Thomas V\ 
Russell, Federal Fuel Administrator for 
Connecticut, in an official statement which 
places the responsibility for burning coal 
.luring t lie autumn squarely up to eacl 
individual. 



Open at Night — Hearty Sympathy 
with and Strong Approval of Gov. Hoi- 
comb's "Unconditional Surrender" 
Telegram. 



SOUNDLY BEATEN GERMANY 

DEMANDED IN RESOLUTION 



Druggists in every community of the 
state were requested by the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, at its general 
session on October 14, to designate one or 
mi re i I the drug stores in their respective 
localities to keep open during each night 
of the influenza epidemic. This is in 
order that a person afflicted with the 
influenza may have an opportunity to se- 
cure aid and medicine. It. was voted that 
the State Department of Health be requested 
to co-operate in this suggestion, operating- 
in conjunction with the local health officers 
of the several communities, and that war 
bureaus be directed to see to it that the 
druggists carrj out the Council's resolution. 

Mr. took reported for the transportation 
committee, requesting authority to add to 
the persi nnel, and it was voted that .Mrs. 
Samuel Russell, r., Richard T. Higgins and 
Louis M. Ullman be added to the trans- 
portation committee. 

The resignation of Herbert Knox Smith 
as chairman of the committee on man 
power and labor was presented and it was 
voted that the resignation of Mr. Smith 
be accepted with regret, and that the thanks 
of the Council for his services be conveyed 
to him. 

It was further voted that the committee 
on nam power and labor, being without a 
chairman, and its functions having been 
absorbed by the United States Employment 
Service and other committees, be dropped 
from the roster. 

At the request of Mr. Landers, it was 
voted that the sub-committee on agricul- 
tural survey be reconstituted as follows: 
I A. Brown, chairman; George S. Godard, 
R. E. Dodge. L. A. lievan. I. G. Davis and 
G. M. Landers. 

Mr. Dustin's report on the tour of the 
French Army Band was read to the Council, 
and it. showed that the tour had been a 
striking success. 

Mr. Godard reported on the agricultural 
surveys taken between March and June of 
this year in Litchfield, Fairfield, New Haven, 
Hartford and Tolland counties. Mr. Man- 
chester reported on the methods used in 
taking the census as well as upon the prac- 
tical value of the results obtained in Litch- 
field county. Mr. Brown spoke of the use 
made of the survey in Hartford county. 
Mr. Landers proposed that there be a state- 
wide agricultural survey. 

It was voted that the executive depart- 
ment be instructed to co-operate with the 
(Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
subcommittees, county auxiliary com- 
tnittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol. II HARTFORD, CONN., OCr.' ls.'l'.lls 



A Cheerful Thought 

Be cheerful. Mental depression 
checks digestion. Poor digestion 
« istes food. Wasted food helps the 
enemj . I Iheerfulness is con cr' .11 ion. 
— Indiana Bulletin. 



RESOLUTION APPROVED 



Connecticut Chamber of Commerce 

Agrees With Council on Demanding 

Hun Surrender 



Approval of the resolution, passed by the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense in 
October 7, that there should be no peace 
with Germany not preceded by uncondition- 
al surrender has been expressed by the 
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce in a 
telegram sent to President Wilson, Senator 
George P. McLean, Senator Frank B. 
Brandegee and the United States Chamber 
of Commerce. 

The telegram of the Connecticut Cham- 
ber of Commerce follows: 

"The Connecticut Chamber of Commerce 
approves the resolution passed unanimously 
by the Connecticut State Council of Defense 
on October 7. copy of which has been for- 
warded to the President, and desires no 
peace with the Imperial German Govern- 
ment which is not preceded by unconditional 
surrender and is not followed by restora- 
tion and restitution." 



CARS ARE VOLUNTEERED 



Transportation Department of Council and 

Motor Corps Secure Them for 

Grippe Fighters 



rhe transportation department of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, in 
co operation with the Motor Messenger 
Corps, has arranged volunteer automobile 
transportation for doctors and visiting 
nurses of the State Department of Health 
during the epidemic of Spanish influenza. 

Reports from the transportation depart- 
ment of the State Council were that automo- 
bile owners were anxious to aid the State 
Department of Health in the emergency, and 
that in all cases responses to the requests 
:or cars were immediate. In securing the 
cars the transportation department used the 
automobile census made last year. 



CHAPLIN IS PROSPEROUS 



One Man Takes the Entire Loan Quota 

of Country Town and Others Then 

Triple It. 



Connecticut has a town, Chaplin, wherein 
one citizen took the town's entire allot- 
mi i of the third Liberty Loan, according 
to Professor Charles A. Wheeler of Storrs, 
director of the division of granges, Four- 
Minute Men. 

ProfessoT Wheeler does not name the man 
who took this allotment, but explains that 
the i unt of the latter was $3,000. 

" Chaplin's official subscriptions amounted 
to $15,500," says Professor Wheeler. " This 
placed Chaplin third from the top in re- 
spect to over subscription among the 145 
Connecticut towns in the First Federal Re- 
serve District. The town is nearly all 
woodland, and the wonder to me is where 
the citizens raised the money. If the rest 
of Connecticut had equalled Chaplin's rec- 
ord, the state's subscription would have 
been over $160,000,000 instead of $59,000,- 
000. 

"Chaplin has a G. A. R. contingent that 
holds exercises of various kinds regularly. 
The Chaplin grange served a dinner on July 
4 that netted over $61 for the Red Cross 
• hie of the town boys enlisted before Uncle 
Sam was in the war, became a non-com., 
was wounded in the leg and later lost the 
leg through amputation. 

" All told, Chaplin comes about a- near 
to inn per cent, loyalty as any town I know 
of. The man who took the town's Liberty 
Loan allotment must have been a great in- 
centive to the other citizens to do their 
level best, for that is what they surely did." 



TO CONSERVE GASOLINE 



Mr. Russell Warns Public Against 

Carelessly Leaving Automobile 

Motors Running. 



An urgent appeal to the public not to 
waste gasoline by leaving motors running. 
after stopping their cars, has been issued 
by Thomas W. Russell, Federal Fuel Ad- 
ministrator for Connecticut. 

Mr. Russell said that investigation 
•-bowed that thousands of gallons of gasoline 
were being wasted in this manner, and he 
quoted a letter from S. S. DeForest, a Stam- 
ford business man. who reported that his 
Ford delivery car with a. careless driver 
used about forty gallons a week, but with 
a thoughtful driver, who shuts off his en- 
gine, now averages less than twenty-five 
gallons per week, though the number of 
deliveries has increased. 

"In every city and town in Connecticut 
both pleasure cars and commercial trucks 
ne seen standing still with motors running, 
while the drivers are making calls or de- 
livering goods," said Mr. Russell. "These 
men neglect to shut off their engines 
through carelessness or because they are too 
lazy lo crank their cars. Though they may 
not know it. they are doing injury to their 
country at a time of national crisis, because 
they are helping to defeat the Government's 
aim of conserving gasoline for use in con- 
ducting the war abroad. Not only should 
public opinion discourage this practice, hut 
the owner- of cars should see to it that they 
and their employees shut off the engine 
whenever the car is stopped, because this 
mean, an actual economy of no small im- 
portance." 

0. of D. 
OCT 31 1918 



THREE INDUSTRY ADVISERS^ 
FOR CONN. ARE ANNOUNCED ^ 

Appointed by U. S. Labor Department, 

They Are to Assist District 

Draft Boards 



Pursuant to the amendment to the selec- 
tive erviee law passed by Congress on Au- 
gust 31, 1918, which provided for the ap- 
pointment by the United States Department 
of Labor of industrial advisers to district 
draft boards, the department has announced 
the men to serve in Connecticut. They are 
Charles D. Rice of Hartford, division No. 
1: .lames E. Donohue of Waterbury, divi- 
sion No. 2. and Thomas M. Cullen of Bridge- 
port, division No. 3. These industrial ad- 
visers are not members of the distrcit. boards 
sense. Their function is to advise the 
boards as to what draft registrants are in- 
dustrially necessary to the successful prose- 
cution of the war, with the view of keeping 
at home necessary men who want to get into 
the army and of weeding out slackers who 
claim to be necessary. Employers seeking 
deferred classification for employees should 
consult these advisers. 

Mr. Rice. Mr. Donohue and Mr. Cullen 
were appointed by the Department of Labor 
on the recommendation of Leo A. Korper, 
Federal Director for Connecticut of the 
1 nited States Employment Service. Each 
district board is also to have two other in- 
dustrial advisers, one to be appointed by the 
board itself and one by the United States 
Department of Agriculture. 



SECURING NURSES 



Woman's Committee Undertakes a 
Campaign to Combat Influenza 
Epidemic 



At the request of Dr. John T. Black, 
State Commissioner of Health, the woman's 
committee of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense recently instituted a campaign 
to secure nurses needed in the fight against 
Spanish influenza, and now reports good 
results in getting married women into ser- 
vice in their own towns. In few cases, 
however, could women be spared for work 
elsewhere. 

I sing the census of nurses compiled early 
last war. the woman's committee listed all 
(rained and experienced nurses living in 
'"Tii two of the larger towns of the state, 
making a separate list for each town. These 
lists were sent to the chairmen of the 
woman's committees of the towns concerned. 
The latter were Hartford, New Haven, Wa- 
terbury. Bridgeport, Norwalk, Norwich, Put- 
nam. Stamford, Torrington, Ansonia, Ber- 
lin, Stamford, Bristol, Danbury, Darien, 
Dertrj Greenwich, Meriden, Middletown, 
Naugatuck, New Britain and New London. 

With each list went a letter requesting 
each woman's committee chairman to or- 
ganize an emergency committee. The lat- 
ter was to check up the nurses listed to find 
out what each was doing, and, if she was not 
winking, to urge her into service. Any 
nurse available for out of town service was 
to be asked to report to Dr. Black, so that 
c might be placed by him in one of the 
emergency hospitals or in some other place 
particularly needing her services. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



United States Employment Service 



Superintendent Martindale at Williman- 
tic promptly tendered the co-operation of 
the United States Employment Service to 
help out the serious situation there, due 
to the epidemic of influenza, and recruited 
male and female nurses for the emergency 
hospital at the state armory. 



The community labor board of district No. 
3 has established its oiiice in the same build- 
ing occupied by the United States Employ- 
ment Service at No. 66 Elm Street, New 
Haven. Tne three male members of the 
board spoke at a joint meeting of the New 
Haven Chamber of Commerce and the Manu- 
facturers' Association on September 25. 
The plans of the community labor board 
were outlined. Newspaper appeals have 
been made that each person capable of la- 
bia- and not now employed on war work 
shall go into some essential industry. Lo- 
cal enrollment agents for the United States 
Public Service Reserve have been named in 
each town of District No. 3. 



Hartford manufacturers are awakening 
to the fact that they can recruit a large 
amount of needed labor in their own neigh- 
borhood. Manufacturers all over the state 
are realizing more than ever that the ex- 
perience of the men who are leaving be- 
cause of some misunderstanding, often triv- 
ial, is worth far more to the plant than 
the inexperience, or lack of special train- 
ing of new men. 

The New London office of the United 
States Employment Service, opened Septem- 
ber 1 at No. S6 State Street, with Julius 
Stremlau as superintendent, is now in ac- 
tive operation. Ernest W. Brockway is 
assistant superintendent, and Miss Olga P. 
Stremlau is examiner in charge of the wo- 
man's department, and also stenographer 
and typist. In the same office is located the 
United States Home Registration Service, of 
which Halton E. Underbill is manager, and 
there also arc the headquarters of the com- 
munity labor board of which Mr. Under- 
bill is chairman. Superintendent Stremlau 
has familiarized himself with conditions in 
the Groton shipyards, in local munitions 
plants, at the submarine base and among 
the thousands of sailors. He called a meet- 
ing of employers on October 15, at which 
he outlined the plans and scope of the Em- 
ployment Service. Already the spirit of co- 
operation is having a good effect. The 
launching of the 8,800-ton cargo ship 
" Tolland " at the Groton yards is sched- 
uled for October i\. There is great need 
of carpenters and unskilled laborers in 
New London and vicinity. 



Two civic committees are co-operating 
with the United States Employment Ser- 
vice at Derby; one to secure better under- 
standing between employers and employed 
in the matter of labor turn-over; and an- 
other to conduct an educational campaign 
as to the practical meaning of the United 
States Employment Service and to awaken 
a livelier public interest in the matter of 



production for war needs. The publicity 
plan will include moving pictures, four- 
minute speakers and public addresses, as 
well as newspaper articles. Superintend- 
ent Bowen and Organizer Durrschmidt arc 
both active in relieving the labor shortage 
and in securing community co-operation. 
i)n September 29 and October 9 meetings 
of local employers were held, at the rooms 
of the Derby-Shelton Board of Trade, in 
conference with the local United States Km 
ploymenl Service. Similar meetings with 
the Central Labor Union are planned. 



In localities where schools have been 
closed on account of the influenza epidemic, 
high school boys have been recruited to 
help out the labor situation in factories 
and "ii farms. This has been done by the 
I nited Slates Employment Service, and 
with good results. 



Ansonia high school boys, under the 
leadership of Joseph Lenihan, harvested 
fifteen acres uf corn and potatoes on the 
farm of Walter Randall of Derby, who, un- 
til help was available, faced a serious loss. 
The high school boys of Derby were active 
in the Liberty Loan drive, so the Ansonia 
boys came to the rescue of the crops and 
did fine work. 



In Willimantic, where the schools have 
been closed about two weeks, many boys and 
girls have secured employment at various 
jobs. 

Superintendent Davenport of the Hart- 
ford office has helped the farmers recruit 
high school boys and also a supply of float- 
ing labor. Local crops have been well cared 
for. 



The prompt response of high school boys 
to these various calls is a direct result of 
the organization of the United States Boys' 
Working Reserve, under the direction of 
Arthur Howe. The boys were willing and 
ready. 



The New Britain office of the United 
States Employment Service recently opened 
at No. 1 Main Street with Joseph C. Beebe 
as superintendent. The local manufac- 
turers are co-operating and furnishing full 
information in accordance with government 
rules. Chairman Tallard of the community 
labor board is co-operating, and the con- 
ditions as to labor turn-over are improving. 



There has been a lively advertising cam- 
paign in Bridgeport during the last three 
weeks, conducted co-operatively by the war 

i an. ordnance department of the United 

stairs Employment Service, to enlist women 
fin industrial employment. Minute women 
also canvassed the town to find women ready 
to do important war work. Thirty thousand 
women registered and 6,000 offered to work. 
Many others applied directly to factories 
and went to work without being registered. 



The Bridgeport office is placing about 600 
women a week, and about an equal number 
of men. 



During the week ending October 5, the 
reported placements of the United States 
Employment Service offices of Connecticut 
were 1.1'M) or an average of 371 a day. 
There was an average of seventy-four a day 
for the week ending July 6. During the 
same period of increasing placements there 
has been a considerable reduction in labor 
turnover. In one big factory this reduc- 
tion has been from 311 per cent, to SO per 
eelll . 



Superintendent Edwin S. Blodgett of the 
United States Employment Service at Stam- 
ford lias issued a pamphlet of twenty pages. 
It shows "How Stamford is .Meeting Her 
War Labor Problems." Copies are in great 
demand. Great progress is being made in 
Stamford in the introduction of women into 
industry. 

The records of the Stamford office of the 
1 nited states Public Service Reserve and 
Employment Service show that 561 males, 
unskilled help were transferred recently 
from non-war work to war industries. 



MANUFACTURERS TO GET 
LABOR QUESTIONNAIRES 



Distributed by Community Boards, 

Documents Will Facilitate Needed 

Transfer of Workers 



TO END NON-WAR EMPLOYMENT 



Leo A. Korper, Federal Director for Con- 
necticut of the United States Employment 
Sen ice, has sent to the chairmen of the 
state's fourteen community labor boards 
copies of the questionnaire for manufac- 
turers which was prepared under his direc- 
tion by a special committee of the chair- 
men. The questionnaire is designed to se- 
eure for each manufacturer exact informa- 
tion as to the percentage of war work his 
factory is doing and the number of em- 
ployees engaged in non-war work, so that 
the hitler may be transferred as quickly as 
possible to war work, either in the aame 
factory or in others where they may be more 
needed. Questionnaires will be sent bj' the 

ei ily labor board chairmen to all 

manufacturers in their respective districts. 
Each manufacturer will receive three copies. 
Two of these he will return to his labor 
board chairman five days after their re- 
ceipt. He will retain the other. 

The information thus obtained will be 
recorded at once, and the workers classified 
as to occupation by the chairmen of the 
community labor boards, each of whom is 

also tl rganizer of the United States Pub 

lie Service Reserve in his district. Lists 
of available workers will be turned over 
to the respective district offices of the 
United States Employment Service. The 
(Continued on page 4) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Department of Food Supply 



The committee on marketing held its 
first meeting in Hartford on October 8. A 
resolution was ]i;i sscd to be forwarded by the 
chairman, Richard E. Dodge of Storrs, to 
the bureau of markets in Washington. The 
resolution made formal application for 
semi-weekly market news service in the 
cities of Norwich, New London, Putnam, 
Danielson and Willimantic. The committee 
also voted to inaugurate a movement to or- 
ganize fruit growers' associations in fav- 
orable localities, patterned more or less 
after the plan of the Washington Fruit 
(trowels' Association, which has been so 
markedly successful during the past four 
years. With the co-operation of the county 
agents, the committee expects to inventory 
the amount of beans, potatoes and small 
grains now offered for sale by the farmers 
nl the state. It was decided to ask the 
department of food supply to publish a pam- 
phlet giving directions to small householders 
for storing beets, carrots, cabbage and po- 
tatoes 



Many inquiries have come to the food de- 
partment from farmers in all sections of the 
state asking how they should market their 
wheat. .Most of Connecticut's wheat, has 
been grown on one and two-acre plots. 
This means more wheat than one farmer 
can use in the form of flour, but not enough 
to make up carlots for shipment. A strict 
interpretation of the Food Administration's 
rule-, prevents anyone having wheat milled 
unless it was grown on his own farm. Ac- 
eon ling to the food department, the best 
solution of the problem is to get all mills 
to take out a license, and this is being done 
by putting into the hands of every county 
agent in the state application blanks, to- 
gether with a list of mills that have not 
taken out a license. . 



There was a conference at the capitol on 
October 15 to consider a plan for combined 
mid-winter meetings of farmers' organiza- 
tions. Prior to the conference, officials of 
several agricultural associations had sig- 
nified their willingness to co-operate in such 
a movement. Consolidated programs have 
been endorsed by the State Board of Agri- 
culture. In view of this sentiment, the foou 
department invited officials and representa- 
tives of twelve agricultural organizations 
and institutions to participate in the con- 
ference. Their names follow: 

Connecticut State Grange — Frank E. 
Blakeman, Oronoque; Ard Welton, Plym- 
outh. 

Vegetable growers — W. G. Griswold, 
Wet lii rslield; W. C. Pelton, New Haven. 

Pomology — Walter H. Baldwin, Chester. 
H. C. C. Miles, Milford. 

Dairy — C. B. Pomeroy, Willimantic; D. 
•1. ilinor, Bristol; Thomas Holt, state cap- 
itol. 

Sheep — Charles L. Gold, West Cornwall ; 
11. L. Garrigus, Storrs. 

Poultry — Paul P. Ives, New Haven; 
George V. Smith, West Wellington; W. F. 
Kirkpatrick, Storrs. 

Live Stoek — Commissioner James M. 
Whittel-ev. state capitol; Samuel Russell, 
Jr., MiiMletown. 

Bee Keepers — Rev. D. D. Marsh, West 
Hartford; L. Wayne Adams, Hartford. 



Board of Agriculture L. H. Healey, 

state capitol; Charles R. Treat, Orange; 
James B. Palmer, Norwich; N. H. Brewer, 
Hockanum. 

Connecticut Agricultural College, Agri- 
cultural Experiment Stations — Charles L. 
Beach, Storrs; I. G. Davis, Storrs; H. J. 
Baker, Storrs; Dr. E. H. Jenkins, New 
Haven. 

Department of Food Supply, State Coun- 
cil of Defense — Senator Elijah Rogers, 
-i.ii' capitol; Charles T. Davis, Middletown; 
Wilson 11. Lee. New Haven; E. A. Brown, 
Hartford; Richard E. Dodge, Washington; 
Robert Scoville, Hartford; G. M. Landers, 
Hartford. 



In view- of the resignation of Allan Man- 
- li. -i.i. agricultural agent for Litchfield 
county, it has been necessary to reconstruct 
i In- committee on agricultural survey. The 
food department desires to acknowledge 
Mr. Manchester's valuable services in plan- 
nine, the original survey that covered five 
counties in the state. The new committee 
consists of E. A. Brown, chairman, Hart- 
ford County Farm Bureau; G. S. Godard. 
State Librarian; Richard E. Dodge, Storrs; 
L. A. Bevan, agricultural agent for Fair- 
field county; I. G. Davis, ex-offlcio, Storrs; 
and George M. Landers, ex-oflicio, Hartford. 



(Continued from page 3) 

superintendent of the Employment Service 
will place these workers where they are 
most needed. There will be a particular 
effort to respond to those requirements of 
war industries already on file. 



REFERRED TO WASHINGTON 

Council of National Defense to Consider 

Labor Adjustments in Transport 

Activities 



The United States Employment Service 
has instructed its representative for Con- 
necticut, Leo A. Korper, to refer to the high- 
ways transport committee of the Council of 
National Defense all adjustments of labor 
employed in any phase of highways trans- 
port activities. The depart meiit of trans- 
portation of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense will cooperate with the high- 
way transport committee of the National 
Council in carrying out the order of the 
United States Employment Service. 

The Federal order applies to all states 
ami was made in view of the advisability of 
increasing transportation facilities for the 
country during the war through effective 
utilization of the highways. 



FUEL SUGGESTIONS MADE 



Four conservation suggestions in connec- 
tion with furnaces and kitchen ranges have 
been issued by the committee on fuel conser- 
vation of (he Connecticut State Council of 
Defense in co-operation with Thomas W. 
Russell. Federal Fuel Administrator for 
Connecticut. These suggestions have been 
[iiit out in folder form, witn the hint thai 
the proper pages be torn off and pasted up 
near furnaces and kitchen ranges. 



4 MINUTE HINTS GIVEN 



The committee on public information at 
Washington has announced the following 
hints for Four Minute- Men: 

St iek to your time allowance. Five min- 
utes means a guess; four minutes makes a 
promise. 

Begin with a positive, concrete state 
ment. Tell them something at the start. 

Use short sentences. The man who can't 
make one word do tin- work of two is no 
four-minute speaker. 

Avoid fine phrases. You aren't there to 
give them an ear full, but a mind full. 

Talk to the back row of your audience; 
you'll hit everything closer in. 

Talk to the simplest intelligence in your 
audience; you'll hit everything higher up. 

lie natural and direct. Sincerity wears 
no frill-. 

Give your words time. A jumbled sen- 
tence is a wasted sentence. You can't afford 
waste on a four minute allowance. 

Don't fear to lie colloquial. Slang that 
your hearers understand is belter than 
Latin that they don't. 

Dint figure the importance of your job 
mi a time basis. Four hours of thinking 
ma\ go into four minutes of speaking. 

Veu represent the United States of 

A rica. Don't forget it. And don't give 

your audience occasion to forget it. 

Finish strong and sharp. The butterfly 
is forgotten as soon as he departs, but you 
recall the hornet because he ends with a 
point. 

Finally, and always — 

Stick to your pledge and the four minute 
limit. 



$15,000 FOR FRENCH BAND 



Fifteen thousand dollars was realized 
from the concerts given in this state in 
September by the French Army Band, ac- 
cording to an announcement by the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense, under 
the auspices of which the band was 
brought here The hand was guaranteed 
$5,800. While in Connecticut it gave seven 
indoor paid concerts. There were also sev- 
eral c rts out of doors, but to these no 

admission was charged. 

The Defense Council has learned from the 
French High Commission, which brought 
the band to America, that the bandsmen re- 
gard their stay in Connecticut as one of the 
most enjoyable features of their tour in 
this country. They have expressed appre- 
ciation of the entertainment and formal 
receptions accorded (hem in Connecticut, but 
>a id liny were particularly pleased and 
touched by the numerous informal recep- 
t ion- and roadside ovations. 

All money received by the French Army 
Hand from its conceits, above expenses, goes 
to tin 1 Foyer du Soldats, a French nrganiza- 
tion for the welfare of soldiers in the field 
and which is similar in function to the 
American army Y. M. C. A. The baud is 
at present working for the Liberty Loan in 
New York state. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Series of Schedules on 
Americanization are 
Being Prepared 

(Continued from page 1. ) 



establish English classes in their plants. 
They have a staff of 136 volunteer teachers 
ami over 1,600 pupils. They conduct three 
classes a day. at 8.30 a. m., 1.30 p. m. and 
3.30 p. in., the first and third classes catch 
the employees at the end of their shift and 
the 1.30 class enrolls a group of workers 
before their labor begins. Each workman 
attends two sessions a week of one and 
one-half hours per week. The non-English- 
speaking worker is given an explanation of 
the schooling by an interpreter who urges 
attendance at t lie plant school. 

The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company 
of East Youngstown, O.. appropriates 
$5,000 a year for the organization of 
classes in English and citizenship for its 
foreign-born employees. An evening school 
was established and in the first five months 
over 350 men and women were enrolled. An 
afternoon class for the night shift men wis 
also established. In the second year, 500 
men were enrolled in the classes. The at- 
tendance is voluntary but the inducement of 
advancement in the plant is held out to the 
men. 

The D. E. Sicher Company of New York 
City has been conducting Americanization 
work for women and girls employed in its 
plant for over three years and has accom- 
plished wonders in transforming its illiter- 
ate foreign born employees into literate ami 
intelligent Americans. The school in this 
plant is conducted jointly by the company 
ami the New York Board of Education, the 
latter supplying the teachers and the for- 
mer the equipment and incentives. The 
attendance is voluntary and the pupils re- 
ceive full time pay while attending the 
classes. Each pupil is given three-quarters 
of an hour's training each day for thirty- 
five weeks in such practical subjects as will 
make of her a more efficient and diligent 
worker, give her a broad and more unbiased 
comprehension of American history and in- 
stitutions, and furnish her with the desire 
and the scientific training necessary to make 
a good citizen and home-maker. Linked 
with the school are other activities, such 
as social hours, dancing, gymnasium and 
entertainments as show the other side of 
our American life. The school has proven 
to the satisfaction of the company that this 
Americanization work is worth while, both 
from the standpoint of dollars and cents, 
and efficiency, and earning power, as the 
elimination of illiteracy improves efficiency 
and earning power. Statistics show that 
the average earning power of illiterate girls 
increased from 20.9 cents an hour to 22.2 
cents an hour after sixteen weeks attend- 
ance in the school. 

The Westinghouse Air Brake Company of 
Wilmerding. Pa., conducts classes in Eng- 
lish and citizenship and assisted 102 em- 
ployees to become naturalized in one year. 
The Carnegie Steel Company of Youngs- 
town, O., encourages its employees to at- 
tend night schools and offers promotion in 
the plant in order to stimulate this attend- 
ance. Classes are held in the assembly 
hall of the plant. 

The American Bridge Company of Am- 
bridge, Pa., holds classes of instruction four 
nights in the week for its employees. They 
employ six teachers and in one year had 
125 pupils. The pupils are charged $1 
a month. 



In addition to these plants, the follow- 
ing companies are carrying on Americani- 
zation work in their plants and find it 
profitable both in the way of production 
and efficiency. 

Sidney Blumenthal Company, Shelton, 
Conn.. Yale & Towne Manufacturing Com- 
pany. Stamford, Conn.; Western Electric 
Company, Chicago, 111.; Commonwealth 
Steel Company, Granite City. 111.; Illi- 
mns Steel Works, Joliet, 111.; Inland Steel 
Company, East Chicago, 111.; General 
Chemical Company, Bayonne, N. J.; Gen- 
eral Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.; 
Joseph & Feiss Company, Cleveland, O.; 
I nited States Steel Company, Braddock, 
Pa.; Ellsworth-Collieries Company, Ells- 
worth, Pa.; Pressed Steel Car Company, 
South Bethlehem, Pa.; Solvay Process Com- 
pany, Syracuse, N. Y.; Hartford Rubber 
Works Company, Hartford, Conn., and 
Swift & Company, Chicago, 111. 

diese companies have all felt the need of 
Americanizing their employees of foreign 
birth and it is the aim of the department of 
Americanization for the State Council to 
bring to the attention of each and every 
employer of foreign-born labor in the state 
aecticut the need of such work in his 
plant. 



$25,000 IN SMILEAGE 
IS USED EACH WEEK 
IN FORTY-SIX ARMY CAMPS 



POSTER FOR FOREIGNERS 

\s a feature of its campaign to teach 
English to each of the 64,327 persons in 
Connecticut who cannot speak that lan- 
guage, the Americanization department of 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense has 
distributed through the war b a us post- 
ers urging the learning of English and ex- 
plaining how this can be accomplished. 

These posters are printed in Italian, 
Polish, Lithuanian. Bohemian, Hungarian 
and Yiddish. The border is in red, white 
and blue. At the top is a cut of a soldier, 
" tin hatted " and in the American uniform. 
Me is standing in a trench. In one hand he 
holds his rifle ami in the other a letter from 
home. This letter, indicating that his par- 
ents are foreigners, says, "My dear boy: 
I have learned English." Tlie expansive 
grin on the soldier's face, and the exclama- 
tion. "Hurrah, the folks at home bave 
learned English!" shows his appreciation. 

The posters read as follows: 

" To persons of foreign birth. Write your 
soldier boy a letter in the language of the 

■ I States. 
" He may understand your language 
when spoken, but he cannot read and write 
it. Make him proud of you by learning 
In speak, lead and write this language in 
(he public evening school nearest your 

home. 

" I he letters you write in foreign lan- 
guages to soldiers are translated and cen- 
sored by the military authorities. This 
causes delay. Write your letters in English 
30 yi or hoys will receive them sooner. 

" In a foreign land far from his adopted 
country your soldier boy may be dying for 
the ("nited States. Thousands of soldiers 
of foreign birth are fighting and dying for 
Uncle Sam. Find out why by attending the 
citizenship classes in the public evening 
school. School authorities provide these 
without cost to you. 

" Inquire at the nearest public day school, 
police station, town clerk or war bureau, 
or ask your employer or children for in- 
formal ion. 

" If there is no public evening school in 
your community write in your native lan- 
guage for information to the Connecticut 
St ai e i ouncil of Defense." 



Expenditure at Camps Devens and 
Upton, Where Most of Connecti- 
cut's Men Go, Amounts to $3,600 
for Same Period 



SUGGESTIONS FOR TAG DAY 

AND HALLOWE'EN OBSERVANCE 



Over $25,000 worth of Smileage coupons 
aie used each week in the forty-six camps, 
where there arc Liberty theaters. Camps 
Devens and Upton, to which most Connecti- 
cut men have "one. each use about $1,800 
worth of coupons a week. Connecticut's con- 
tribution towards these coupons should have 

n at least $20,000 to date, yet only a 

scant $8,000 has been given. You don't want 
a hoy from your town to miss a show to 
which his friends from the next town are 
going. Consequently it is up to every town 
to see that its quota of books is sold. A 
convenient way to do this is to have a 
Smileage Tag Day. 

Another method of raising money for 
Smileage Books is to have a Smileage 
Hallowe'en party. The Sniilage chairmen 
will know the best means for giving such a 
party in their respective towns, and for the 
sake of the " boys who have gone " they 
should get busy at once. 

The committee on training camp activ- 
ities of the war department has adopted a 
plan whereby drafted men in cantonments, 
l>\ handing in their names to the camp 
commander, will have their names for- 
warded to the committee in Washington 
and then to the committee in charge of each 
locality, which in turn will mail smileage 
books to the commanding officer. These 
books will be distributed by this officer. 

Such are the growing demands for 
theatrical entertainment in the camps that 
in addition to the Liberty theaters now 
operating at Camps Wadsworth, S. C.j 
Camp Meade. Md.: Hancock, Ga.; Jackson, 
S. C; Wheeler, Ga,; Fayettesville, N". C, 
and Taylor Ky.. a new one. seating 1,600 
is to be constructed in each of those places. 
The Liberty theaters already existing at 
Camps Mac Arthur, Texas; Met lellan, Ala.; 
Bowie, Texas; Logan. Beauregard, La.; 
Wadsworth, S. C. ; Hancock, Ga.; Wheeler, 
Ga., ami Cody. X. M., arc to be enlarged to 
accommodate from 3O0 to 350 more persons. 
A Liberty theater will also be constructed 
at the big artillery training center. Camp 
Knox, Stithton, Ky., in a short time, and 
plans have keen completed for a Liberty 
amphitheater, seating 3,200, at the Porto 
Kiean training camp, Las Casas, S. J. 



6 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Druggists Requested to 
Extend Their Hours 
During the Epidemic 

(Continued from page 1) 

farm bureaus, the department of food 
supply and the state librarian in a state- 
wide agricultural survey of a similar kind 
to that taken last year in four counties, and 
that it be taken at an appropriate time as 
determined by the department of food 
supply. 

It 'was voted that the special thank- of 
the Council he tendered to Mr. Godard for 
hi. unusually efficient and able service in 
connection with the agricultural survey. 

Tli,. chairman read a telegram -ait by 
i }ovi : not Marcus H. Holcomb as follows: 
•'The only answer which should be made to 
the German reply is a demand for an im- 
mediate and unconditional surrender." 

It was voted that the Council expre s its 
hearty sympathy with and strong approval 
of the telegram' sent by Governor Holcomb 
to the New York American in response to 
Hi,, request of that paper for an opinion 
f the German reply and whether the 
Allies should accept it. 

Mr. Godard presented a report for the 
committee on historical records ami made 
certain nominations. 

It was voted that Samuel 0. Prentice, 
Adjutant-General George M. Cole. Chan 
celior John G. Murray. President William 
Arnold Shanklin, Professor Charles AT. An- 
drews, Colonel \" orris G. Osborn, John H. 
Perry, Dr. Walter R. Steiner, Captain Mal- 
colm' D. Rudd, Mrs. Sarah T. Kinney, and 
Mrs. George M. Minor he appointed mem- 
bers of tin- historical records committee 
under the chairmanship of Mr. Godard. 

.lust ice Wheeler presented a resolution, 
hi,, I it was voted that the Stale Council of 
Defense unreservedly approve of Governor 
Alarm- II. Holcomb's suggestion that each 
community of the state at once form an 
"Unconditional Surrender Club" whose 
membership shall be composed of nil those 
who shall hereafter purchase an additional 
bond of the Fourth Liberty Loan. 

II was further voted that the Liberty 
Loan committees throughout the -late be 
requested and the several war bureaus of 
the state be directed to forthwith form 
and promote in their several communities 
such " Unconditional Surrender Clubs." 

Those present were Governor Marcus H. 
Holcomb, Chairman Richard M. Bissell, 
Joseph W. Alsop, Winchester Bennett, Mrs. 
T. Belknap Lei, eh. Frank D. Cheney, Wil- 
liam BroSmith, Charles V Goodwin, Al- 
ton T. Miner. James T. Moran. Ira M. Orn- 
liurn. Lucius F. Robinson and Justice George 
W. Wheeler of the Council; Mrs. Perrin C. 
Galpin, Anna B. Sands, Henry M. Writson; 
and the following chairmen and members of 
sub-committees: Charles G. Bill. E. A. 
Brown, George B. Chandler, G. M. Codding, 
Samuel Ferguson, Rear Admiral W. S. 
Cowles, retired, Harrison B. Freeman. 
George S. Godard, Leo A. Korper. G. M. 
Landers, A. W. Manchester. G. Ellsworth 

M h. Arthur L. Shipman, F. A. Ver- 

planck and Dr. F. II. Wheeler. 

At the executive session on October 11 it 
was voted that the collection of funds by the 
Seventy-Sixth Division Tobacco Fund in 
the state of Connecticut be not approved. 

Dr. Black expressed his thanks for the 
assistance rendered by the departments of 
the Council which have been co-operating 
with the Board of Health in fighting the 
influenza epidemic. He suggested that the 
war bureaus secure clerical ami other aid 
for health officers in seriously affected areas, 
also requesting assistance in the matter of 



getting tent hospitals. 

It was voted that the war bureaus in the 
western half of the state be directed ini 

liately to offer to local health officers 

and to local Red Cross chapters co-opera- 
tion in all ways looking toward adequately 
handling the situation created by the ex- 
isting epidemic.. This aid should include 
personal service and the furnishings of 
supplies. 

Mr. BroSmith reported progress for the 
special committee which had consideration 
, I tli,. mutter of re-education of disabled 
soldiers. Mr. Tinnier was added to the 
commit tee. 

Those present were Chairman Richard M. 
Bi sell, Joseph W. Alsop, Winchester Ben- 
in it. Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, William Bro- 
Smith, Alton T. Miner. James T. Moran, Ira 
M. Ornburn, Lucius F. Robinson and Jus- 
ii,e George W. Wheeler of the Council; 

Anna P. Sands, Henry M. Writson, Dr. 
John T. Black, George B. Chandler, also 

Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles, retired, and 

[•nomas W. Russell. 



OCTOBER 7 



Resolutions opposing any peace with 
Germany bj negotiation, conciliation or bar- 
gaining, and declaring that in the opinion 
of the Council there should be no peace con- 
sidered until Germany and her vassals are 
thoroughly beaten was passed at the exec- 
utive session on October 7. It was voted 
that eopies of the resolution, which was 
written by Justice George W. Wheeler of 
Bridgeport, be sent to the President of the 
United Stales, the members of the cabinet, 
the senators and representatives from Con- 
necticut and to all State Councils of De- 
i,n »e, and that the publicity department be 
directed to give it general circulation. 

At the general session on October 7 the 
chairman read a letter from Secretary of 
the Interior Franklin K. Lane regarding 
the emergency caused by the great muni- 
tions explosion in New Jersey, and it was 
voted that the matter be referred to the 
publicity department to act promptly and 
in full accord with Mr. Korper. 

II was further voted that a telegram be 
sent to Secretary Lane promising fullest 
support of the Council and all its local 
agencies and to assure him that action has 
already been started. 

The matter of the activities of the Ameri- 
can Defense Society was brought up. The 
executive department was instructed to ex- 
press the disapproval of the Council of the 
proposed moving picture enterprise, and its 
other methods of collection of funds. 

Mr. Cheney reported for a special com- 
mittee which bad before it Dr. Brown's re- 
port on a proposed classification of women 
who may be enrolled for industry. The 
committee reported recommendations and 
after hit full discussion it was voted that 
the Council approve the report of the com- 
mit tee without approving any particular 
form of classification. 

Justice Wheeler presented a resolution 
and it was voted that it be resolved, that it 
is the sense of this Council that in the re- 
cruiing of female labor for industry it is 
essential to the welfare of all. that proper 
classification of applicants should be made 
by the Federal Employment Service, and 
that the Federal Employment Service should 
take full charge of such recruiting, classi- 
fication, and placing of female labor. 

Mi II. II. Armstrong reported on the 
reorganization of the Red Cross Motor 
( orps -o far as ii relates to the Connecti- 
cut Motor Corps to file effect that the Con- 
nect ienf Motor Corps can no longer serve the 
Red Cross, nor may persons be members of 



both organizations, but that the Red Cross 
Motor Corps may serve the Council on oc- 
casion. Airs. Samuel Russell, Jr.. reported 
as the head of the Connecticut Motor Corps. 
Mi-, liussell suggested that her committee be 
made a division of the transportation de- 
partment and that the corps be divided into 
districts corresponding with the State 
Guard organization. It was voted that 
there he six sub-divisions within the state 
in accordance with the division of the state 
by the State Guard. 

Mrs. Beach reported upon the activities 
in co-operation with Dr. Black, Secretary 
of the State Board of Health, in the direc- 
tion of improving the situation with regard 
to tin' shortage of nurses. The executive 
department was instructed to get in touch 
with the Red Cross authorities of the At- 
lantic division with a view to securing 
fullest co-operation. 

Mr. Ferguson reported as Director of the 
Department of Non-War Construction. Mr. 
Ferguson recommended enlargement of his 
committee to provide representation from 
the United States Department of Labor, 
highways transport. committee of the 
Council of National Defense, United States 
Housing Corporation. Ordnance Department 
of the War Department, Public Utilities and 
United States Railroad Administration. It 
was voted that the recommendation of the 
Director be approved. 

Mr. Chandler presented the monthly re- 
port of the publicity department, covering 
tlie matter of a proper letter to be sent to 
the relatives of men dying in the service, 
al-o tin. publicity in behalf of the non-war 
construction department, and the co-opera- 
tion with the State Board of Health. 

Air. Broadhead was appointed associate 
director of the Smilage campaign. 

Those present were Chairman Richard M. 
Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Winchester Ben- 
nett, Airs. T. Belknap, William Bro- 
Smith. Gen. G. M. Cole, Charles A. Good- 
win, James T. Moran, Ira M. Ornburn, 
Lucius F. Robinson, and Justice George W. 
Wheeler of the Council, Mrs. Perrin C. Gal- 
pin, Henry AI. Writson; also the following 
chairmen and members of committees. Mrs. 
J. W. Alsop, Mrs. H. H. Armstrong, C. G. 
Bill. George B. Chandler, C. C. Cook, Har- 
rison It. Freeman, Samuel Ferguson, Dr. 
Valeria II. Parker, Mrs. Samuel Russell. Jr.. 
Arthur L. Shipman, Louis S. Smith, and 
Richard Wavne. 



SAVING MUCH COAL 



Inspection* by Engineer Department of 

Fuel Administration Indicates 

Gain of 303,000 Tons. 



The administrative engineer department 
of the Federal Fuel Administration in this 
-late lias, up to October 5, inspected and 
rated 781 steam plants, which have used 
2,729, SO© tons of coal per year. This is 
about half the number of plants that will 
eventually be rated, and 295 of them report 
that by improving firing methods, eliminat- 
ing waste, and installing new equipment, a 
saving of 303,000 tons of coal per year will 
be effected. 

As Connecticut's 1 allotment to be saved 
by the Fuel Administration is 350.000> tons, 
it is believed that the state will go far 
" over the top " on this coal saving meas- 
ure. The saving amounts to from 15 to 
20 per cent., and if this percentage is car- 
ried out by the manufacturing plants 
throughout the country, it means, accord- 
ing to fuel officials, a saving of from 50,- 
000.000 to 60.000,000 tons of coal. This is 
enough, it is hoped, to supply all plants 
during the coming winter. 




(Entttwrttott Iitllrtttt 



Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. II 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, NOVEMBER 1, 1918 



No. 7 



MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS 
GIFTS HELP WIN WAR 
IS MESSAGE TO PUBLIC 



WAR WORK DRIVE SOON 



Connecticut Organized to Take Part in 
Campaign for Funds 



Shopping Recommendations Given Out 
by State Council of Defense in Co= 
operation with Federal Government 
Useful Presents, Except for Young 
Children, Urged. 



GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 

IDEAL REMEMBRANCES 



A campaign to regulate Christmas buying 
in a manner not unduly interfering with 
business and yet consistent with the war- 
time interests of the nation has been under- 
taken by the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense at the instance of the Council of 
Naional Defense. The slogan of the move- 
ment is " Make This a Win-the-War Christ 
mas." 

The Council's recommendations to the 
public are: 

1. Do .your shopping early. 

2. Confine your giving, except in the case 

of .young children, to useful gifts. 

3. Pay cash for all gifts. 

4. Gifts mailed or sent by express should 

be of such nature that they can be 
shipped in small parcels. 

5. Gifts should be delivered in person 

wherever possible so as to reduce 
mailing, store deliveries and special 
messenger service. 

6. Libert}' bonds and war saving stamps 

make ideal gifts. 

The Council of National Defense further 
recommends that the working forces of mer- 
cantile establishments be not increased dur- 
ing the holiday season over the average 
working force, and that the normal working 
hours be maintained. 

All school superintendents are asked to 
distribute these recommendations among 
teachers, advising that they be copied on the 
blackboards and explained to the pupils. 

Every clergyman has been requested to 
bring them to the notice of his congrega- 
tion. 

All womens' clubs are asked to take up 
the matter. 

Chambers of Commerce are asked to co- 
operate. 



Connecticut is organized for its share in 
i In- nationwide drive of the United War 
Work Campaign, which is to commence on 
November 11, and continue for one week. 

The drive is for $170,500,000 and is in 
support of the seven auxiliary war agencies 
which at the suggestion of President Wil- 
son, have combined their campaigns for 
funds. This sum. which is probably the 
largest ever asked for in a single appeal, 
will be apportioned as follows: 
Young Men's < hristian Ass'n $100,000,000 
Young Women's Christian 

Ass'n 15,000,000 

National Catholic War Coun- 
cil (including the work 
<if the Knights of Colum- 
bus and special war ac- 
tivities for women) 30,000,000 

Jewish Welfare Board 3,.joo, 

Vmerican Library Ass'n .... 3,500,000 
War Camp Community Ser- 
vice 15,000.00 

Salvation Army 3,500,000 

Total $170,500,000 

FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING 
AS PERMANENT POLICY 



WAR EXHIBIT MAY BE 
AVAILABLE FOR USE 
OF LOCAL AGENCIES 



Future of Material Subject of Discus- 
sion at Meeting of Council — Plans 
Made for Putting War Literature 
in Schools of the State 



TO ASK USE OF ARMORY 

FOR FOOD SUPPLY EVENT 



Connecticut State Council Believes 

Plan Has Proved Successful 

This Year 



NOTICE OF HEARING 



The Commission of Public Welfare will 
hold public hearings in the Hall of the 
House of Representatives, State Capitol. 
Hartford, at 2 P. M., November 6 and 7. 
for discussion of health insurance, old age 
pensions, minimum wage laws, and other 
matters referred to the commission by Chap- 
ter 163 of the Public Acts of 1017! It is 
desired that all who possess facts or opin- 
ions which they consider valuable concern- 
ing these subjects will be present to pre- 
sent them. 



WOULD EXTEND PERIOD SLIGHTLY 



I'll.- adoption of daylight-saving time each 
summer as the fixed policy of the United 
Stales is urged by the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense in a resolution passed 
by the Council at its session on Monday. 

Tli.' t'exl nl tlic resolution follows: 
Voted that, in the opinion of this coun- 
cil, the daylight saving plan which has been 
in operation during the past seven months 
has not only resulted in a very consider- 
able saving of fuel but in several other re- 
spects has been of distinct material benefit 
and has added to the pleasure and well- 
doing of the community at large in that 
ile extension of the amount of available 
daylight after working hours has afforded 
opportunities for outdoor exercise and en- 
poyment. This Council further believes 
thai ii would be wise to adopt uie daylight 
saving plan as an established method of 
time-keeping and that the period during 
which the clocks of the country should be 
|'!\ ance I one hour should extend from the 
first Sunday of April until the first Sun 
day of November each year. And further. 

" Voted that a copy of the foregoing min- 
ute be transmitted to the Council of Na- 
tional Defense at Washington, to each rep- 
resentative of this state in the United States 
Senate and House of Representative- and 
to every other State Council of Defense " 



At the general session of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense on Monday, on 
report of Frank B. Cheney, it was decided 
to maintain intact the material gathered for 
li< i onnecticut War Exhibits." The exec- 
utive department was directed to ascertain 
from various departments of the Council 
the practicability of keeping the various 
exhibits up-to-date with new materials, and 
to ascertain if any of the local war bureaus 
desired to use the material. 

F. A. Yerplanck, chairman of the com- 
mittee on education, suggested the advis- 
ability of preparing a syllabus for use in 
the secondary schools, dealing wth the is- 
sues cf the war and the history of the last 
four years. E. F. Humphrey discussed the 
matter briefly. The council voted that the 
matter be referred to the Committee on 
Education, with the request that it investi- 
lm'i e the existing material and report recom- 
mendations. 

It was voted that Professor William F. 
Kirkpatriek be appointed corresponding 
-' i ntaiy. and John G. Brash financial sec- 
retary of the Department of Food Supply. 

Those present were Chairman Richard M. 
Bissell, Joseph W. AIsop, Mrs. Morgan G. 
I'ulkeley. Frank Dexter Cheney, Howard 
A. Giddings, Alton T. Miner, James T. 
\liian, Ira M. Ornburn, Lucius F. Robin- 
-iin, Caroline Ruutz-Rees, and Justice 
George W. Wheeler of the Council; Mar- 
garet T. Corwin, -Irs. Perrin C. Galpin, 
Treasurer John T. Roberts, Anna B. Sands, 
Henry M. Wriston and the following chair- 
n en and members of sub-committees: Mrs. 
roseph W. Alsop, George B. Chandler, Sam- 
uel Ferguson. George B. Griffin, Professor 
E. V. Humphrey, George M. Landers, Dr. 
Valeria II. Parker, Arthur I.. Shipman. 
Louis S. s.nith, F. A. Verplanck and H. H. 
Wheaton. 



MEETING OF OCTOBER 21 



At the general meeting of the Council on 
October 21. George M. Landers, chairman of 
(he Department of Foo3 Supply, introduced 
E. R. Dodge, who outlined the plans for the 
Farmers' Exhibit Week, to take the place 
of a series of meetings of various agricul- 
tural societies. He sketched the plans for 
the proposed exhibit week, including pro- 
posed speakers and displays. He requested 
tpprova] of the movement by the Council 
nid its endorsement of a request for the 
use of the State Armory in Hartford. The 
Council voted to approve the plan, to en- 
dorse the request for the use of the armory. 
(Continued on page 6) 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 

Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
subcommittees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.11 HARTFORD. CONN.. NOV. 1.1918 No. 



BACK TO THE LAND 

Returning Soldiers and Sailors To Be 

Given Opportunity to Procure 

Homes 



The committee on public lands of the 
United States Senate has unanimously re- 
ported in favor of a bill appropriating 
$1,000,000 to make surveys for farms for 
returning soldiers. This information was 
received by the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense from Franklin K. Lane, Secre- 
tary of the Interior and head of the Field 
Division, Council of National Defense. The 
proposed legislation is for the purpose of 
providing an opportunity to procure homes 
for those returning soldiers and sailors who 
may wish them upon their return from the 
war. It will also offer an opportunity for 
thousands of workers in munitions fac- 
tories and other war industries. All these 
classes of people will need the land and 
the land will need them. The governin.nl 
considers this idea one of importance and 
one which should be attended to promptly. 

With regard to the reclamation of waste 
land in Connecticut for this purpose, the 
council recently appointed a committee 
which is investigating and will soon report. 

NON-WAR CONSTRUCTION 

All of Connecticut's wholesale dealers in 
building materials have been advised, by 
the local directors of non-war construction, 
to protect themselves against the penalty 
to be inflicted by the Federal War Indus 
I fies Board in case of unlawful deliveries. 
Local directors took this step in accordance 
with the instructions from Samuel Fer- 
guson, state director of the Department of 
Non-War Construction. Richard L. Humph- 
ries, chief of the building materials section 
of the board, said that producers and manu- 
facturers would be penalized by removal 
from the preference list if they allow to be 
delivered any material for new construction 
except against the proper license number. 
By signing the proper pledge, wholesale 
dealers are entitled to make request for 
priority rating. All wholesale dealers 
should exact a blanket pledge from such 
of their customers as are sub-dealers, 
builders or contractors, covering the use of 
all materials furnished by them. If any 
material is improperly used, the penally 
will be enforced against the dealer fur- 
nishing it. 



FOOD SUPPLY DEPARTMENT 



AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM 
TO GIVE QUICK RETURNS 

Varieties of Seed Potatoes Reccom= 
mended — Flour Mill for Hartford 



PREPARE HOME GARDENS NOW 



Virtually the entire extension staff of 
the Connecticut Agricultural College, mem- 
bers of all the farm bureau organizations 
and representatives of the Food Depart- 
ment of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense, held a two days conference at the 
capitol, October 25 and 26, to discuss the 
agricultural program for next year. There 
are, of course, changed conditions that 
must be recognized and considered, such as 
the scarcity of permanent labor, its in- 
creased cost, and the radical change in type 
which means that farmers must consider 
more seriously than ever the use of boy 
labor and woman labor. The acid test of 
any agricultural program is first of all its 
desirability from a national point of view; 
it should prove profitable to a farmer and 
should not involve unnecessary investment 
in machinery and supplies that cannot be 
obtained; furthermore any proposed pro- 
gram must give promise of reasonably quick 
returns and at the same time have some 
permanent value. 

The seed potato committee, with a view 
of improving the quality and increasing the 
quantity of next year's potato crop, has 
recommended that the food department en- 
courage the use of but two varieties of seed 
potatoes, namely: Irish Cobblers for an 
early crop and Green Mountains for a late 
crop. This is intended primarily for small 
farmers, victory gardeners and other planters 
who are presumably not expert potato 
growers. The committee especially recom- 
mends that every seed potato dealer in the 
state be urged to offer for sale only United 
States grade No. 1, which means that seed 
potatoes sold under this grade are virtu- 
ally guaranteed clean and true to type, 
free from disease and of good size. The 
public should be informed that first class 
graded seed potatoes are worth more than 
table stock, hence it must expect to pay a 
little premium. 

In the last issue of the " Bulletin " it 
was pointed out that the best way to mar- 
ket Connecticut's wheat crop saisfaetorily 
was to get all mills in the state to take out 
a license. The trouble with this plan, how- 
ever, is that many small mills are not 
equipped to handle a large amount of wheat 
in this way. They do a grist business but are 
not prepared to handle and store mill pro- 
ducts, ami carry a suitable line of substitutes. 
In general, Connecticut farmers cannot con- 
veniently sell to the United States Grain 
Corporation because this involves car lot 
shipments which are not usually feasible. 
The food department has been notified by 
one of the largest grain concerns in the 
state that a Hour mill of one hundred barrel 
capacity will be in operation in Hartford 
not later than Sept. 1st, 1919, provided a 
permit for the necessary building ran be 

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obtained. This seems to indicate that com- 
mercial interests believe that greatly in- 
creased grain production in this state will 
become a permanent feature of Connecticut 
agriculture. 

The Council has notified the Food De- 
partment of its approval of the plan for a 
farmer's week to be held early in January, 
and the council endorses the request for 
use of the state armory in which it is pro- 
posed to make a very pretentious agricul- 
tural exhibit. The council has also assumed 
the responsibility for part of the program 
and has signified its intention to render 
additional assistance as soon as details for 
general plans are presented. 

The Home Garden Committee has made 
three recommendations that should receive 
the attention of all local garden organiza- 
tions. It is suggested in the first, place that 
garden committees immediately reengage 
their supervisor for next year as it is be- 
lieved that it will be very hard to find men 
to do this work another season. As soon 
as engaged the garden supervisor can be 
at once put to work. Fertilizer should be 
ordered now and fall plowing might well 
be done, especially in larger communities 
as every acre of land plowed now helps by 
just so much to relieve the annual spring 
rush. The garden supervisor can further- 
more encourage home gardeners to use au- 
tumn leaves for improving the texture of 
the soil as well as for their fertilizer value. 
He should also insist upon the conserva- 
tion of wood ashes. 

This department is suggesting to farmers 
throughout the state that fertilizers should 
be ordered this fall. Owners of threshers, 
grain drills, manure spreaders and other 
farm machinery are also urged to make them 
ready now for next season's work. The 
heavy demand for raw material, shortage of 
labor in their plants and pressing war con- 
tracts make it necessary to order all sorts 
of supplies far in advance of the time they 
will actually be needed. 



BUILDING REGULATIONS 

2,500 Exemption Applies only to Re- 
pairs — Other Points Made Clear. 



S ucl Ferguson, state director of the 

Department of Non-War Construction, has 
issued a statement correcting what appeared 
to be a misunderstanding by the public of 
the scope of the non-war .construction pro- 
gram of the federal War Industries Board. 
There seemed to be an impression that it 
was not necessary to secure permits if the 
proposed construction was to cost under 
$2,500. 

" Except in the case of farm buildings 
costing less than $1,000, no new construc- 
tion whatever can be done without a per- 
mit," said Mr. Ferguson. " This applies 
not only to new buildings but to new con- 
struction work of every type, including side- 
walk, sewer, water, gas and electric con- 
struction and municipal improvements of 
all kinds. The new $2,500 exemption ap- 
plied solely to repairs." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



U. S. FUEL ADMINISTRATION 



40 COMMUNITIES BEGIN 
AMERICANIZATION WORK 
SUGGESTED BY COUNCIL 



EPIDEMIC HITS COAL 

PRODUCTION AT MINES 



Consumers Must Curtail Use of Anthra- 

cite, Says Administrator for 

Connecticut. 



SAFETY FIRST -BUY CORD WOOD 



The influenza epidemic at the coal mines 
has reduced the production of anthracite to 
such an extent that Thomas W. Russell, 
United States Fuel Administrator for Con- 
necticut, believes Connecticut's supply will 
be curtailed. Mr. Russell mentioned the 
influenza epidemic in this connection as an 
additional reason why consumers of all 
classes in this state should exercise the most 
rigid economy in the use of hard coal. 
Every householder, he said, should buy at 
least' one cord of wood to supplement his 
supply. 

" From one mine after another," said Mr. 
Russell, " comes the report that the rea- 
son for the falling off in shipments is the 
fact that so many of the coal miners are 
ill with influenza. This makes for the time 
being an exceedingly serious situation, par- 
ticularly when one considers that before 
the epidemic struck the mine regions the 
number of anthracite coal miners had been 
reduced fifteen to twenty per cent, by war 
conditions, and that the production stand- 
ard has been maintained all summer only 
because each miner lias greatly increased his 
own efficiency, partly through the efforts 
of the Fuel Admin isi ration, and partly in 
a great number of cases through his own 
patriotism. As a matter of fact the short- 
age of labor at the mines is bound to con- 
tinue for the next twelve months at least, 
and in the meantime the demand for an- 
thracite for necessary war process has in- 
creased tremendously. I cannot say too 
often that the only answer for us is conser- 
vation. 

" It is earnestly requested that every 
householder purchase at least one cord of 
wood and use this fuel as much as possible 
to reduce his consumption of coal. This 
is particularly true in the rural communi- 
ties. If there is a real shortage we shall 
be compelled to concentrate the distribution 
of coal in the large cities, rather than in 
the communities where wood is accessible 
and where if necessary it can be substituted 
altogether for coal. However, until I am 
in possession of more definite facts as to 
the extent of the curtailment in supply due 
to influenza at the mines, I shall not be in 
a position to promise that any community 
will have its full requirements of anthracite. 
"To stimulate the cutting of cord wood 
and to regulate its distribution, an exten- 
sive cord wood organization has been per- 
fected during the past two or three weeks 
in co-operation with the Fuel Administra- 
tion, and through this organization the sup- 
ply of cord wood in the cities as well as in 
the rural districts will be checked up and 
equalized as far as possible. Consumers 
in cities should first make every effort to 
purchase wood through dealers in their com- 



munities. In case they can not get a supply 
through their own efforts they should report 
the local fuel administrator. Each local 
fuel administrator lias a cord wood member 
on his committee, whose duty it is to re- 
port to the state headquarters any shortage 
or surplus in the supply of wood, to the end 
that the condition may be remedied without 
delay. 

" I do not wish to ask anyone to make 
any sacrifice in the matter of fuel which 
I am not willing to make myself, and I don't 
mind saying that I have four cords of 
wood in my cellar which will cut down my 
coal requirements considerably. 

" Not only should anthracite be saved by 
the substitution of wood, but in every case 
where No. 1 buckwheat can be substituted 
for domestic sizes, this should be done with- 
out question. Twenty-five per cent, of No. 
1 buckwheat may be used in domestic fur- 
naces; the price is fifty cents per ton less 
than pea coal. Business blocks and other 
large consumers should use bituminous or a 
mixture of bituminous and buckwheat. 1 
am informed that Mr. W. B. Bassett, Local 
Fuel Chairman for Hartford, has enforced 
this rule to such an extent that all the 
schools and ninety per cent, of the large 
stores and office buildings of Hartford will 
use bituminous and buckwheat mixtures 
this winter. This means a saving of thou- 
sands of tons of anthracite. Mr. Martin 
R. Jensen, local cnairman at Norwich, has 
effected a saving of thousands of tons by the 
same means. I mention these two cases 
because the saving has been notable. Chair- 
men in all parts of the state are engaged 
in the same good work and it is only by 
such economy that we oan avert a shortage. 
" It is not my purpose in making this 
statement to cause undue alarm among con- 
sumers. There is certainly no need of hys- 
teria, because shipments to Connecticut as 
a whole to date have been reasonably satis- 
factory. With rigid conservation we should 
get through the winter without suffering, 
but I wish to emphasize that every con- 
sumer must do his part." 



Many Committees Already Organized 
by War Bureaus — Chambers of 
Commerce and Industrial Plants 
Urged to Co=operate in Important 
Task 



COLD STORAGE LIMITS 



"GO TO EVENING SCHOOL" 

WORD TO FOREIGN BORN 



A modification of the bituminous coal 
storage limits for Connecticut has been an- 
nounced at the office of Thomas W. Russell, 
State Fuel Administrator, by Arthur G. 
Woolley, head of the Department of Bitum- 
inous Distribution. The purpose of the 
modification is to allow non-preference 
plants and class 4 plants particularly to in- 
crease stocks. 

The following days' supply of bituminous 
coal is now permitted consumers in the 
state, preference list No. 2, as established 
by the War Industries Board.' 

Class No. 1 90 days 

Class No. 2 90 " 

Class No. 3 75 " 

Class No. 4 60 " 

Xon-Preference 45 " 
There will be no restrictions until further 
notice on stocks of screenings which may 
be accumulated by the consumers in any 
class. 



More than forty of Connecticut's 168 war 
bureaus have organized committees on 
Americanization, and, pursuant to the re- 
quest of the Americanization Department 
of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
others are expected to do so at an early 
date. 

In a schedule recently sent to war bureaus 
by the Americanization Departments of the 
Council were directions for encouraging 
evening school attendance by foreigners. 
All school superintendents, school commit- 
tees and srhool supervising agents have 
been urged to get in touch with the war 
bureau chairmen, and the co-operation of 
all chambers of commerce has been sought. 
A schedule for their guidance has been 
sent, urging that they co-ordinate their 
work with their respective war bureaus, 
and appoint an Americanization committee 
if none exists. 

As a further step in its campaign to 
Americanize the 64,32" persons in Connecti- 
cut who are unable to speak English, the 
Americanization Department of the Council 
has -rut to about 200 industrial plants em- 
ploying foreigners a letter pointing out the 
necessity of class attendance by the latter. 
With this letter went a schedule telling the 
industrial plants how they could conduct 
Americanization work. This schedule rec- 
ommended the adoption of two slogans, 
" English the language of this plant," and 
" Every man speak English." The schedule 
also recommended that employees regularly 
attending night school be given a bonus 
and that immigrant employees making 
themselves more efficient by such attendance 
be given either a wage increase or the pref- 
erence when promotions were made. 

Further recommendations included in the 
schedule were that every plant appoint an 
Americanization director and that all non- 
English speaking employees be registered 
and listed. It was recommended that no- 
tices, printed in foreign languages, and de- 
scribing evening school facilities, be put 
into the pay envelopes of foreign-born em- 
ployees. 

The work of organizing Americanization 
Committees under the War Bureaus is pro- 
gressing rapidly. To date Americanization 
Committees have been organized in the fol- 
lowing 44 towns: 

Ansonia, Berlin, Bristol, Brookfield, Dan- 
bury, Darien, Derby, East Granby, East 
Hartford, East Haven, Enfield, Fairfield, 
Granby, Greenwich, Hartford, Meriden, 
Middletown, Newtown, New Briatin, New 
Haven. Naugatuck, Newington, New London, 
i. Oxford, Eastford, Portland, Plain- 
field, Pomfret. Seymour, Shelton, Simsbury, 
Manchester, Norwalk, Southington. Stain- 
ford, West port, Wethersfield, Wolcott, 

(Continued on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN" 



WOMAN'S DIVISION 



TO REGISTER WOMEN 

OF HARTFORD COUNTY 



WOMEN'S AID ENLISTED 
BY EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 



House-to=House Canvass will be Made 

to Obtain New Employees for 

War Industries 



TO ORGANIZE GIRLS' WORK 



Will Take Active Part in Work — Fe- 
male Employees to Fill 
Industrial Gaps 



DIVISION FORMED IN STATE 



At a meeting recently of representatives 
from the United States Employment Ser- 
the Ordnance Department, the Manu- 
urers' Association of Connecticut, and 
the" Woman's Division of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, it was decided to 
lake a registration of women in Hartford 
county. This registration is to be taken j 
in response to the present critical need for ! 
women workers in the factories of Hart- 
ford county, and aims primarily to get all 
patriotic women, who are not otherwise! 
definitely employed, and who have no im- i 
mediate dependents, to serve in munition 
making and other war industries. 

Mrs. Richard M. Bissel, formerly chair- 
man of the Woman's Liberty Loan Commit- ■ 
tee for Hartford, has been made county 
Chairman for the registration. On Tues- 
day, October 22, Mrs. Bissell called a meet- 
ing of the town chairmen of the Woman's 
Division in the townships of the county and 
explained to them the purpose of the drive, 
and urged them to get ready their organi- 
zations of women who would later be asked 
to take a house-to-house canvass for 
workers. In towns where the "Minute 
Women " have been organized they will 
take charge of the canvass under the town 
chairman. 

The date for the registration has been set 
for November 26. It is planned to take 
a week for the canvass, and a week for the 
clean-up work. The form of the registra- 
tion caul, and the general plans for regis- 
tration have been decided upon by the 
United States Employment Service in con- 
ference with the Ordnance Department and 
the Manufacturer's Association. The exe- 
cution of these plans will be in the hands 
of the Woman's Division. 

Publicity will begin ten days before the 
drive and will be carried out by the Ord- 
nance Department according to plans which 
they put through so successfully in connec- 
tion with a previous registration taken in 
Bridgeport. 

The towns in which registration in Hart- 
ford County will be taken are , as follows: 
Bristol, Plantsville, Southington, Hartford, 
Bloomfield, East Hartford, Glastonbury, 
Xowington. West Hartford, Rocky Hill, 
Wothersfield, Farmington, Manchester, New 
Britain, Berlin and Plainville. 



The important part to be taken by women 
in the United States Employment Service 
in Connecticut has been emphasized by the 
local superintendents and Federal Director 
I. co A. Korper. Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop of 
Avon, assistant to the federal director, has 
met the field forces and explained the aims 
of the women's division, which, in co-opera- 
tion with the various community labor 



boards, will place a great number of wo- 
men in both war and non-war work. 

Mrs. Alsop has announced that the exe- 
cutive department of the new employment 
division will consist of herself and Miss 
Margaret Convin, secretary of the woman's 
division of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense, and that Miss Dorothy Weir 
will be the head of the field force. To or- 
ganize the woman's division effectively 
throughout the state, Mrs. Alsop has urged 
the superintendents to recommend some 
woman member of their office force to rep- 
resent the woman's division in each United 
States Employment Service office. 

Mrs. Alsop has said that the task before 
the woman's division and the community 
labor boards would consist in many cases 
of replacing male workers with female 

I workers in industries, in mercantile estab- 
lishments and other occupations. Care 

, must be taken, she said, that women are 
not placed in work for which they are un- 
suited or where shop conditions make the 
employment of women undesirable. Equal 
care and good judgment must be shown in 
deciding individual cases where it might 
seem inadvisable for a woman to enter in- 

: dustry because of family responsibilities. 



What is Happening in Other States 



Miss Anna \\ . Coale has been engaged to 
work with Dr. Valeria H. Parker on the 
( oininittee of Health and Recreation. Miss 
Cnale will organize girls' patriotic work 
throughout the state. This work will in 
no way supersede or interfere with the 
work of existing organizations for girls' 
service but will w-ork through them and 
will organize clubs for war service in those 
parts of the state where such clubs are not 
already at work. 



"DO WITHOUT CLUB" 

The idea of a " Do Without Club," which 
was originated by the woman's organization 
of the Illinois State Council of Defense, is 
proving popular. The initiation fee of 10 
cents entitles the applicant to a red, white 
and liluc membership button. The printed 
suggestions to members tell how each one 
can forego some small indulgence and turn 
her savings into War Savings Stamps. 

GEORGIA FARMERS BUY TRACTORS 

As a result of farm tractor demonstra- 
tions arranged by the State Council of De- 
fense of Georgia, the number of tractors 
thai will be at work in that state next 
spring has been increased fourfold. 

USE OF HOME PRODUCTS 

The Colorado State Council of Defense has 
called upon all the county councils to or- 
ganize special committees to encourage the- 
consumption of home products as a means 
of helping solve the transportation prob- 
lem. It has been estimated that the saving 
of a pound by every individual would mean 
the saving of 50O freight cars for use in 
transportation. 

WISCONSIN'S "SUNDOWN ARMY" 

In Wisconsin, the Milwaukee County 
Council has taken over the Sundown Army, 
an organization of women workers who are 
willing to work in the fields from the end 
of office and factory hours until sundown. 
This Sundown Army, as it is called, will be 
of especial use in gathering crops in the 
market gardens, to which they will be car- 
ried in auto trucks furnished by the manu- 
facturers and patriotic organizations. This 
army is also being extended to men. 

CALIFORNIA FALLS IN LINE] W 

The Highways Transport Committee of 
the California State Council of Defense is 
undertaking, under federal instruction, the 
survey of all rural motor truck express lines 
in the state, with the names of operators j 



and data concerning service and methods 
and operation. The same committee is pro- 
moting more efficient use of motor trucks 
on the highways much along the lines of 
"Return Load" and similar plans origin- 
ated by the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense. 

LAROE SCHOOL GARDEN ARMY 

In California, the latest department to 
come under the State Council of Defense is 
the United States School Garden Army. 
There arc a million and a half boys and 
girls enlisted in this army; 20,000 acres 
of unproductive home ground and vacant 
lots have been converted into productive 
land, and 50,000 teachers have been trained 
for instruction in gardening. 

ROUSING THE COUNTRY FOLK 

The merchants in South Carolina have 
co-operated with the State Council in rous- 
ing the patriotic interest of the country 
people who " come to town " on Saturday 
afternoons. At this time the stores are 
closed for an hour or two, the local band 
(days, and mass meetings are held. These 
meetings have resulted in better popular 
understanding of war aims and increased 
subscription to all war funds. 

COLORADO ARMY HOSPITAL 

In Colorado, near Denver, thirty of the 
buildings of a recuperation army camp are 
already completed. This work, which was 
undertaken by the State Council of Defense 
last May. was originally for a hospital of 
l.ono beds. It is now to be extended to 
5,000 beds. 

HOME NURSING IN COLORADO 

Courses in dietetics and home nursing 
have been stated by the Colorado Council 
of Defense in both Chaffee and Adams 
counties. Public health nurses in both 
places are soon to be instituted. In Pueblo 
several classes for foreign women have been 
started. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Connecticut Ranks Twenty-Third 

in Sales of War Savings Stamps 

Nebraska Still Leading Nation With Per Capita Sales of $19.43 — Ohio Seconj 
and South Dakota Third — Vermont Leading New England 



Connecticut ranks twenty-third among 
the states of the Union in the sales of war 
savings stamps, according to a statement 
issued by the Connecticut War Savings 
Committee. The total sales in this state 
up to October 1 were $10,119,8^1.06, making 
per capita sales $7.57 up to that date. 

Nebraska ranks first in per capita sales 
with $19.43, followed by Ohio with $12.68. 
South Dakota is third with $11.98. Of the 
New England states Vermont ranks twelfth, 
New Hampshire, nineteenth; Maine, twenty- 
ninth; Rhode Island, thirty-third and Mas- 
sachusetts, forty fifth. The various states 
rank as follows: 

Total 

tc. I ICt. 1st. 

$25,188,100.54 
66,730,409.6a 

7,255,175.06 
10,242,414.72 
22,360,470.31 
33,303.317.14 

4,190,794.32 
26,949,510.91 
38,278,196.25 
16,560,325.33 

1,152,409.63 

3,688,344.92 



Garde Slain 



Nebraska, 

Ohio, 

s. Dakota, 

Oregon, 

Ka nsas, 

Indiana, 

7 Dist. of Col., 

8 Iowa, 

9 Missouri, 

10 Washington, 

11 \n ada, 

12 Ver nt. 



13 California, North, 19,272.1179.27 

14 Montana, 4,691.21 1. to 
Colorado, 9,451,164.90 
Wisconsin, 23,312,594.52 
California, South, 10,039,266.99 

12,916,351.78 



15 
16 

17 

IS W. Virginia, 

19 New Hampshire, 

20 Minnesota, 

21 Utah, 

22 Arizona, 

23 Connecticut, 

24 Delaware, 

25 Illinois, 

26 Texas, 

26 Kentucky, 
2S Maine. 

29 Wyoming, 

30 New York (Up.) 
30 Oklahoma, 

32 Tennessee, 

33 Rhode Island, 

34 Idaho, 

35 Penna. (W.i. 

36 Penna. (E.), 

37 N. C. 

38 Louisiana, 

39 New York City, 

40 Michigan. 

41 Maryland, 

42 Arkansas, 

43 No. Dakoi i 

44 Mississippi, 

45 Massachusetts, 

46 Virginia, 

47 New Jersey, 

48 Florida, 

49 New Mexico, 

50 Alabama, 

51 So. Carolina, 

52 Georgia, 



3,817,758.81 

19,918,561.91 

3.579,403.12 

2,103,640.57 

10,119,821.06 

1,773,872.64 

46,363,001.56 

33,302,944.45 

17,667,818.89 

5,708,975.19 

1,009.932.30 

33 384,427.94 

15,783,430.61 

15,535,086.52 

4,158,352.34 

2. 857. 694.42 

17,462,4S9.S4 

34,336,310.14 

13.814,790.78 

9,933,247.95 

31,239,916.89 

17.553.104.25 

6.909,118.37 

8,586,119.23 

3.137,923.15 

9,254,328.97 

17,751.774.05 

9.780.609.52 

13,505.115.31 

4,420,636.18 

1.462,195.90 

7,438,894.52 

5,069,297.20 

8,379,053.75 



Per 
Capita 
19.43 
12.68 
11.98 
11.88 
11. S3 
11.42 
11.34 
11.33 
10.78 
10.62 
10.35 
10.01 
9.93 
9.91 
9.31 
9.19 
9.13 
9.09 
8.56 
8.54 
8.04 
7.07 
7.57 
7.55 
7.38 
7.28 
7.28 
7.27 
7.09 
6.S2 
6.82 
6.67 
6.5S 
6.32 
6.02 
5.93 
5.71 
5.32 
5.29 
5.07 
4.90 
4.83 
4.69 
4.03 
4.54 
4.34 
4.32 
4.29 
4.17 
3.12 
3.07 
2.91 



Per capita sales for the month of Septem- 
ber were as follows: 



Average IVr Capita 



Total, 



$772,713,977.00 7.34 



Grade State 

1 Ohio, 

2 California, North, 

3 Washington, 

4 Montana, 

5 Indiana, 
Maine, 
7 Wisconsin, 

: 8 Texas, 
9 Dist. of Columbia 

10 Oregon. 

1 1 West Virginia, 

12 New Hampshire, 

13 North Dakota. 
13 Connecticut, 

13 South Dakota, 
10 Vermont, 
17 Missouri, 
IS Colorado, 

19 California, South, 

20 Tennessee, 

21 Kansas, 

22 Arizona, 

23 Nevada, 

24 Minnesota, 
■25 Utah, 
20 Rhode Island. 
27 
28 
28 No. Carolina, 

Virginia, 
Oklahoma, 

32 Mississippi, 

33 Iowa, 

34 Louisiana, 
34 Wyoming. 

36 Kentucky, 

37 Michigan, 
'38 Florida, 

39 Illinois. 

40 Pennsylvania (E.l, 

41 Pennsylvania (W.), 

42 New Jersey, 

43 Idaho, 

14 Arkansas, 
45 Delaware, 
10 Alabama, 
'40 Maryland, 
40 New York 
49 Georgia, 
t:i New Mexico, 
49 So. Carolina, 
52 Massachusetts 



smber 

Sales 

$11,883,912.40 

2,828,372.54 

2.201,957.10 

633.039.92 

3,724,863.53 

953,819.37 

3,040,7115.70 

5,221,700.13 

419,642.68 

947.363.91 

1,526.344.88 

472,646.96 

099,026.38 

1,408,162.75 

640,673.41 

380.564.34 

3,620,554.75 

L020.30S.69 

1,096,940.83 

2,289,653.79 

1.851. 002. 112 

235.830.81 

98.929.70 

2.000.547.91 

371.748.21 

521.0S2.2S 



30 

31 



New York (Upper), 3,981,980.12 
Nebraska. 995,331.56 

1,860,309.59 
1,698,820.91 
1,707,552.31 
1.444.314.20 
L711.594.S9 
1.310.865.55 

100,308.89 
1.679,917.S3 
2.351,070.31 

696,254.78 
4.121,337.87 
3,690,442.62 
1,721,157.00 
1. 82 1.5 11.24 

257,023.08 
1.003.100.05 

128.0 13.8(1 
1,120,711.33 

672.34O.04 
2,791.204.32 
1,235.189.31 

150,315.71 

707,138.85 
1,603.533.98 



City, 



Per 

' fopita 

2.25 

1.45 

1.41 

1.33 

1.27 

1.21 

1.19 

1.14 

1.13 

1.09 

1.07 

1.06 

1.05 

1.05 

1.05 

1.03 

1.02 

1.00 

.99 

.98 

.97 

.89 

.88 

.85 

.83 

.82 

.81 

.76 

.76 

.75 

.73 

.72 

.71 

.70 

.70 

.69 

.68 

.67 

.65 

.63 

.59 

.58 

.57 

.56 

.54 

.47 

.47 

.47 

.42 

.42 

.42 

.41 



Total 



Average Per Capita 
$90,552,918.33 .86 



Boys' Working Reserve 



W. D. Hood, principal of the Gilbert 
Scnool at Winsted, has, at the recommenda- 
tion of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense, been appointed director for 
Connecticut of the United States Boys' 
Working Reserve by William E. Hall, na- 
tional director of that organization. Mr. 
Hood succeeds Arthur Howe of Windsor, 
who resigned to enter the army. Under 
Mr. Howe, Mr. Hood has been director for 
the reserve for Litchfield county and also 
director of the county Y. M. C. A. 

Mr. Hood has reported that, statements 
from thirteen schools showed that since 
the beginning of the school year hoys had 
put in a total of 2,728 working days.' 

Agricultural service of similar value has 
been rendered by members of the Reserve 
throughout the country, as indicated by a 
cablegram from General Pershing, which 
read: 

" The achievement of the Boys' Working 
Reserve during the*past year is beyond ail 
praise. The American Expeditionary 
Forces thank one and all for the support 
which you are giving us." 

A particularly timely service was the re- 
cent saving of 7,000,0*00 pounds of sugar. 
Michigan farmers according to national 
headquarters of the reserve, were on the 
point of plowing under their sugar beet 
crops on account of lack of labor, when boys 
belonging to the reserve volunteered to go 
into the fields and save the harvest. 



S. A. T. C 



Necessary to Obtain Connecticut's Quota 
for Infantry Officers Immediately 



training school is 
at Camp Fremont, 



An infantry officers' 
soon to be established 

Cal. In order for Connecticut to obtain its 
required quota, the Students' Army Train- 
ing Corps at Yale, Trinity, Wesleyan and 
the Connecticut Agricultural College will 
send respectively to this school 110, 60, 20 
and 10 men. The camp will have a capacitj 
for 20,000 students, and the course will be 
about two months. The eligibility rules 
will be the same as for Infantry Central 
i tfficers' Training Schools, except' that the 
physical requirements will be those for gen- 
eral military service. This modifies exist- 
ing regulations in regard to visual acuity, 

There are to be supplied from the North- 
western Military Department 1.220 care- 
fully selected civilian candidates for this 
school, of which 200 are apportioned to 
Connecticut. 

Further necessary information and blank 
forms will be supplied by commanding 
officers of the various Students' Army 
Training Corps units. 



Are You Keeping Your 

W. S. S. PLEDGE? 

Remember W. S. S. When You 
Plan Holiday Gifts. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



WAR EXHIBIT MAY BE 
AVAILABLE FOR USE 
OF LOCAL AGENCIES 

(Continued from page 1) 

and to assume the responsibility for one 
of the evening meetings. 

The chairman presented the matter of 

printing an article of Professor W. F. Gordy 

,,ii the "Causes of the War" for use in 

Hie schools. The Council voted that 45,000 

be published. 

Samuel Ferguson reported for the De 
partment of Non War Construction; with 
particular reference for workmen's homes. 
The Council voted that its chairman and 
>lr. Ferguson be authorized to offer the 
assistance of the Council to the United 
States Housing Corporation as long as their 
tit to the" issuance of permits for the 
construction of workmen's homes is insisted 
upon. 

Chose present at the meeting were chair- 
,i,;n i Llimii! \i i:;--:-l].-.roseph W. -Alsop. 
Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Frank D. Cheney. 
Adjutant-General George M. Cole, Charles 
\ Goodwin, Alton T. Miner. James T. 
Moran, Ira M. Oruburn. Lucius F. Robin- 
sun. Caroline BniitzTlees, and Justice 
i (eorge W . Wheeler of the ( louncil, Margarel 
T. Corwin, Mrs. Pcrrin C. Galpin, Anna B. 
Sands, Henry M. Wriston and the follow- 
ing chairmen and members of sub-commit- 
George B. Chandler, Richard Dodge, 
luel Ferguson, Fred B. Griffin, H. C. C. 
Milfes, Edward P. .Tones, George M. Landers, 
Arthur L. Shipman, and Richard Wayne. 

WAR RISK INSURANCE 

Soldiers and Sailors Warned Against 
Dropping their Insurance Policies 



The Council of National Defense has sent 
to the Connecticut State Council of De- 
fense a warning for soldiers and sailors 
against dropping their war risk insurance. 

" Some soldiers and sailors are doing 
this because the relatives they named as 
i.nies have failed to receive insur- 
ance certificates from Washington," said the 
national council. "Such action is entirely 
unwarranted and detrimental to the best 
interests of the lighting men and their 
loved ones. Because of delay in receiving 
insurance certificates, many soldiers be- 
e i)rM tlo insurance 

protection which they arc not receiving. 
This is incorrect. Government insurance is 
effective regardless of the receipt of the 
insurance certificate provided proper appli 
ion has been made and premiums are 
paid. 

' lo date re than two and a half mil- 
Hi i, certificate's have been sent forward and 
the daily out |, nl is constantly increasing. 
The bureau of war risk insurance now has 
on its books more than thirty-five billion 
dollars of insurance, and is receiving ap 
proximately one billion dollars of new in 
snrance every week. 

" It is unnecessary for men in the service 
to write to Washington asking for their 
certificate. It will come in <\t\p course. 

" Every officer and man in the military 
: i n,l naval service of the nation has the priv- 
i opportunity of Inlying up to 
U0,000 of Uncle Sam's insurance. 

"II is the duty of the relatives of men 
with the colors to see to it that they avail 
themselves of this government protection, 
and that when iii,\ hue obtained it. they 
held bn to it.'' 



WAR PHOTOS WANTED 40 COMMUNITIES BEGIN 



Connecticut war photographs which the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense re- 
cently sent to Washington ware approved 
by Majtfr Kendall Banning, who is chief 
of the pictorial section of the War Depart- 
ment. Major Banning asked that the con- 
tributions of individuals, as well as profes- 
sional photographers throughout the state 
he continued. He added that pictures taken 
as far back as the period immediately pre- 
ceding the entrance of the United States 
into the war were as valuable as those taken 
nioi ,• recently. 

Photos should be sent to J. Fred Dunne, 
director of the Division of War Photographs 
of the Council. 



CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS 



Policy Regarding Their Scruples and 

Obligations Determined by 

War Department 



The policy of the War Department re- 
garding conscientious objectors is outlined 
by Crosvenor B. Clarkson, director of the 
field division. Council of National Defense, 
in a letter to the Connecticut State Council 
of. Defense. In the early future, detach- 
ments of these men, chosen by lot, will, in 
ill likelihood, he sent to France to engage 
in necessary agriculture and non-military 
work. In his letter, Mr. Clarkson said it 
was important that local communities un- 
derstand and support the nation's conscien- 
tious objector policy. 

" This policy has been adopted, not be- 
cause of sympathy with the stand of the 
conscientious objectors, but because it util- 
izes to the fullest extent the man power of 
lie nation," said Mr. Clarkson. "At the 
same time it. accords to objectors a lot that 
is endurable and serviceable, but in no 
sense- pampered, and commends itself to the 
common sense and practicability of the 
American people." 



HELP COMBAT GAS 



Collection of Fruit Pits and Nut Shells 
for Manufacture of Masks 



\i tin- i'e,|m-t if lie ( '. .i 1 1 1 1 i 1 of National 
Defense and the American Red Cross, the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense has 
thrown its influence behind the movement 
to save peaidi pits and nut. shells to be 
used in making gas masks for American 
soldiers. The help of the Red Cross and 
of the entire council of defense system was 
isked in this connection by Brigadier-Gen- 
eral Hugh S. Johnson of the War Depart- 
ment, and by the gas defense division of the 
chemical welfare service. The Connecticut 
Slate Council of Defense has instructed all 
w.ir bureau s to receive contributions of 
fruit pits and nut shells in those communi- 
ties where the Red Cross has not yet ar- 
i anged to do- so. 

In the manufacture of gas masks the 
highest grade of carbon is essential to ab- 
sorb the deadly fumes. Government chem- 
ists have found that the best carbon can 
he obtained from the following raw ma- 
terials: peach stones: apricot, prune, olive, 
cherry, plum pit-: date seeds, shells of Bra- 
zil and hickory nuts, walnuts and butter- 
nuts. Any of these materials, no matter 
how old, can be used, if they are dried. 



AMERICANIZATION WORK 
SUGGESTED BY COUNCIL 

(Continued from page 3.) 



Woodstock, West Hartford, Farmington, 
Thomaston, Windsor. 

H. H. Wheaton, the director of the De- 
partment of Americanization, is meeting 
with the various War Bureaus and assist- 
ing them in organizing their committees. 

On Saturday, October 26, Mr, Wheaton 
appeared before the Connecticut Chamber of 
Commerce in New London and presented to 
this convention the plan laid out for Ameri- 
canizing employees in the industries of Con- 
necticut. The state chamber passed a reso- 
lution for the appointing of a committee on 
Americanization for the purpose of con- 
ferring with the Department of Amer- 
icanization and assisting in carrying 

through the pi mi ;i i \nicricini al ion for 

industries. The convention also requested 
the individual chambers of commerce to 
appoint committees for the purpose of in- 
teresting the industries of their respective 
localities in the Americanization proposi- 
tion. It is expected that great results will 
be obtained from this meeting. 

Mr. Wheaton also met with the Ameri- 
canization committee of the New London 
war bureau and assisted in organizing its 
work for the coming year. 

On Tuesday evening, October 29, the di- 
re, tor met with the war bureau of East 
Hartford for the purpose of determining 
the advisability of organizing an Ameri- 
canization committee for East Hartford. 
1 1 was found that the foreign district of 
East Hartford is widely scattered and it is 
impossible to hold a central night school 
there at present. Foreigners are very sus- 
picious of movements headed by Americans 
and therefore it was decided to delay an 
open campaign among foreign-born until 
tnis suspicion is allayed. The chairman of 
the war bureau appointed a committee of 
five who in turn is to select the members 
of a committee on Americanization for ap- 
proval at the next meeting of the war bu- 
reau. It was the opinion of the war bureau 
that the Committee on Americanization as- 
certain the desire of the foreign-born rela- 
tive to learning English before night 
schools be established. 



FOR SNOW CLEAN-UP 

The highways transport committee of the 
Council of National Defense has informed 
the Transportation Department of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense that its 
help will lie desired during the coining win- 
ter in keeping the main highways of the 
state free from snow. It was pointed out 
that this was a matter of especial impor- 
tance in Connecticut because of the large 
amount of motor convoy traffic passing 
through this state. 

Acting in accordance with Chapter 6 of 
the Public Acts of 1017, the state highway 
department, with which the Transportation 
Department of the Council is associated, was 
successful Li -t winter in keeping the trunk 
line highways of the state free of snow. 
Winter conditions were the severest known 
in twenty years, but at no time were any of 
the trunk lines blocked for more than 
twenty hours, and. as a rule, normal con- 
ditions prevailed in the morning following 
the end of the storm. 




(Efltmwttntt littoitt 



Published Bi= Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. II 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, NOVEMBER 15, 1918 



No. 8 



SOFT COAL SITUATION 
BETTER THAN HARD SAYS 
FUEL ADMINISTRATION 



Connecticut Was First to Adopt In- 
spection Plan Now Operating in 
Twenty-six States — Questionnaires 
Show That Manufacturers by Effi- 
ciency and Economy are Saving 
224 Tons Annually 



HOME-KEEPERS SHOULD 

IMPROVE CORRESPONDINGLY 



According to an announcement made by 
the conservation division of the Federal 
Fuel Administration for Connecticut, the 
soft coal situation in this state may con- 
fidently be rated as propitious, but anxiety 
is felt as to hard coal. It was said that the 
excellent soft coal situation was due partly 
to an increase of about 14 per cent, in pro- 
duction and partly to economies effected 
through the work of the administrative 
engineers of the conservation division, of 
which W. R. C. Corson is the head. 

The conservation division has, up to No- 
vember 2, analyzed questionnaires from 945 
of the state's power and large heating plants. 
These questionnaires, which were sent to 
practically all steam producers of the state, 
have also been rated. Three hundred and 
fifteen of these plants, which used last year 
a total of 1,629,454 net tons of coal, have 
by following the recommendations of the 
Fuel Administration, increased their efficien- 
cy to an extent that will effect an annual 
saving of about 244,000 tons. The plants 
from which questionnaires have been rated 
represent less than two-thirds of the total 
for the state. Since Connecticut's quota of 
coal in In' saved is 350,000 tons, the total 
saving will be well above the quota. 

"It is apparent that this saving repre- 
sents an ample margin between want and 
plenty, " said the conservation division's 
announcement. " Connecticut may right- 
fully claim a share in this splendid work, 
since the engineer members of this division 
had no small part in initiating and formu- 
lating the national policy." 

Connecticut was the first state to adopt 
the inspection plan, which is now in opera- 
tion in twenty-six states. A representative 
of the Federal Fuel Administration, when 
at the offices of the Connecticut Administra- 
tion recently, remarked that this state's ad- 
ministrative engineers were well in the lead 
in work done and results accomplished. 

" To date, twenty-one of Connecticut's in- 
dustrial plants have received a rating of 
over 90 per cent, on a basis of 100 per cent. 
for a perfect plant. Those plants are:- 

1. Connecticut Light & Power Co., Water- 
bury, 98%; 2. Hartford, Etectrjc Light 
Co. (Dutch Point). 97y 2 %; 3. National 
Folding Box Co.. New Haven, 95% ; 4. 
Stanley Rule & Level Co. (main plant), 
New Britain, 94%; 5. Connecticut Mutual 
(Continued on page 7) 



FOR CONNECTICUT'S 
SOLDIER DEAD 



Engraved memorials expressing the 
" profound gratitude of the state of 
Connecticut" "for the supreme sac- 
rifice for country and mankind" of 
all Connecticut officers and enlisted 
men who die in the Federal service 
will be sent by the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense to the next of kin 
of the men who thus merit distinc- 
tion. The first of these are now being 
put in the mails. 

In size the memorials measure 14 
by 17 inches. Governor Marcus H. 
Eolcomb and Richard M. Bissell, 
chairman of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense, personally sign 
each of them. The memorials include 
a quotation from Abraham Lincoln's 
i lei l vsburg address. 

The "Official Bulletin " which is 
printed daily by the Government 
is being used as a guide in send- 
ing out tlic memorials. In case there 
are any omissions or errors, the 
council has announced that these will 
be rectified at once if they are 
brought to the attention of the coun- 
cil or any of its war bureaus prefer- 
ably the latter. 



MINUTE WOMEN OF MERIDEN 
SELL $25,000 STAMPS 

2000 Members in 16 Companies Active 

In all Campaigns, Parade 

and Canvass 



The Minute Women of Meriden were or- 
ganized in April 1917 for war work. There 
are two thousand women enrolled and they 
have pledged themselves to be called upon 
in any emergency. 

The officers are as follows: Colonel, Mrs. 
William E. Bli^s: Lieut. Colonel. Mrs. 
Frank E. Sands; Captain and Regimental 
Adjutant, Miss Elsie P. Lyon: Lieut, and 
Asssistant Regimental Adjutant, Mrs. Rob- 
ert L. Hirschfeld. 

There are sixteen companies, each with 
its major, captain, and first and second 
lieutenants. In addition, vhere is one motor 
battalion, two companies of typists, and one 
company of nurses assistants who are all 
graduates of first aid courses. 
. The Stampede Hut erected in the center 
of the citv has been in charge of the Minute 
Women since its opening on Mav 6th. T T p to 
November 1st. the accounts of the Stampede 
show a sale of 86.000 in thrift stamps and 
12.500 in war savings a total of $75,500. on 
June 24th there was a very successful houso- 
to-house canvass to secure pledges for thrift 
stamps. 

The Child Welfare Campaign was in 
(Continued on page 6) 



COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION 
OF THANKSGIVING— WILL 
SUPPORT WAR WORK DRIVE 

Secretary Lane Urges no Relaxation of 
Effort— Discuss Sheep Growing in 
this State — Mr. Alsop Nominated 
Field Secretary for Connecticut of 
the Council of National Defense 



REPORT ON RATING OF 

STATE'S INDUSTRIAL PLANTS 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
met in general session, November 11, at 
11.30. The significance of the day was em- 
phasized as Mr. Alsop read a telegram from 
Secretary Lane, urging the council and its 
representation not to relax its efforts at 
this time. 

Professor H. L. Garrigus of the Connecti- 
cut Agricultural College was introduced by 
Harrison B. Freeman and presented the 
matter of stimulating the business of sheep 
growing in Connecticut. Mr. Freeman 
spoke for the interest of many persons who 
were unable to be present, and he requested 
that the matter be brought up at the next 
meeting of the council. 

At the request of Charles G. Bill it was 
voted that Caleb M. Saville be added to the 
department of fuel conservation. Joseph W. 
Alsop was nominated as field secretary for 
Connecticut of the Council of National De- 
fense, without compensation. 

Those present were: Acting Chairman 
Joseph W. Alsop, Charles G. Bill, Mrs. T. 
Belknap Beach, William BroSmith, Mrs. 
Morgan G. Bulkeley, Adjutant General 
George M. Cole, Alton T. Miner, James T. 
Moran, Ira M. Ornburn, Lucius F. Robin- 
son, Julius Stremlau, and Justice George 
W. Wheeler of the Council; Margaret T. 
Corwin, Mrs. Perrin C. Galpin, Treasurer 
John T. Roberts, Anna B. Sands, Henry M. 
Wriston, also the following chairmen ami 
members of committees and sub-commit- 
tees: Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop, George B. 
(handler, Anna W. dale, Charles C. Cook,' 
Harrison B. Freeman, H. L. Garrigus, Ed- 
ward P. Jones and Arthur L. Shipman. 

At the executive session, it was voted to 
adopt the following resolution, which was 
presented by Justice George W. Wheeler, to 
give it immediate publicity and to transmit 
it In the President, the Council of National 
Defense, the senators and representatives 
from Connecticut and to all the state coun- 
cils. The resolution is as follows ; 

RESOLVED, That the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense adopts this minute as its 
expression of the thought and feeling and 
purpose and duty of the American people 
at this great hour. 

The allied nations of civilization under a 
unified command and a superb general have 
won, and generations yet unborn will mar- 
vel at and bless their strength, their en- 

(Continued on page 8) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COX X K< TICUT BULLETIN 

Published every othei week, on Friday, 

miller the direction of the Connecticut 

State i louncil Hi' Defense 

~ Copies of the CON NE( 'TK T'L' lil'lJ.K- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary c un 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. II is not intended to be a new 
paper, but is designed merely to 
members of the council's statewide <• 
zation informed concerning official matters. 

Vol.11 IIAKI ! OKD CONN., NOV. 15, 1918 No. 8 



AMERICANIZATION 



PROGRESS 



Night Schools in 44 Towns — Local 

Agencies to Aid Industrial 

Program 



In organizing the program for American- 
izing the foreign-born population of the 
state, emphasis has been placed upon the 
education of the immigrant and upon the 
organization of Americanization committees 
under the local war bureaus. Night schools 
have been opened this month in 44 towns 
and there are a number of other towns 
which have approved the opening of night 
schools and which are arranging for their 
opening in the near future. For the pur- 
pose of stimulating attendance, 19,321 post- 
ers in six foreign languages have been dis- 
tributed through the war bureaus in the 44 
towns already conducting night schools. It 
is planned now to distribute the remainder of 
this edition in the towns not having night 
schools for the purpose of creating public 
interest in the establishment of schools for 
teaching English and civics to the persons 
of foreign birth residing in those towns. 
Schedule 2. which outlines a plan for stim- 
ulating interest in and attendance at night 
schools was sent to the 99 school superin- 
tendents of the State. Schedule 1. suggest- 
ing a program for organizing Americaniza- 
tion work under the local war bureaus, was 
sent to the 171 war bureaus in the State. 
Out of 72 replies received, 58 bureaus report 
that they have either appointed American- 
ization committees or are planning to do 
so. This makes sixteen new ones since last 
report. It is found that some localities 
have few, if any, residents of foreign birth 
and therefore do not need an organized 
program for carrying on Americanization 
work. The following is a list of the war 
bureaus which have Americanization com- 
mittees: 

Ansonia. Brookfield, Beacon Falls, Bran- 
ford, Granby, Oxford, Hartford, New Haven, 
North Haven. Berlin, Bristol, Cromwell, 
Cheshire. New Canaan, Greenwich, Norwich, 
Portland, Middletown, Danbury, Darien, 
Derby, Eastford. East Hartford. New Lon- 
don, ' Pomfret. Lyme, New Britain, East 
Granby, East Haven, Enfield, Fairfield, 
Farmington, Plainfield, Hamden, Preston, 
Rockv Hill, Meriden, Norwalk, Stafford, 
Southington, Wcthersfield, Westport, New- 
town, Shelton, Seymour, Suffield, Windsor, 
Stamford, Newing'ton. Southhury, Thomas- 
ton. Wolcott, Manchester, Orange, Simsbury, 
West Hartford, Woo 'stock. 

In the organization of the war bureau 



committees it has been urged that the com- 
be representative of the agencies 
and influences at work locally in the Amer- 
icanization work. It has also been urged 
that the committee be so constituted and 
its program so organized as to become a 
permanent organization for carrying on 
Americanization work after the war. It is 
further emphasized that the committee 
should be in a position to coordinate and 
correlate the Americanization activities 
all agencies interested in the subject. It i 
believed that greater results will be obtained 
in this way. 

Sche lule 3, outlining what Chambers of 
Commerce can do along Americanization 
lines, was sent to 38 Chambers of Commerce, 
and Schedule 4, suggesting a program for 
industrial plants, was sent to 231 indus- 
tries in the State. Although the department 
consider-- the industrial phase of American- 
ization extremely important, it feels that 
the first step in organizing the American- 
ization program for the State is to secure 
an official agency in each locality through 
which the department can work. The in- 
dustrial program will be the next step in the 
program after the local agencies are 
organized. 

The Director and Field Agent of the De- 
partment of Americanization have held a 
number of very interesting meetings with 
local war bureaus for the purpose of assist- 
ing them in organizing their committees and 
programs. Among these war bureaus, were 
IVliddletown. New London, Hartford, Stam- 
ford. Norwich. South Norwalk. Greenwich, 
New Haven. Orange, and East Hartford. 






FOR UNITED WAR WORK 



SHOE DEALERS LISTED 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has announced that the Federal War 
industries Board has worked out with shoe 
manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers a 
plan whereby shoes are to be grouped in 
four classes. 'and are to be retailed at prices 
which have been assigned to each class with 
the approval of the War Industries Board. 
The council has instructed each of the 108 
war bureaus of Connecticut to send to the 
office of the Council not later than Novem- 
ber 13. the total number of shoe stores 
and persons who sell shoes in their respec- 
tive communities. War bureaus were also 
told to make a list of shoe dealers, within 
their respective communities, and to I i 
this on file with a view to future distribu 
lion of certain pledge forms and window 
cards. 



TO DETECT. DESERTERS 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has announced that at the instance of tin 
War Department it is to keep in touch with 

ii m andants of military posts both in am' 
,,,i of Connecticut for the purpose of de 
tecting dealers from the army. To this 
end all war bureaus will co-operate. Com 
manding officers have been instructed by the 
lepartment to advise the State C on 
cil of the names and addresses of soldier? 
deserting or absent without leave and 
I t,, he in this state, together with 
other information necessary in their apprc 
hension. Soldiers thus detected will then 
be reported by the State Council to the 
proper military authorities. 

n. of d. 

0E C 10 »9, 3 



Joseph T. McWeeney announces Dis- 
trict and Industrial Chairmen 
for the Campaign 



Joseph T. McWeeney, state industrial 
chairman of the United War Work drive, 
has announced the following appointments 
as district and industrial chairmen fur the 
campaign : 

Ansonia, F. L. Aiis.hutz, district chair- 
man; Charles E. Van Riper and John J. 
Hines, industrial chairmen. Bridgeport, 
William T. Hincks, district chairman; E. 
F. Von Wettberg, industrial chairman. 
Bristol, Samuel J. Large, chairman, Lester 
Sigourney, industrial chairman. Danbury, 
A. M. Turner, district chairman. Daniel- 
son, L. Morin, district chairman. Derby 
and Shelton, turned over to war chest. 
Fairfield, Judge J. H. Perry. Farmington. 
Arthur J. Birdseye, district chairman; Fred 
J. Broadbent of Unionville, industrial chair- 
man. Greenwich, Julius H. Curtiss, dis- 
trict chairman. Haddam, E. W. Hazen, 
Aairman; R. B. Lilley of Essex, industrial 
chairman. Hartford. Francis R. Cooley. 
chairman; Clarence Whitney, industrial 
chairman and C. Nelson Smith, assistant 
industrial chairman. Litchfield, A. M. 
Waitt of Sharon, district chairman. Man- 
chester. Edward F. Taylor, district chair- 
man: John W. Niekcrson, industrial chair- 
man. Meriden, turned over to Meriden War 
Chest. Middletown, W. H. Bouteiller, dis- 
trict chairman, Howard H. Warner, indus- 
trial chairman. Milford. Thomas J. Falls, 
district chairman. Naugatuck, Harris 

Whittemore, district chairman; Charles C. 
McCarthy, industrial chairman. New Brit- 
ain. George P. Hart, district chairman; 
F. A. Searl. industrial chairman New 
Haven, F. J. Kingsbury, district chairman; 
T. E. Oliver industrial chairman. New 
London. George S. Palmer, district chair- 
man; William P. Curtiss, industrial chair- 
man. New Milford, Professor Nelson Hume, 
district chairman: Charles N. Robertson, 
industrial chairman. Norwalk, General 
Pussell Frost, district chairman. Norwich, 
Colonel Charles W. Gale, district, chair- 
man: James L. Case, industrial chairman. 
Plainfield. Frank Tillinghast, Central Vil- 
lage, district chairman: Burt O. Cook, in- 
dustrial chairman. Putnam, D. J. Burne, 
district chairman. Rockville, Colonel Fran- 
cis J. Regan, district chairman. Simsburv, 
Toseidi Id Ensign, district chairman; Wil- 
liam Hill of Collinsville, J. Lee Loomis of 
Granby. Robert Darling of Simsbury and 
L. J. Roosa of Avon, industrial chairmen. 
Southington, C. C. Chamberlain, district 
chairman, L. E. Fitchthorn, industrial chair- 
man. Stamford, Louis G. Kibbe, district 
chairman; F. H. Johnson industrial chair- 
man. Torrineton, Thomas W. Bryant, in- 
dustrial chairman. Wallingford, Charles 
H. Tibbits, district chairman, Henrv A, 
Norton, industrial chairman. Waterbury, 
William F. Thorns, district chairman; 
Frank P. McAvoy, industrial chairman. 
Willimantic, Oeorge E. Hinman. district 
chairman. Winsted. F. B. Gaylord. district 
chairman: Lester C. Strong industrial chair- 
man. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



TO BE PERMANENT ARM 
OF STATE GOVERNMENT 



Connecticut Chamber of Commerce 

Approves Americanization Leg= 

islation Program 



The Americanization committee of five 
members to be appointed by the Connecticut 
Chamber of Commerce at the request of the 
Americanization department, Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, will, according to 
an announcement by the latter, act with it 
in an advisory capacity on commercial and 
industrial Americanization. The thirty- 
eight constituent members of the Connecti- 
cut Chamber of Commerce have been called 
upon by the latter to appoint Americani- 
zation committees, and these will co-operate 
with the council's Americanization depart 
ment regarding work in their respective 
communities. The Connecticut Chamber of 
Commerce has approved legislation to make 
Americanization work a permanent arm of 
the state government. 

The resolution of the Connecticut Cham- 
ber of Commerce follows: 

" Whereas the Connecticut Chamber of 
Commerce has learned with large interest 
of the Americanization program of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense and 

" Whereas, the co-operation of this Cham- 
ber and its constituent members is asked 
in this program by the State Director of 
Americanization, 

" Therefore, be it resolved, that the Con- 
necticut Chamber of Commerce commends the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense and 
its inauguration of Americanization work 
in Connecticut and approves of legislation 
which will make this Americanization work 
a permanent arm of the state government, 
and further, 

" Be it resolved, that the president of 
this chamber appoint an Americanization 
committee of five members to co-operate in 
[Hitting in effect the state Americanization 
program and calls upon its constituent 
members to appoint Americanization com- 
mittees to carry on the same work in their 
several communities and to co-operate with 
other agencies in this work." 



PROHIBIT WINDOW LIGHTING 



Explicit Orders Issued by U. S. Fuel 
Administration 



In view of the fact that the change in one 
hour in time on October 27th has led to a 
misunderstanding of the order of tin 
United States Fuel Administration con 
cerning any display advertising or show 
window lighting, Thomas W. Russell, 
United States Fuel Administrator for 
Connecticut, has called attention to the 
following statement issued in Hartford by 
William B. Bassett, lint ford Fuel Adminis- 
trator, and Arthur M. ( ollens. Fuel Con- 
servator. 

"For the conservation of fuel used in 
generating light the United States Fuel 
Administration has ordered that at no tine 
in Mondays. Tuesdays. Wednesdays, and 
Thursdays of each week shall anyone be 



allowed to burn lights for advertising, dis- 
play, or show window illuminating, or for 
any outside lighting not absolutely ne i 
<»n tli,. ground of safety. On all days burn- 
ing lights for illuminating shop windows, 
store windows or any signs in show windows 
is forbidden from sunrise to sunset. These 
are national orders, not merely local, and 
mean exactly what they say. They apply 
to stores, etc., whether open or closed, and 
just as much to the present period of dark- 
ness before 6 P. M. as to the evening. 
Ih.v do not permit window lighting for 
dressing windows or any other temporary 
use ^ on any day or on the four nights 
specified. 

The only exceptions are: — Lights are per- 
mitted on street gasolene service stations 
where necessary for safety in entrance to 
the tank or building; Sufficient lighting 
for safety or order is permitted in cases 
of dangerous steps, obstructions or alley- 
way s. 

The police are instructed to see that this 
national order is enforced. Any violations 
m;n necessitate the imposing of fines foi 
war work charities, the temporary Mh 
pension of business, or such penalties' as the 
federal authorities may judge proper in each 
case. " 



THE PEACE REPORT 

The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has announced that when the false peace 
report was circulated on November 7 it 
issued no statement, official or otherwise, 
that tended in any way to corroborate the 
news. When the first peace rumors began 
to circulate in Hartford soon after noon on 
November 7. the defense council at once 
took steps to verify them, and, in view of 
the lark of confirmation by the Department 
of Slate at Washington, answered every 
inquiry with the statement that the rumors 
were unofficial and totally unreliable. 



MODIFY BUILDING RULES 



All of the rules, regulations, restrictions 
and directions embodied in orders and cir- 
culars issued by the priorities division of the 
Federal War Industries Board are continued 
in effect, in spite of the armistice with 
Germany, subject to certain modifications. 
The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has learned that this announcement was 
made by Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of 
the War Industries Board, at a conference 
in Washington on November 11 between 
members of the War Industries Board, the 
Council of National Defense and represen- 
tatives of every State Council of Defense in 
the country. Mr. Barueh's announcement 
was not made public until today. Richard 
M, Bissell, chairman of the Connecticut 
state Council of Defense and member of the 
governing board of the field division. Council 
of National Defense, and Samuel Ferguson. 
-i ate Director of non-War construction, 
represented Connecticut at the conference. 
Matters discussed embodied problems which 
ib ■ signing of the armistice has made acute. 
Edward N\ Hurley, chairman of the United 
States Shipping jjoard. said that, shipping 
construction must continue. Secretary of 
the Interior Franklin K. Lane, head of the 
field division of he National Council, also 
spoke. 



PRES. WILSON COMMENDS 
MERGING OF DIVISIONS 



Connecticut is the First State in the 

Union to Effect Such 

Amalgamation 



Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. 
Lane, who is also head of the field division, 
Council of National Defense, has recently 
sent to the Connecticut State Council of 
Clin e a letter received by him from 
President Wilson commending the recent 
ination of the State Councils section 
and the woman's division of the National 
Council into the field division. The Pres- 
ident also said he was pleased that in 
several states the local divisions of the 
woman's committee, National Council, had 
been merged into the respective State Coun- 
cils. Connecticut was the first state in the 
Union to take such action. When the field 
division of the National Council of Defense 
was created, Richard M. Bissell, chairman of 
the Connecticut State Council of Defense, 
was made a member of the governing board. 
Connecticut was the only state to be so 
honored, and on the governing board Mr. 
Bissell represents the State Councils of 
the entire country. 

President Wilson's letter to Secretary 
Lane follows: — 

" I am very glad to hear of the creation 
of the field division of the Council of Na- 
tional Defense which, by amalgamating the 
executive functions of the State Councils 
section and the woman's committee of the 
National Council has become the single 
connecting link between the council and the 
other federal departments and administra- 
tions on the one hand and the State Coun- 
cils of Defense and state divisions of the 
woman's committee on the other. I have 
aire nly had occasion more than once to 
express my warm appreciation of the 
accomplishments of the State Councils and 
the national organizations of the woman's 
committee. It seems to me that the action 
which .you have now taken, recognizing as 
a policy of joint action and common 
effort on the part of men and women, is 
sound in principle and serves the interest 
of efficiency. It is gratifying to know that 
the policy has already been followed in a 
large number of states, and I am sure that 
you will agree with me that it is worthy 
of adoption generallv throughout the coun- 
try. " 



MADDOCK COMMISSIONED 



Aubrey L. Maddock of Hartford, who has 
be.n secretary of the publicity committee, 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, since 
the institution of the council in May, 1917, 
has resigned to accept a commission as 
second lieutenant in the production division 
of the air service, United States army. Lieu- 
tenant Maddock was also the publicity com- 
mittee's director of press co-operation and 
secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce. 
His successor has not been announced. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



United States Employment Service 



FARM ACREAGE IN STATE 
INCREASED 30 PER CENT. 



Special Committee Appointed to Meet 

the Acute Shortage of 

Farm Workers 



PLAN TO REDUCE LABOR 
TURNOVERS 



Federal Director Korper has appointed a 
special committee to co-operate with the 
Community Labor Boards of Connecticut 
to find [and enroll the experienced and 
capable farm labor so greatly needed. 
Through the patriotic response of Connecti- 
cut farmers, with the co-operation of the 
United States Employment Service, the 
County Farm Bureaus, the State Manufac- 
turer s Association, and the State Chamber 
of Commerce, tin 1 farms of Connecticut in- 
crea ed their acreage of food products ovei 
yu per cent, for the season of 1917 — a re- 
markable record for an industrial state 
where farming lias not heretofore been so 
successful. The farmers of the stair an 
facing an acute shortage of labor, and to 
meet this difficulty, Federal Director Korper 
lias appointed the special committee, of six, 
namely: Associate Director Allen B. .Lincoln, 
Field Representative David Eider, Farm 
Help Specialist Elijah Rogers; and three 
chairmen of Community Labor Boards, 
namely: Chairman John Lancaster of Com 
muuity Labor Board, District No. 8, Chan 
iiiiin Henry S. Tallard of District No. 2, aim 
Chairman Allyn L. Brown of District No. 10. 

This committee has decided to recommend 
to Director Korper that there be inserted 
on the •' Emp. 4 " card an inquiry as to 
whether applicant will work on a farm, this 
amended card to be used in all cases where 
labor is enrolled by the United States 
Public Reserve organizer from non-war in- 
dustries. By this means it is believed that 
many valuable farm workers will be dis- 
covered. The special committee also recom- 
mended that the United States Employment 
Service issue an attractive poster setting 
forth the fact that the Service handles 
farm labor; that farm labor receives the 
highest classification as war work; and 
that there is a serious shortage of farm 
labor in Connecticut which it is a patriotic 
duty to supply. This poster will be dis- 
played in all the United States Employment 
offices and at other important points where- 
Earm labor may be recruited, 
awhile the farmers of the state are 
urged to make their specific needs known 
to the service at once. The United States 
Public Service Reserve and the employment 
offices are already keeping careful record 
of experienced farm workers who are now 
ing the farms after a summer of sea- 
ial wink to take factory employment for 
the winter, and every effort will be made to 
secure the return of these workers to the 
farms next spring. 



Field Representative David Elder oi 
federal Director Korper's ouice has maut 
me following report on recent activities to 
secure farm help: 

in each local oilice of tlie Cnited States 
Employment Service in Connecticut, an effort 
has been made to induce those men who 
have had farm experience to accept farm 
work, on the ground that the fullest possible 
use should be made of acquired skill in that 
une. We have also placeu a large nuinDer oi 
unskilled men in such work as harvesting 
tobacco, apples, potatoes, and corn. In New 
Haven and Hartiord counties some jail labor 
has been used, especially in harvesting corn. 

Very little advertising or general publicity 
outside of ordinary newspaper articles has 
been used in recruiting larni hands except 
in the large cities, it is felt here that 
advertising in country districts would tenu 
to cause an undue amount of labor turnover 
which would more than counterbalance the 
results w men would be secured, in ttarttord, 
New Haven, Bridgeport, and New York, 
however, some advertising has been done. 
Especially good resutts were secured through 
the New York papers in co-operation with 
the United States Employment Service there. 
A representative of tne state olnce has 
visited the Cnited States Employment 
Service oilice at 22 East 22d Street fre- 
quently, to interview and recruit farm labor 
with considerable success. 

Each local office in Connecticut reports 
weekly on the unfilled farm labor requisi- 
tions in their office. From these reports 
a state list is made up and sent to the New 
York office and to each local office in Con- 
necticut. This state list of vacancies serves 
as a basis for state-wide clearance of farm 
help. 

From August 1st to October 31st inclusive 
1017 men were directed to farms by the 
United States Employment Service in Con- 
necticut. 



ADJUST FACTORY PROBLEMS 



There are now thirteen local offices of the 
United States Employment Service in Con- 
necticut, and a fourteenth will soon be es- 
tablished, thus making them substantially 
coincident with the fourteen districts of the 
United States Public Service Reserve, and 
covering the important industrial centers 
of the state. 

Federal Director Leo A. Korper calls upon 
the superintendents of these local offices to 
meet fortnightly in conference with him- 
self and his executive staff at the State 
Capitol with the result that there is prompt 
anil intelligent 'co-operation between the 
local branches through the Federal Direc- 
tor's office. At these meetings there is al- 
ways brief discussion of state and local 
problems of the service to great mutual 
advantage. 

The Employment. Service in Connecticut 
has .le\ eloped a number of practical plans 
which have been adopted in other states 
and have won cordial commendation from 
Washington. This is especially true of plans 



to reduce labor turnovers, in which Con- 
necticut industrial plants have made marked 
progress through the influence of the Em- 
ployment Service. Mr. Korper at the last 
meeting of the superintendents made another 
suggestion which was at once adopted. It 
has to do with inducing men to return 
directly to the plant which they have just 
left, usually for some petty difference or 

(Continued on page 6) 



FIELD NOTES 



Beginning November 1, all employers in 
Willimantic are directing prospective em- 
ployees to the United States Employment 
Service, and the result is already yielding 
good results. The plan applies to all labor 
skilled and unskilled, male or female. 

The records of the United States Employ- 
ment Service at Meriden show a decided 
decrease in labor turnover, due largely to 
the establishment of the local office and its 
effect is bringing employers and employed 
together. The manufacturers and the labor 
unions are both co-operating with the service. 

The Torrington office of the United States 
Employment Service was opened October 7. 
It secured at once, a complete file of all 
persons employed in the local manufactories 
and the records will be extended to include 
every person employed in District No. 8, 
which comprises 26 towns. Employers and 
employees are co-operating cordially with 
the service. 

The Stamford " Bulletin " issued by the 
United States Employment Service states 
that there is not a plant in Stamford which 
cannot employ women on some operations. 
The United States Government has appointed 
a committee of Stamford manufacturers to 
arrange for the introduction of training 
methods and the consequent dilution of 
labor in the Stamford factories. This com- 
mittee will take active steps to help all the 
local plants to establish methods of train- 
ing men employees. Expert instructors will 
be provided under the direction of Mr. 
Bryant of the training school at the Yale 
& Towne factory. 

At a meeting of the contractors of New 
London, held last week, the local labor 
situation was discussed, and it was the 
unanimous opinion of those present that the 
most effectual way to cheek competitive 
bidding is to recruit ail labor through the 
United Slates Employment Service, and it 
was voted to do this henceforth. At a re- 
cent meeting of local manufacturers and 
heads of industries, a like agreement was 
put into effect. The plan is working out 
well, and the labor turnover has been greatly 
reduced. New London is greatly in need of 
common labor. Superintendent Stremlau of 
the New London office is very active in per- 
sonal work to secure the full and cordial 
co-operation of employers and employed. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



WOMAN'S DIVISION 



WOMAN'S DIVISION OF 
U. S. EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE FORMED 



Heads of Departments Announced, 

and Plans and Problem 

Outlined 



TO MEET URGENT DEMAND 



The Woman's Division of the United 
States Employment Service, Department of 
Labor, has recently been organized in Con- 
necticut. Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop of Avon, 
has been selected by Federal Director Leo 
A. Korper as Chief of the Woman's Division 
and also Associate Director of the United 
States Employment Service for Connecticut. 
The Woman's Division has been formed to 
meet the problems involved by the great 
and increasing demand for women in the in- 
dustries of the state. 

The work of the Woman's Division will 
be organized in the following way : 

There is to be an executive department 
of which Miss Margaret Corwin will be the 
head. Miss Corwin works in a dual ca- 
pacity as she is also secretary for women's 
work of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense. 

As a branch of the executive department, 
there is a department of information which 
will function in sympathy with the Com- 
munity Labor Boards, and help them in their 
work, it will have on hand all information 
needed concerning standards for women 
workers this information may be furnished 
on inquiry by employers. Miss Eva Cohen, 
formerly of the juvenile commission of the 
state, will be in charge. 

There is also a department for training 
and pi-ofessional opportunities for Women. 
Information is being compiled from all over 
the state as to what training women can get 
on all activities in which they can work. 
Miss Dorothy Weir will be in charge of this 
department. She formerly worked with the 
Food Administration. 

As soon as it is possible there will also be 
two other departments one which will take 
up the domestic problem and the other 
which will place women who have already 
had professional training. It is hoped that 
for this latter department information and 
co-operation will be given by the Intercolle- 
giate Bureau of Occupations. 

To meet the needs of the employers and 
the needs of those who wish positions, the 
Woman's Division in each of the local offices 
of the United States Employment Service 
must be expanded. 

A very interesting meeting was held Wed- 
nesday, October 23d, of all the women mem- 
bers of the Community Labor Boards. The 
work which they will have to do as mem- 
bers of the Community Labor Boards was 
discussed in some detail. 

Mrs. Alsop and Miss Corwin went to 
Washington, Wednesday, October 30, to see 
the heads of the different departments of the 
Woman's Division of the United States 



Employment Service. They talked over the 
work with Mrs. Margaretta Neale, Assistant 
to Director General for Women's Work, with 
Miss Melinda Scott, Special Representative 
of Labor, with Miss Gills who is interested 
in the side of training women, and with 
Miss Mary Van Kleeck who is at the head 
of the Women in Industry Service. 



WOMEN'S PART IN DRIVE 



Dr. Mott Urges Inlluence of American 

Mother and Home tor boys 

After the War 



WOMEN AID MERCHANT MARINE 



Dr. John K. Mott, director general of the 
Lnited States War Work campaign, has 
sent to tlie woman's department of tne Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense a copy 01 
nis letter to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, vice- 
chairman of the field division, Council of 
-National Defense. Quoting from the letter: 

" This war has touched every borne in the 
world; it lias taken millions of women out 
of their homes into industry. Because thest 
millions of women workers are soldiers in 
as true a .-ense as the men who are pushing 
forward victoriously in France, and be- 
cause it is part of the task of the seven 
war work agencies to support and provide 
for these women-soldiers, the campaign 
which is to make it possible for the seven 
agencies to continue their work is, in a 
particular sense, the responsibility o, 
American women. 

'But there is a second and even more 
compelling reason. This is the first great 
war in which the influence of the American 
home, and of American motherhood, has fol- 
lowed the soldier straight up to the front 
line trenches, for three of these great 
agencies have women secretaries iu France, 
wholesome friendly American women, a re- 
minder of the mothers and sisters back 
home. To them the boys come at night 
hungry for a woman's sympathy in a lan- 
guage they can understand; to them they 
bring the photographs of the mother and 
sister and sweetheart back home. When the 
history of the war is written one of tin 
brilliant chapters in it will be the story o, 
the influence of these magnificent women. 

" We have stood nobly by the boys thus 
far. Let us not stop half way. Let us raise 
the hundred and seventy million for whic 
the war work agencies are asking; yes, and 
the millions more that they need. That th. 
inlluence of the American home, and of the 
American mother, may be with our boys 
not merely until the fighting ceases, but un- 
til the last boy steps aboard the boat that 
is to bring him safe home again." 



As Moulders of Public Opinion their 

Intelligent Support is 

Necessary 

Through the woman's division of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense, Edward 
A. Hurley, chairman of the Cnited States 
Shipping Board, has brought to the atten- 
tion of the women of this state the relation 
of the American women to the American 
Merchant Marine. His letter says in part: 

" Tlie American merchant marine will be 
one of the biggest factors in reconstruction. 
W e are building a merchant fleet of about 
25,000,000 tuns of shipping. Ships alone 
will nut make an American merchant ma- 
rine. There must be public support and 
wise laws kised on popular understanding, 
in so far as women help make American 
public opinion they can help establish ano 
iinain the American Merchant Marine. 

" What will American merchant ships d( 
fur women? 

" Women are becoming more independent 
economically. Anything that affects Amer- 
ican living standards and national pro, 
perity is important to them as breadwinners 
and home managers. American earning 
puwer and comfort are based largely upon 
transportation. The American merchant 
marine will carry our railroads around the 
globe on our own trade routes, increase our 
intake of products from other countries, in- 
crease our sales of farm products and fac- 
tory goods abroad, stabilize our busii 
and employment, and wages. Every Ameri- 
can woman who is her own breadwinner will 
benefit directly, and every American woman 
charged with maintaining a home and a 
family will benefit to even a greater extent, 
because greater earning power, comfort and 
stability will benefit those she loves as well 
as herself. 

" American women can study our mari- 
time past and learn why the American (lag 
disappeared from the ocean for two genera- 
tions. They can study the new American 
shipbuilding industry created by the war, 
and learn how war is giving us ships once 
more. They can study other nations and 
world trade and languages. They can as- 
sist greatly in the task by learning the 
facts themselves and by imparting them to 
others. If the women of the nation interest 
themselves in ships as they do in other pub- 
lic affairs the American flag will never 
again disappear from the world's trade 
routes. And as women work fur the 
American merchant marine now, so it will 
later work for them." 



To Steal another's Coal 

is Theft; 
To Waste your own Coal 

is Treason 



10,000 NURSES NEEDED 



Enrollment for Army and Civilian 

Hospitals Urged — Have only Half 

Total Number 

More than 10,000 additional nurses will 
be needed for the Army Nurse Corps by 
January 1, 1918, and another 25,000 will 
be needed by June 1, 1919. This informa- 
tion has reached the woman's committee of 
the Connecticut. State Council of Defense 
through Miss Hannah J. Patterson, resident 
director of the woman's committee, Council 
of National Defense. 

Miss Patterson said that because of the 
continued need for student nurses in our 
army and civilian hospitals every sub-divi- 

( Continued on page 7) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



— TO COLLECT W. W. S. 



Department of Food Supply 



The War Garden Survey blanks which 
have been sent to all garden supervisors 
and leaders in each of the 168 towns in 
( '. mnecticut are being filled out and returned 
to the State Librarian at Hartford. These 
reports which cover the entire garden move- 
ment will be filed at the Slate Library as 
part of Connecticut's war activities. The 
returns are showing some very interesting 
results and will prove of great value in 
next year's work. As is to be expei 
those localities which employed a paid sup- 
ervisor invariably show higher returns in 
war garden food production than I 
where the movement was not so completely 
organized. It is to be hoped that next 
year as many towns as possible will plan 
their war garden movement on the basis of 
having a competent paid supervisor. The 
Food department urges all supervisors and 
garden leaders to file u.eir reports at once. 

In spite of every reasonable effort to in- 
form farmers all over the state that thresh- 
ing reports must be made to their county 
agents a letter from C. W. Thompson in 
charge of food surveys for the Bureau of 
Markets at Washington says that only a 
little over two thousand bushels of wheat 
have been reported to that office. This 
probably does not represent five per cent, 
of the wheat grown in the state since it is 
known from the agricultural survey that 
approximately four thousand acres • 
planted. Up until this time the Bureau 
of Crop Estimates has not. appraised the 
production of wheat in Connecticut in 1918. 
The Bureau of Markets has asked for (lie 
cooperation of all agricultural agencies in 
Connecticut in order to get a full and ac- 
curate report of the grain situation in this 
state. 



Photographs of the food department's 
fair exhibits have been sent to the State's 
Relation Service at Washington. Quoting 
a letter of acknowledgment from Florence 
E. Ward, in charge of the extension work 
with women: 

" They add materially to our collection of 
exhibit "material which we have on file and 
give evidence of careful and skillful plan- 
ning. It seems to us from the pictures 
that the poultry exhibit must have been 
especially strong on account of its simplicity 
and directness. Your plan of using the 
same exhibit at several fairs and of having 
the home demonstration agent utilize the 
same or duplicate placards of local material 
is such a good step toward elimination of 
duplicating advertisement. A state wide 
conference to have determined upon some 
strong exhibits and then used them through 
..nl (be state is a plan which other states 
may benefit by Connecticut's example." 

The food department, in cooperation with 
the agricultural college at Storrs and the 
stai,- Board of Agriculture, has just issued 
an eight page bulletin on " Home Storage of 
Fruit- and Vegetables. " These have been 
distributed through the county farm bureaus 
and seni to all communities that have a 
permanent garden supervisor. Besides dis- 
ing storage, the bulletin deals with the 
of garden seed, also the construction 
use of root cellars. One page is devoted 
to standard weights of some sixty com- 
modities. 



Prompt Fulfillment of all Pledges 
Directed by Treasury 



Steps will be taken at once for the collec- 
tion of all war savings pledges in Connect- 
icut given on Pledge Redemption Day last 
June, according to announcement made by 
How ell Cheney, war savings director for Con- 
ii. .a nut. Mr. Cheney has been directed by the 
treasury Department through the Federal 
Reserve Bank at Boston to take effective 
measures at once to insure the complete 
fulfillment of all pledges which have been 
.red. 

Mr. Cheney has also been directed to take 
every possible step to stimulate the sale of 
war savings stamps in every city and town 
in the state. The appeal received by Mr. 
Cheney from the Government reads in part 
as follows :- 

" Whatever the immediate outcome of the 
war may be, the Government finances will 
require that each community allotment of 
war savings should be filled as far as pos- 
sible. It is the earnest wish that New Eng- 
land, which has responded so patriotically 
to every war appeal, should not be surpassed 
by any other district in its investments in 
war savings. In order to accomplish this 
ivery community should for the balance of 
the year devote its energies to the utmost 
in systematic savings and investing in Gov- 
ernment securities, of which the war savings 
stamps are an important division. To this 
end state directors are requested to continue 
ind strengthen organizations under their 
authority, and to proceed immediate as 
follows; 

First: to secure the fulfillment of pledges. 

Second: to obtain additional pledges, plac- 
ing emphasis upon payment out of current 
earnings. This should be accomplished by 
such effective means as may be adopted by 
state directors as best suited to their 
communities. 

Third: to organize and to increase the 
activities of war savings societies. 



Minute Women of Meriden 
Sell $25,000 Stamps 



U. S. Employment Service 



(Continued from page 4) 



(Continued from page 1) 



misunderstanding which by right apprecia- 
tion of the employer and an appeal to the 
common sense of the employee can be ad- 
justed. It had appeared that in many cases 
where employers were appealing to the 
I nil.-l States Employment Service for men. 
the daily discharge reports from the same 
factories showed that they were "losing as 
many nun from their own back doors as 
were entering by the front door. " 

In view of this situation Mr. Korper has 
devised a plan by which the local employ- 
ment offices will "keep an accurate card rec- 
ord . f the men whom they induce to return 
to the plant they have just left, and the 
employment offices take credit for these 
replacements. It has proved an effective 
method of still further reducing the labor 
turnovers and has materially aided produc- 
tion by keeping experienced men on the job. 

A definite phase of the new personal 
method is that it places all hiring and dis- 
charging with the head of the Employment 
Service of the factory, doing away with 

, less responsible method of allowing fore- 
men to hire or discharge. 



charge of the Minute Women. A house-to- 
house canvass was made on July 15th to 
obtain the names and ages of all the children 
On July 16th, the Minute Women were ap- 
pointed at twelve schoolhouses and ba 
were weighed and measured. Of the 1960 
babies who were examined, 93 were found to 
be in need of special treatment. A follow-up 

nmittee was organized and the babies 

were given proper medical treatment. 

The Minute Women have taken an active 
part in all parades to promote the Liberty 
Loans, have volunteered their services for 
friendly visiting in connection with the 
Red Cross Home Service work and groups of 
them were on duty all day on Registration 
day, some acting as interpreters. 

During June, July and AugUBt, a Canning 
Club was organized at the Meriden High 
School, and six Minute Women were on duty 
each day. Housekeepers could have their 
canning done in the Community kitchen at 
cost. During the epidemic of influenza, 
collections were made for beds, bedding, 
and supplies. In twenty-four hours an 
emergency hospital was opened and patients 
were receiving treatment. The Company of 
nurses reported and also all the Minute 
Women who had had courses in Home 
Nursing and First Aid. Other women were 
nurses assistants and relieved the regular 
nurses for a few hours. Some volunteered 
for work in the kitchen, others sent in 
supplies. 

The Women's Motor Battalion, now the 
Connecticut Motor Corps, has taken part 
in parades, promoted the sale of Liberty 
Bonds in the suburbs, assisted the Red 
Cross, and taken part in all house-to-house 
canvasses. 

It has assisted in the distribution of lit- 
erature helped in transportation at military 
funerals and at the time of the drive for 
eh. thing for the Belgian people. 

During the epidemic of influenza, the 
Motor Corps was very active. 

The Minute Women have been organized 
but seven months and they have never failed 
to respond to calls for assistance. They are 
a great credit to Meriden and a unit of 
indispensable value in war times. 



C. G. BILL ON COUNCIL 



Charles G. Bill of Hartford has been ap- 
pointed a member of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense by Governor Marcus H. 
Holcomb. Mr. Bill is chairman of the com- 
mittee on fuel conservation of the Connecti- 
ent State Council of Defense which position 
he has held since the Fuel Administration 
was organized. He is treasurer and manager 
,.f the Union Electric Light & Power Com- 
pany of Unionville, and manager of the Plat- 
ner & Porter Paper Manufacturing Company 
in the same town. His appointment gives 
the council a membership of twenty. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Boys' Working Reserve 



Connecticut boys of the Reserve are en 
titled, through their services on farms dur- 
ing the summer to inclusion in the cable- 
gram from King Albert of Belgium to 
Federal Food Administrator Herbert C. 
Hoover. Mr. Charles A. Parcells, Associate 
Federal Director of the United States Boy's 
Working Reserve, at a recent conference 
with W. D. Hood, Federal Director of the 
Reserve for Connecticut, quoted the cable- 
gram as follows: 

" On this the fourth anniversary of the 
foundation of the commission for the relief 
of Belgium, my heart prompts me to thank 
you once more in the name of all my com- 
patriots for having, during four years, saved 
the Belgian nation from starvation." 



A series of farm craft lessons for use in 
high schools has been prepared under the 
direction of the United States Boys' Work- 
ing Reserve and will be available about De- 
cember 15 for use during the winter school 
term, according to advices received from the 
Department of Labor in Washington. Mr. 
Hood asks school principals to inform him 
at once as to how many copies of the les- 
sons they will need. The farm craft course 
consists of about thirty lessons prepared by 
the leading agricultural specialists of the 
country and will be of particular value to 
thr.sp 'institution; which are giving atten- 
tion to agricultural training. The lessons 
will suggest that boys who have already had 
experience in farming shall pursue a course 
in elementary agriculture under their school 
faculty. Books suggested by the Labor De- 
partment include a treatise on soils and one 
on the essentials of agriculture. Mr. Hood 
advises Connecticut's school principals to 
use the agricultural treatises provided bv 
the Labor Department as soon as received. 



Leo A. Korper, Federal Director for Con- 
necticut of the United States Employment 
Service has sent word to Mr. Hood that the 
work done on the farms of Connecticut dur- 
ing the past season by more than one thou- 
-iiinl boys recruited through the United 
States Boys' Working Reserve, proved of 
inestimable value in the growing and har- 
vesting of food crops. Mr. Korper added: 
" Even with the war at an end, the prob- 
lem of food production and supply is certain 
to be even more acute next season, and thf 
help of the boys will be more needed than 
ever. The United States has agreed to 
furnish 17,000.000 tons of staple foods for 
the Allies as against 11,000.000, the past 
year and to provide the necessary farm 
labor for this purpose will be the biggest 
special problem of the year. 

" For these reasons. I believe that your 
plans for the coming season are of vital im- 
portance and should be adequately sup- 
ported. I hope you can make it possible for 
every able-bodied boy in Connecticut, over 
16 years of age to enlist for farm service, 
and also for other lines of industry where 
needed. The experience of recent years has 
only emphasized the fact that practical 
training of youth in industry can and 
should be wisely interwoven with their 
studies and their recreation, to the end that 
we shall train a more efficient citizenship 
to meet the big industrial and social prob- 
lems which America and the entire civilized 
world must now face." 



RENEWED VIGOR URGED 

Service of Highways Transport Com- 
mittee Needed in Peace 



The highways transport division of the 
department of transportation, Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, has been sum- 
moned to renewed action and vigor by Ed 
ward N. Hurley, chairman of the United 
States Shipping Board. Mr. Hurley's mes- 
sage follows: 

" Food must begin to move soon from 
every hill, through every valley of the 
great country behind our shores down to the 
shipping points before we can start our 
ships from the ports, and therefore our 
duty and with a promise of the war's end 
before us. the highways transport commit- 
tee can and should render peace-time servie, 
by stimulating highways transport of nour- 
ishment and supplies so badly neede 1 
Routes and channels from shipping points 
must be opened up and efficiently main- 
tained, and our merchant, marine must be 
built up to meet the demands for distribu- 
tion overseas." 



Soft Coal Situation Better 
Than Hard Says the 

Fuel Administration 

(Continued from page 1) 



Life Insurance Co., Hartford, 93% r ', ; 0. 
American Brass Co. (Waterbury Brass Br.), 
93<# : 7. Bridgeport Brass Co. (main plant), 
Bridgeport, 93%; 8. Chase Rolling Mill, 
Waterbury, 93%; 9. Cheney Brothers, 
South Manchester, 93%; 10. Landers, Frary 
& Clark, New Britain, 93%; 11. Remington 
Arms. U. M. C. Co., Bridgeport, 93%; 12. 
American Brass Co. (Coe Brass Br.), Tor- 
rington, 92<7„ ; 13. Hartford Rubber Works, 
Hartford, 92%; 14. E. A. Mallery & Son. 
Danburv, 92%; 15. New Haven Gas Light 
Co.. New Haven. 92%; 16. Sheffield Scien- 
tific School (Winchester Hall), New Haven, 
92$ : 17. Vale & Towne Manufacturing 
Co., Stamford, 92%; 18. Underwood Type- 
writer Co., Hartford, 91%; 19. Interna- 
tional Silver Co., Factory E. 91%; 20. In- 
ternational Textile. Inc.. Bridgeport, 91% 
21. Marlin-Rockwell, New Haven, 91%. 

There is also a large number of plants 
whose ratings are between 80 and 90 per 
cent., and with the installation of con- 
templated economies, many of these will 
soon be able to attain a much higher per- 
centage. " added the division's announce- 
ment, " Re-inspection will be made and 
plants rerated as soon as substantial im- 
provements are introduced." 

The situation regarding hard coal was 
not satisfactory, it was added. "The soft 
coal situation has been changed by the can 
of manufacturers and their study of their 
problems. Whether the hard coal situation 
will improve correspondingly is a matter 
for home-keepers to decide. The problem 
here is much more difficult. The individual 
cannot be reached personally. His methods 
cannot be inspected and personal instruc- 
tions cannot be given him. The matter is 
' up to him. ' Two-thirds or less of his nor- 
mal sunplv of coal in the cellar is the spur. 
Our bulletin No. 3 will help him, and 125,000 
of these have already been distributed. If 
the home-keepers will do as well as the 
manufacturer has done. Connecticut should 
avoid trouble. " 



Liberty Chorus Notes 



The national organization of Liberty 
Choruses planned by the Council of National 
Defense at Washington, is proceeding 
rapidly. Over thirty states have appointed 
State Musical Directors. Maine has fifty 
Liberty Choruses, Rhode Island sixteen, and 
we hear of them from California to the At- 
lantic. What a mighty chorus for Liberty! 

The work already done by the Liberty 
Choruses of Connecticut to promote public 
singing for the purpose of maintaining the 
" Will to Win " the war, has borne healthy 
fruit. The 1'iiiteil States is doing more of 
this than any country in the world. Why 
-lake it. a singing nation while we are 
about it ? 

" Fight Boys Fight " a real fighting song, 
is being taught in the camps. This is a 
Massachusetts product first sung at a 
Liberty Sing in Hartford and now published 
by Tufts College Press. Another new song, 
and a beautiful one, is " On to Victory" by 
Miss Christine Burnha.m of Hartford, just 
being published by Ditson & Co. There 
is a splendid bass solo with chorus for mixed 
Dr male voices. 

If you have not heard Sir Edward Elgar's 
great song " Land of Hope and Glory " you 
have missed one of the musical events of 
the war. This brilliant and inspiring work 
is being sung around the world. 

The call goes out to all choruses to con- 
sider carefully every way in which they can 
assist the United War Work campaign. 

Every assistance should be rendered the 
beneficient organizations who are caring for 
and cheering our boys of the A. E. F. 



10,000 Nurses Needed 

(Continued from page 5) 



sion of the woman's committee is urged to 
"ontinue enrollments with all possible vigor. 
The impression no more nurses are needed 
for the military hospitals, which has become 
widespread, is erroneous. Only a little over 
half of the total number of recruits desired 
by the government have been enrolled. 
Three states have attained and surpassed 
their quota, and although several states 
have obtained 75 per cent, of the number 
of candidates assigned to them, the govern- 
ment asks every state to turn its energies 
to secure the 25,000 students needed to meet 
the nursing demands of the country. 

" We understand fully the handicaps un- 
der which you have labored, and appreciate 
all the resourcefulness and courage with 
which you have attacked your problems," 
said Miss Patterson. "It is this initiative 
and determination of the state divisions 
which we feel confident will in the end 
Becure the 25,000 student nurses needed. " 

Application blanks for civilian hospitals 
will soon be in the hands of the woman's 
division of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense and will be distributed. Appli- 
cation blanks for the Army School of Nurs- 
ing will be sent later. Meanwhile eligible 
candidates for this school may apply for 
blanks to Miss Annie W. Goodrich, office of 
the Surgeon-General, Washington, D, C. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Council Passes Resolution 
of Thanksgiving^Will 
Support War Work 

(Continued from page 1) 

durance and their moral force. All the 
world concedes and history shall write the 
unselfish purpose of our entry into the great 
war. She shall tell, too, that being in, we 
have pursued with inflexible determination 
and unparalleled vigor, with a capacity for 
achievement till now unheard of, and with 
an unfaltering spirit that by our might we 
should finally " make right the law of the 
world and cast every selfish dominion down 
in the dust." 

Our forces in the field have beaten the 
picked German Guards. Seicheprey, Can- 
tigny. Belleau Wood, Chateau Thierry, St. 
Mihiel, Argonne Forests, and Sedan are 
proud iinnes for all time to all Americans. 
Our navy has done its every task to the 
minute. Whenever it could come in contact 
with enemy it has prevailed. 

Our sacrifices have been many. Yet " our 
dead have not died in vain." They now 
know and we know, " our God is marching 
on." Autocracy is dead; the tide of democ- 
racy sweeps over. 

We owe unstinted praise to army and 
navy, to the Government for its conduct of 
the' war and to its efforts in promoting 
national unity and national solidarity, and 
to our President, whose voice throughout, 
by common consent, has spoken the con- 
science and the ideals of the Allies. The 
work over there could not have been had 
those at home not done their part. 

Today nil conditions of men and women 
have the privilege of rejoicing in the tri- 
umph of the Allies. It is their victory as 
well as that of the brave soldiers and 
sailors. The war is not yet over. Our work 
is not yet done. 

Many in Europe will starve if we do not 
feed them; more will remain destitute if 
we do not care for them. Our ships must 
first bear succor to the suffering before they 
can bring our boys and our overseas sup- 
plies home. All Europe is in the fires of 
revolution. Our boys must stay there and 
save those stricken countries from anarchy, 
restore order, and help them to know the 
liberty we know — liberty buttressed ami 
ordered by law. All this • will take time. 
Meantime we must not halt, but work the 
harder ; our lahor must feed the hungry, fur- 
nish the material needed for restoration and 
rehabilitation of Europe. Our earnings and 
our savings must be loaned and given to 
Belgium, to France, to Italy, to Poland, 1 
Russia, to the Balkan States and to Greece. 
God has showered us with an abundance; 
let us put it to such noble uses. 

And while our hearts thrill in thanks- 
giving for victory we will remember that 
our soldiers and sailors are now in peculiar 
need of ministration. The moment of 
supreme sacrifice has passed. The great 
trial and temptation is at hand. It is our 
part to give them all the care, all the com- 
fort, and the joy we can. To keep them 
safe and bring them back to us true men 
is worth all that we have and all that we 
can do. 

The United War Work Campaign comes 



at a happy time. The purposes for which 
its fund is to be used and the method of its 
use have been approved by the Government. 
It will do what we as individuals cannol 
do. It will bring the care and the cheer we 
would bring to our soldiers and sailors and 
it will help minister to the suffering of the 
distressed peoples of Europe. This is the 
day of our victory, let us make to this cause 
i \ ietory gift. This is the day of our grati- 
tude, gratitude unspeakable, let us show it 
in our works. 

MEETING OF NOVEMBER 4. 

At the meeting of the general session on 
November 4, Charles G. Bill, of the depart- 
ment of fuel conservation, reported on the 
ratings assigned various industrial plants 
with reference to their efficiency in the use 
of coal. Mr. Bill said that the inspection 
and rating plan which was inaugurated in 
Connecticut and is further advanced here 
than in any other state, has already re- 
sulted in marked economies and bids fair to 
accomplish a saving considerably in exse 
of the quota assigned to the state. He 
further presented the matter of w T ater waste 
in New Haven and other cities which 
affects the fuel conservation department 
because of the use of coal for operating 
pumps. He said that Mr. Saville of the 
Hartford Water Works had volunteered to 
investigate the general situation throughout 
the State. Mr. Bill requested that his de- 
partment be given authority for such an 
investigation. 

Mrs. Margaret T. Corwin, secretary for 
woman's work, requested the opinion of the 
council on the part which the woman's 
division should take in proposed efforts for 
waste reclamation. A possible educational 
program was suggested. The matter was 
left in abeyance pending further advices 
from Washington. 

The chairman reported a conference with 
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, 
with reference to the peculiar situation of 
New England in attempting to provide 
lands which might be made available for 
returned soldiers. He reported that Secre- 
tary Lane was ready to give separate atten- 
tion to the subject as it relates to New 
England. A conference of representatives 
of the various New England States has been 
called for November 6th in Boston. Mr. 
Bissell requested President Beach of the 
Agricultural College and Federal Food Ad- 
ministrator Hubert Scoville to attend on the 
part of the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense. 

The monthly report of the United States 
Boys' Working Reserve was read together 
with letters expressing appreciation from 
persons who had employed boys furnished 
by the reserve. 

Dr. Valeria H. Parker reported on the 
activities of the Health and Recreation De- 
partment. She gave an account of the 
diversion of the energies of virtually the 
entire staff to the organization and main- 
tenance of an emergency hospital in Avon. 
Miss Anna W. Coale reported on the begin- 
ning of her work in Norwich as director of 
girls' work. 

George S. Godard reported as chairman 
of the committee on historical records tell- 
ing of the organization meeting of his 
committee, and of the plans for its work, 
and the council voted that Harrison B. 
Freeman, Seymour C. Loomis, Lawrence L. 
Lewis, Philip Z. Hankey, H. Conley, J. Clin- 



ton Roraback, Charles E. Searls, Ernest A. 
Inglis be elected as members of a subcom- 
mittee on law enforcement of the health 
and recreation department. 

Those present at the meeting were: 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. 
Alsop, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Mrs. Morgan 
G. Bulkeley, Frank D. Cheney, James T. 
Moran, Lucius F. Robinson, Caroline Ruutz- 
Rees, and Justice George W. Wheeler of the 
council; Margaret T. Corwin. Mrs. Perrin 
C. Galpin, Treasurer John T. Roberts, Anna 
B. Sands, Henry M. Wriston, also the fol- 
lowing chairmen and members of commit- 
tees and sub-committees: Charles G. Bill, 
Judge Lucien F. Burpee, George B. Chand- 
ler, Anna W. Coale, Samuel Ferguson, 
George S. Godard, Dr. Charles C. Godfrey. 
Stanley H. Holmes, G. Ellsworth Meech, Dr. 
Valeria H. Parker, Arthur L. Shipman and 
H. H. Wheaton. 

At the executive session Samuel Fergu- 
son presented the matter of home building 
committees recommended by the war indus- 
tries. The council voted to authorize tin' 
director of the department of non-war con- 
struction to co-operate with local war 
bureaus in organizing home building com- 
mittees wherever needed. 

The executive department reported on the 
matter of co-operation of the council with 
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, explain- 
ing a plan to facilitate the investigation of 
cases connected with the administration of 
the War Risk Insurance act. By this plan 
field investigators, who have already volun- 
teered their services to the second district 
office, would group themselves under the 
direction of one person, this person being 
responsible to the second district office for 
all cases of investigation arising in his re- 
spective community. All cases needing in- 
vestigation are to be sent to this person who 
is to be responsible for their prompt return 
to the New York office of the Bureau of 
War Risk Insurance. The council voted 
that the executive department be authorized 
to proceed in accordance with the under- 
standing arrived at with the second dis- 
trict office of the Bureau of War Risk In- 
surance. 

The council voted to express its apprecia- 
tion of the faithful and effective work of 
Lieut. Aubrey L. Maddoek during his con- 
nection with the Publicity Department of 
the council. 

The Industrial Survey Committee, after 
having done highly valuable work, particu- 
larly at the outset of the war, has found 
that its functions have largely been super- 
seded by federal agencies. Thereupon the 
council voted that the Industrial Survey 
Committee be dissolved. 

The council agreed that the plan and 
method adopted by the War Industries 
Board seemed restrictive of the building of 
workmen's houses in communities of this 
state, notably Bridgeport and Waterbury 
where such building is imperative. This be- 
ing the case, the council voted to request 
respectfully the War Industries Board to 
modify its plan and method so as to permit 
the building of workmen's homes in all 
communities of Connecticut where such 
building is needed. 

Those present were: Chairman Richard 
M. Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, William Bro- 
Smith, Frank D. Cheney, Charles A. Good- 
win, James T. Moran, Lucius F. Robinson 
and Justice George W. Wheeler of the 
council ; Anna B. Sands, Henry M. Wriston. 




Vol. II 



(tottgrttott Ittllgfitt 

Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, NOVEMBER 29, 1918 




No. 9 



THE PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE 
RENDERS REPORT RELATIVE 
TO CONTINUANCE OF COUNCIL 



Council Originally Created Not as State 
Organization, but as Agency of Fed = 
eral Government — Furnishes the 
Only Means to Carry Out Federal 
Reconstruction Plans 



ADVOCATE CERTAIN CHANGES IN 

PRESENT DEPARTMENTS 

The Prudential Committee, Connecticut 
Statu Coimcil of Defense, consisting of 
Joseph W. Alsop, Frank D. Cheney, Charles 
G. Bill, has rendered to the Council a re- 
port relative to the continuance of the activ- 
ities of that body. After advocating re- 
trenchment in expenditure and personnel, 
in view of the signing of the armistice, the 
report recommends that the Council con- 
tinue to exist in order to carry on certain 
activities made necessary by the war and 
the uncertainties of readjustment. In this 
connection it is pointed out that war 
bureaus should continue until need of their 
services no longer exists. 

In explaining the respects in which the 
services of the Defense Council and the war 
bureaus will still be needed in spite of 
the end of hostilities, the report points out 
that the Council was originally created not 
merely as a state organization but at the 
request of the Federal Government, as an 
agency of the latter. 

Up to November 1 it was necessary for 
Connecticut to spend a total of $195,000 
because of war activities, the report says. 
Figures on expenditures for a similar pur- 
pose in other states, show, however, that 
this amount is relatively small. 

The report of the Prudential Committee 
follows: — 

In accordance with the instructions of 
the Council, this Committee hereby submits 
fur your consideration and action the re- 
sults of its investigations of the present 
activities and plans fur the future, of the 
various sub-committees of the Council, hav- 
ing particularly in mind their future need 
and usefulness under the conditions brought 
■about by the signing of the armistice and 
the probability of permanent peace. 

In dealing with this subject it seems 
to us proper to embody in this report cer- 
tain phases and conditions of the problem 
which in our opinion have a direct Bearing 
upon the advisability of continuing the 
work of the committees. 

The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
is not, as its name might imply, an organi- 
zation to deal only with state policy and 
affairs. It came into existence at the re- 
quest of the federal government to act as 
its agency in carrying out in this state 
the broad federal program of safety, educa- 
tion, and conservation made necessary in 
most cases, and desirable in all, by the 
declaration of war with Germany. It con- 
sists not only of the twenty-one men ami 

(Concluded on page 6) 



SHEEP RAISING IN CON- 
NECTICUT TO BE INVES- 
TIGATED BY COMMITTEE 



This State Has Large Areas of Land 
Not Adapted to Raising Tobacco or 
Fruit or For Dairying, but Ideal 
for Sheep — In 1845 There Were 
298,574 Sheep. In 1915 Only 
18,000 



SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED 

FOR ECONOMIC REASONS 



To encourage sheep raising in Connecti- 
cut, Richard M. Bissell, chairman of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, has 
appointed a committee, which includes three 
members of the Defense Council, to inves- 
tigate the subject with a view to submitting 
a lull to the legislature, if, after study, 
the committee deems that action advisable. 
The committee consists of Joseph W. Alsop 
of Avon, Alton T. Miner of New London 
and Lucius F. Robinson of Hartford, all 
members of the Council; James M. 
Whittlesey of Morris, state commissioner 
of domestic animals; H. L. Garrigus, 
professor of animal husbandry at the 
Connecticut Agricultural College; Robert 
Scoville of Salisbury, federal food adminis- 
trator for Connecticut; and Samuel Russell, 
Jr., of Middletown. Mr. Whittlesey is 
chairman of this committee. 

The committee was appointed because 
of the fact that Connecticut has large areas 
not adapted to the raising of tobacco or 
fruit or to dairying, but which would be 
ideal for sheep. 

Mr. Whittlesey called attention to the 
fact that the number of sheep in the whole 
state of Connecticut in 101.3 was only 18,000. 
hi 1845, he said, Connecticut had 298,574 

sheep. 

" If the sheep had increased in proportion 
to the increase in population, we would 
now^ have 1,000,165 of these animals," Mr. 
Whittlesey added. " Sheep raising should 
he encouraged because of the present-great 
demand for clothing and food. Then, too, 
it is profitable from the economic stand- 
point to keep sheep." 

The present price of wool averages about 
70 cents a pound, Mr. Whittlesey pointed 
out. Lamb averages 16 cents a pound and 
mutton 9 cents. Twenty-five years ago the 
price of wool averaged as low as 12% 
cents a pound. Lamb was about 5% cents 
a pound and mutton 4 cents. 

Mr. Whittlesey thought that the prin- 
cipal causes of the failure of sheep to 
increase in Connecticut were the danger 
from dogs, the high cost of fencing and the 
fact that the farmers' attention had been 
largely and exclusively concentrated on 
dairying. 



INSIDIOUS NEW PROPAGANDA 
BEGUN BY S0LF OPPOSED 
AND RESENTED BY COUNCIL 



Various Committees and Departments to 
be Discontinued in Immediate Future 

— Others to Have Duties Transferred 

— Mr. Chandler's and Mr. Ferguson's 
Resignations Accepted 



' BACK TO SCHOOL " DRIVE TO BE 
CARRIED ON BY WOMAN'S DIVISION 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
met in executive session at 2.15 on Novem- 
ber 25. The first business to come before 
the meeting was presented by Lucius F. 
Robinson, and concerned the resolution pre- 
pared by George F. Chandler. The council 
passed the following vote: 

THAT WHEREAS, the ink was hardly 
dry upon the paper stating the terms of the 
armistice before Dr. Solf the German For- 
eign Minister began an active propaganda 
in this country through notes addressed to 
the President through a communication ad- 
dressed by German women to the wife of 
the President and to Miss Jane Addams, 
and through sundry other agencies, seeking 
to mitigate the terms of the armistice, to 
play upon the sympathies of the credulous 
and softhearted, and to ultimately effect a 
modification of the conditions to be imposed 
upon Germany at the peace council — if 
not, indeed, to bring about actual disagree- 
ment among the Allies; and 

WHEREAS, justice and not sentiment, 
common sense not German sophistry, should 
control the group of nations that have been 
forced by the Central Powers to make in- 
calculable sacrifices to save civilization, and 

WHEREAS, it would ill become America, 
who of all the leading foes of Germany has 
sacrificed the least, to assume leadership 
in the field of forgiveness, — it being as 
e.i-v as it is gratuitous to forgive wrongs 
done to other people — Therefore be it re- 
solved, that the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense opposes and resents this new and 
insidious form of propaganda, and pledges 
itself to take every means within its power 
to neutralize and to defeat it; and be it 
resolved further, that a copy of this resolu- 
tion be forthwith transmitted to the Presi- 
dent of the United States; to the Secretary 
of State; to the Chairman of the Committee 
on Public Information; to Connecticut's 
Senators and Congressmen ; and to the sev- 
eral State Councils of Defense of the nation. 

hi regard to the work of the council in 
the immediate future, Charles G. Bill, 
chairman of the budget committee, pre- 
sented the report which is given in the first 
column of this page. Upon hearing this re- 
port the council thereupon voted that the 
following committees be discontinued: co- 
ordination of societies, education, finance, 
registration and training, sanitation and 
medicine, and war exhibits. It further 
(Continued on page 4) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN" 



>i 



«r 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mit tees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol.11 HARTFORD, CONN., NOV. 29, 1918 No. 9 



AMERICANIZATION DEPART- 
MENT PLANS CONFERENCE 



To Bring State and National Programs 
before all Persons Interested 



The department of Americanization is 
planning to hold an Americanization con- 
ference in the State Capitol, Hartford, 
Connecticut, on Wednesday and Thursday, 
December 11th and 12th, for the purpose 
of bringing before the persons in Con- 
necticut interested, the state and national 
programs of Americanization. At this time 
it is planned to have speakers of both state 
and national prominence. 

On the afternoon of December lltli the 
national and state plans will be discussed 
in a meeting of members of the Americani- 
zation committees organized under the local 
war bureaus of the state. It is desired 
that these committees be enlightened as 
to just what is expected of them in the 
coming campaign for Americanizing the 
persons of foreign birth in the state. 

In the evening of December 11th a public 
meeting will be held at which time all 
persons interested in the subject are 
cordially invited to attend. Addresses will 
be made by prominent authorities on this 
subject. 

On the morning and afternoon of Decem- 
ber 12th round tables will be conducted on 
the subject, at which time the members 
of the Americanization committees will be 
given an opportunity to express their views 
as to what program should be carried out 
in the different localities, and also as to 
what they propose doing in carrying out 
these programs. Each locality will be 
expeeteil to report what they have done 
to date along Americanization lines. There 
also will be given at each of these round 
tables one specific address by a man promi- 
nent in Americanization work outside the 

At noon on December 12th there will lie 
held in the Capitol an Americanization 
luncheon, at which time impromptu ten 
minute talks on different phases of Ameri- 
canization in the State of Connecticut will 
be given; this V ncheon is open to any 
person interested in the subject. 

Among the subjects to be taken up at 
this conference will be the state's problem 
of Americanization, constructive programs 
of procedure, the organization of local plans 
and industrial Americanization. What has 
been done and what can be done in the 
future will be discussed. 

It is hoped that as a result of this 
conference greater interest in the suDJed 
will be manifested th rougl.ou't the State. 



KEEP WAR BUREAUS INTACT 
IS COUNCIL'S MESSAGE 
TO 168 ORGANIZATIONS 



Cessation of Hostilities Does not Imply 
End of Struggle — Problems in Demo- 
bilization, Care of Sick and Wounded 
and Industrial Readjustments Still 
to be Met 



CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED 

OF ALL REPRESENTATIVES 



The Connecticut State Ccuncil of Defense 
has sent to each of the 168 war bureaus in 
the stale a letter asking that every bureau 
keep its organization intact for the work 
which must follow the cessation of hostili- 
ties. The war is not ended, and the work 
which the war made necessary is far from 
completion, it is pointed out. A conference 
to which representatives of all war bureaus 
will lie invited will soon be called, it is 
announced. 

The letter which is signed by Governor 
Marcus H. Holcomb and by Richard M. 
Bissell, chairman of the Defense council, 
also expresses the thanks of the council for 
the work done by war bureaus during the 
conflict. 

The letter follows: 

" The victory in the field has been won. 
Fighting, we hope, is ended. Connecticut's 
part in the struggle has been a glorious 
one, both in the line of battle abroad, and 
in the work behind the line at home. To 
our local war bureaus we tender most grate- 
ful thanks, for without their unceasing co- 
operation the proud record of Connecticut 
could never have been made. 

But the war is not ended, and the work 
which the war made necessary is far from 
completion. The demobilization of our mag- 
nificent army, the replacing of soldiers and 
sailors in suitable and useful positions in 
civil life, the care of the sick and wounded 
and the readjustments which will be neces- 
sary in our industrial life, including the 
redistribution of labor, present to us 
problems and tasks scarcely less important 
and perhaps more difficult and complicated 
than those which were involved in winning 
the war. Again, the effort to fuse all of our 
people and all of our resources into one 
united instrument of militant justice dis- 
not a few weaknesses in our civil 
organization which during the war have 
had to be cared for by temporary expedients, 
but which in the new order must be cured 
and kept strong by the carefully planned 
and educated measure to be made a part 
of our regular conduct of affairs. 

Until the legislature can carefully con- 
sider and adopt such legislation as may 
be necessary, all these matters must have 
proper and competent attention. There can 
be no let-up. 

War contracts are being cancelled now. 
Soldiers are beginning to return now. Labor 
is being shifted now. Food conservation 
nnwt continue. The fuel problem will not 
wait. Child welfare work must not be in- 
terrupted. Agriculture and food production 
must lie re-established and extended. The 
new world history calls for changes in our 
educational system. The great program of 
Americanization must go forward. The war 
has shown great lack in our care of the 
public health. More Liberty Loans mus 
lie floated, and additional gift; to the Red 



Cross and other remedial agencies will be 
needed. 

Finally, an elaborate federal program 
designed to handle many of these great 
problems in an orderly way with the least 
possible disturbance to our national and 
local life will probably be soon announced. 
lie working out of this program will re- 
quire numerous local adjustments and adap- 
tations. Incidentally, hardships and in- 
juries must be looked after and alleviated 
if possible. 

The responsibility for all these things 
can no longer be left entirelv to Govern- 
ment and State officials. They must be 
leaders, but the war has taught us that 
"ill* by means of the united, non-partisan, 
unselfish efforts of all citizens can the 
duties and obligations of a self-governing 
democracy be accomplished. 

At this time in the state of Connecticut, 
the State Council system of local war bu- 
reaus is the most representative and com- 
petent instrumentality for the work thus 
outlined. We ask that the organization of 
every war bureau be kept intact, and in a 
state of high efficiency for the work to 
come. We hope soon to make a more defi- 
nite announcement, and a conference to 
which representatives of all war bureaus 
will be invited will shortly be arranged. 

Meantime, we speak the continuance of 
your splendid co-operation, which has 
hitherto kept Connecticut in the front rank 
of states in every kind of war activity, and 
we ask you to maintain our state-wide 
organization without deterioration. 



TO REMOVE RESTRICTIONS 



Charles J. Bennett, State Highway Com- 
missioner, has announced that, pursuant 
to instructions from the United States 
Highways Council, no further applications 
need he made through him to the Council 
for approval of highway construction pro- 
jeets, that previous disapprovals are re- 
voked and that pending applications require 
no further action. Mr. Bennett has sent 
this information to all city engineers and 
town officials in the state. Mr. Bennett 
added that, according to his information 
from the United States Highways Council, 
procedure in securing materials and trans- 
portation should follow normal practices, 
that the removal of restrictions does not 
affect highway bond issues, which are under 
control of the Capital Issues Committee, 
ami that the State Highway Department 
will not be asked by the Federal Council 
to submit programs for next year's work. 



WILL STOP WATER WASTE 



For the purpose of making a survey of 
conditions attending domestic water con- 
sumption throughout Connecticut, Caleb 
M. Saville, city engineer of Hartford, has 
been appointed by the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense to its department of 
fuel conservation. By means of Mr. Saville's 
survey, the department of fuel conservation 
will secure data regarding such communities 
as may be wasting water by failure to 
meter. Other means by which fuel may 
be saved through a general conservation 
of water consumption will also be sug- 
gested by the survey, with a view of 
making the necessary recommendations to 
the incoming legislature. Questionnaires 
for the gathering of data have been mailed. 



*. «f »• 

UE C if 1918 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Liberty Chorus Notes 



The end of hostilities oversows does not 
mean the end of Liberty Choruses in Con- 
necticut, according to an announcement by 
James S. Stevens, director of Liberty 
Choruses, Connecticut State Council of 
Defense. 

" Doubtless where the work has lagged, 
some of the choruses will die, but wherever 
there is a live director, or where the 
choruses have shown spirit, the patriotism 
of the members will see to it that the 
good work goes on," Mr. Stevens said. 

Liberty Chorus work is spreading through 
thirty-two states, according to Mr. Stevens, 
who some time ago prepared a plan of or- 
ganizing the choruses for peace. This con- 
templates a state executive board, with 
one member for each county and one member 
at large. The duty of the board will be 
to perfect the state organization. Mr. 
Stevens will announce his plan at such 
a time as he may deem proper. 

" In the meantime the choruses are asked 
to carry on until the boys come home," 
Mr. Stevens said. "There is need in this 
country for the incorporation of music 
into our civic and national life. No other 
medium is more potent in arousing national 
spirit, and none is more potent in sustain- 
ing that spirit. Music is of the soul, and 
the soul of America will always sing. It 
took the war to make us realize this. 
Once realized, our people will not be will- 
ing to live without good music. If the 
Liberty Choruses have demonstrated any- 
thing they have made evident the fact 
that we are a musical people. The manner 
in which our people have sung in this war 
has astonished all who have heard it." 



BOYS' WORKING RESERVE 
PREPARES FOR DRIVE 



Expect to Have 2,000 Boys Available 

for Agricultural Labor 

Next Summer 



COUNTY AND CITY DIRECTORS MEET 



RELEASE BUILDING PERMITS 



Samuel Ferguson, State Director of non- 
war construction, has informed all local 
non-war construction administrators in 
Connecticut that his office will take no 
further action on any permit applications 
which may be pending there or before the 
Federal War Industries Board in Washing- 
ton and which are automatically released 
by the recent ruling of the War Industries 
Board removing the need of permits for 
certain kinds of construction. Mr. Ferguson 
pointed out to local administrators that 
they should advise permit applicants who 
are affected by this ruling that they are 
now at liberty to proceed with their con- 
struction projects. Mr. Ferguson has asked 
all local administrators to send to him 
as soon as possible a report for September, 
October and up to November 12, covering 
a summary of non-war construction projects 
upon which deferment until after the war 
was requested. The War Industries Board 
informed Mr. Ferguson that these reports 
were wanted in Washington, together witfc 
a report from him concerning all construc- 
tion projects of which he disapproved. 



The United States Boys' Working Reserve 
in Connecticut is preparing for a recruiting 
campaign to begin January 20. W. D. 
Hood, Federal Director for Connecticut of 
the Reserve, announced that the purpose 
of the campaign in this state, as elsewhere, 
is to provide additional farm labor against 
the food shortage now faced by the world. 
Plans will be announced later. 

" Although peace seems certain, the 
world today faces, the most alarming food 
shortage in history," said Mr. Hood. " In 
America this shortage is due almost entirely 
to a lack of farm labor. According to 
present estimates, starvation will overtake 
many parts of Europe unless the United 
States can produce a maximum amount of 
foodstuffs in 1919. The full development 
of the United States Boys' Working Reserve 
as a source of farm labor is therefore more 
important to the nation than ever before, 
as it is one of the chief mediums of supply 
for a sorely needed farm labor." 

Mr. Hood added that in Connecticut plans 
were underway by which he hoped and 
expected to have 2,000 boys available for 
labor next summer. He pointed out that 
the agriculturalists of the United States 
were ;i unit on the importance of continu- 
ing the United States Boys' Working Re- 
serve as a peace time organization. This 
was indicated by the " Appeal to the Ameri- 
can People " just made by the National 
Board of Farm Organizations, representing 
practically every farmer in the country. 
In its statement regarding farm labor con- 
ditions, with recommendations as to over- 
coming the present shortage of farm help, 
the National Board recommended the inten- 
sive training of boys in accordance with 
the plans of the United States Boys' Work- 
ing Reserve. 

It was also pointed out by Mr. Hood that 
the economic worth of the United States 
Boys' Working Reserve was indicated in 
a report published by the Indiana State 
Council of Defense, which stated that 
during the vacation season last summer 
Indiana members of the Reserve earned 
$1,111,722 producing food and munitions. 
Reports verified by employers indicated 
that 4,323 boys raised enough food to feed 
13,500 soldiers for one year, and 6,055 
Reserve boys worked a total of 673,107 days. 
A meeting of the county and city direc- 
tors of the Boys' Working Reserve was 
held on Saturday, November 23rd. Men 
from all over the State were present and 
the work for enrolling 2,000 boys for 1919 
was carefully laid out, as well as plans 
for the summer camps, which it is antici- 
pated will be held, beginning about May 
loth. Each county and city director is to 
communicate with the high school prin- 
cipals and supervisors of schools in his ter- 
ritory with a view to getting everything in 
readiness for the drive of January 20th. 

The state Y. M. C. A. has very kindly 
offered the services of county Y. M. C. A. 
secretaries in the way of supervising boys 
placed on farms next summer. This will 



Woman s Division Notes 



The woman's division of the United States 
Employment Service will hold a conference 
on December 5 in the Hall of the House of 
Representatives, State Capitol, Hartford. 

Those invited to attend include: The 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, the 
chairmen of the local committees of the 
women's division of the Council of Defense, 
the advisory committee of the State Council, 
the executive committee of the woman's 
division, the speakers of the speakers 
bureau, the superintendents and women 
examiners of the United States Employ- 
ment service of the Department of Labor. 

Leo A. Korper, state director of the 
LTnited States Employment service, will 
outline the achievements of service in Con- 
necticut in its less than a year of existence. 
Miss Helen Fraser will speak on Govern- 
ment Employment Exchanges in England: 
Mrs. Joseph A. Alsop will summarize the 
various departments of the woman's divi- 
sion. Miss Clare Amberton, who is in charge 
of the household department of the United 
States Employment Service in New Haven 
will discuss the domestic service problem. 
Mrs. E. G. H. Schneck will present the 
work of the Woman's Land Army. Mrs. E. 
G. Slater, the examiner in charge of the 
Philadelphia Employment office is also ex- 
pected to made an address. 

The woman's division of the United States 
Employment Service has asked the woman's 
division of the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense to make a survey of all oppor- 
tunities for training offered to women in 
the different towns of the State. A circular 
letter, stating the possible fields of training 
that might be discovered, and form sheets 
on which these findings are to be recorded, 
have been sent to each town chairman with 
the request that she organize a committee 
and with its help make the survey of her 
town as rapidly as possible. 

The results of this survey will put into 
the hands of the United States Employment 
offices information which will be of value 
to those seeking opportunities for training. 
This information will form the basis for 
a pamphlet to be published later giving 
a list of training courses open to women, 
in every town in the state, and will be 
similar to a pamphlet recently issued by 
the New York woman's division of the 
United States Employment Service. 



insure parents that boys will be well looked 
after. 

A number of high schools through their 
principals have already signified their in- 
tention of using the farm craft lessons as 
a means of giving boys a little preliminary 
training in farm problems. 

General L. F. Burpee ) as expressed his 
readiness to organize a Junior State Guard 
under which all boys down to the age of 
sixteen may receive military training under 
the State Guard officers. This docs not 
mean that the course is only open to High 
School boys. All boys within the required 
ages are invited. The only require- 
ment is that they shall fur.ish suitable drill 
halls and have at least fifty boys who de- 
sire the training. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 



RECRUITING FARM LABOR 
IS IMMEDIATE NECESSITY 



How the Service Assists Superintend" 
ents and the Department of Justice 



David Elder, Farm-help Specialist, asso- 
ciated with the United States Employment 
Service at the State Capitol, recently 
addressed a meeting of the chairmen of the 
County Labor Boards concerning the neees- 
of recruiting farm labor at once for 
the winter's needs and for next season's 
food planting. lie remarked in substance 
as follows: 

It is the experience of our employment 
offices that the recruiting and placing of 
farm labor is perhaps the most expensive 
in time and effort of any class of labor we 
have to handle. In one of our large offices 
where considerable farm labor has been 
handled this year, the superintendent 
agreed with me the other day that it was 
about as easy to place ten men in an 
ordinary factory as to place one man on a 
farm. The natural result of this has been 
that, unless special attention was given to 
the requirements of the farmers, the 
tendency would be to neglect this end of 
the work and if we are not careful, the 
farmers will get the little end of the deal. 
We find that the offices that are getting 
the best results are those who have a special 
man in charge of all farm labor. In fact, 
even in other states, the offices which have 
a special farm man are about the only ones 
that do anything about recruiting farm 
labor. 

It has been pointed out earlier in the day 
that the harvesting of our perishable food 
rops is in danger, but that must not lead 
us to the conclusion that the chief demand 
for farm help is temporary. Many of us 
who are unfamiliar with farming are too 
prone to assume that the farmers do not 
provide permanent employment. The facts 
are that permanent rather than temporary 
employment is our chief concern. We need 
thoroughly experienced farmers who will 
work the year around and can keep their 
jobs the rest of their lives if they are satis- 
factory. 

We must not allow ourselves to think that 
because Connecticut is primarily a muni- 
tion producing state that we can neglect 
l he food producers. Mr. Hoover tells us 
that where last, year we substituted food 
tli is year we will be asked to eat less food. 
Our friends in Europe are about to call on 
as never before for food. This year 
Russia has produced only 20% of her 
normal amount of food. We have an- 
nounced our intention to save Russia if 



we can. The people who will win Russia 
will be the people who can supply food 
and it is going to take a lot of it. 

With the present conditions in Europe 
we must insist on efficiency in farming as 
well as in any other line of production. 
There are two classes of farmers which 
will hardly be considered as essential: on 
one hand the private estates which employ 
a large number of men but produce little 
food: on the other, the very small farmer 
who, although he does not need help very 
badly might perhaps like to employ a man 
at about half the regular wage. Neither 
of these classes but the large number of 
practical men who are producing the bulk 
of our food supply, and- are unable to get 
help, demand attention. Only the other day, 
one of the leading dairymen of the state 
sold a herd of 70 cows chiefly because he 
could not obtain sufficient help at the price 
he felt able to pay. This does not mean that 
you and I will have to go without milk for 
the market milk will be brought in from a 
greater distance. It does mean, however, 
that a creamery or eheese-factory in 
northern Vermont or New York may have 
to shut down in order to supply that milk, 
and this in the face of the fact that the 
Food Administration is seriously consider- 
ing putting us on butter rations. The 
importance of such concentrated produce 
as butter and cheese in feeding our soldiers 
and our allies is obvious. 

New Haven Incidents 

The employment Service of New Haven 
lias been successful in several instances, 
with the co-operation of the Department 
of Justice operatives, in hunting up " key 
men " in industries who were staying out 
of the shop for a day or two or more, 
thereby slowing up production in depart- 
ments which took the product from them 
ami carried it to completion. One such 
instance was a man beyond draft age who 
had worked only a few days each week for 
two months past and because of his skill 
was absolutely necessary to the completion 
of a contract for canteens for the army 
and navy. The fact that the secret service 
and the United States Employment Service 
handled this man and his delinquency with- 
out publicity was doubly effective in that 
it spread the story from person to person 
throughout the shop. It gave an air of 
mystery as to how the delinquent was known 
and found that caused others to realize the 
situation. 

One of the large hospitals for convales- 
cent, soldiers is located in New Haven. 
Recently a considerable quantity of coal 
i\;i-< badly needed at the hospital and had 
to be handled immediately. There was no 
labor available at the hospital and no 
common labor was on the books of the 
Employment Service awaiting placement. 
A business concern within a mile of the 
hospital had recently been aided by the 
Employment Service in securing several 
men to complete its necessary force. That 
concern was at once appealed to to loan 
twelve men for twelve hours, and cheerfully 
and patriotically assisted. The coal was 
moved to the bins, the patients were kept 
warm and there was no overturn of labor 
in any plant due to an offer of extraor- 
dinary wages. 



Insidious New Propaganda 
Begun by Solf Opposed 
and Resented by Council 

(Continued from page 1) 



voted that the duties of the finance com- 
mittee be transferred to the budget com- 
mittee; and that the following committees 
and departments be continued without ex- 
pense: Commercial relations, military and 
naval, state protection, transportation and 
Liberty choruses. In conclusion the council 
voted that the following committees and 
departments be continued temporarily: ex- 
ecutive, woman's division, legal, federal fuel 
administration, health and recreation,, four 
minute men, food supply, United States 
employment service, United States Boys' 
Working Reserve. 

The resignation of George B. Chandler, 
chairman of the Department of Publicity, 
having been presented in such a way as to 
make its acceptance imperative, the same 
was accepted and the following expression 
of appreciation of the extraordinary services 
rendered by Mr. Chandler was unanimously 
adopted : 

As soon as the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense was organized in April, 1917, it 
became apparent that one of the most im- 
portant tasks to be undertaken by it would 
be the establishment of a Department of 
Publicity for the purpose of stimulating 
public morale and circulating war news 
originating in the council or at Washing- 
ton, and Mr. Chandler was at once recog- 
nized and selected as the outstanding in- 
dividual best equipped for carrying on this 
work. 

Mr. Chandler, despite somewhat impaired 
health, promptly accepted this responsible 
position and from that time until the time 
of his resignation has exhibited such fore- 
sight and appreciation of the particular 
needs of the people in the way of educative 
propaganda and has shown such unusual 
and varied skill and fertility of imagina- 
tion in devising suitable plans and methods 
of arousing the attention and interest of 
our citizens to the vital issues of the war 
and to their responsibilities as to have made 
the publicity department of this council 
second to none in the United States, and to 
have won frequent favorable comment and 
approval from governmental departments at 
Washington and from other sources. 

This council therefore desires to express 
its great appreciation of the work which 
Mr. Chandler has accomplished and to ex- 
tend to him on its own behalf and on be- 
half of the State of Connecticut, to which 
he has brought honor and credit, its thanks 
for his patriotic zeal and untiring energy. 

The council voted that several special 
committees be appointed, the first to confer 
with Dr. Valeria H. Parker, and with the 
state police commission in regard to the 
plan for the consolidation of part of the 
work of the Health and Recreation Depart- 
ment with the state police. 

The second committee to confer with the 
State Health Council to make plans for 
the continuation of the work of the Child 
Welfare Department under the jurisdiction 
of that council. 

The third committee to take up with the 
executive committee of the Americanization 
department and with Mr. Wheaton, the 
preparation of legislation to be presented 
bv this council. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Insidious New Propaganda 
Begun by Solf Opposed 
and Resented by Council 

(Contin ued from page 4) 

When the above work is finished the 
fourth committee will make arrangements 
with the state board of finance for joint 
meetings of the council or the special com- 
mittees with that, board, and with repre- 
sentatives of the State Health Council and 
the State Police Board, before which meet- 
ing representatives of the health and 
recreation department, the department of 
child welfare, and the Americanization 
department shall appear in order that the 
above programs may be made clear to the 
finance board. 

These joint meetings are to be arranged 
for dates not later than December 15. 
Those present at this session of the council 
were: His Excellency. Governor Marcus H. 
Holcomb, Chairman Richard M. Bissell, 
Joseph W. Alsop, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach. 
Charles G. Bill, Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley, 
Frank D. Cheney, Lucius F. Robinson, 
Caroline Ruutz-Rees of the council; Mar- 
garet T. Corwin, Mrs. Perrin C. Galpin, 
Treasurer John T. Roberts, Anna B. Sands, 
Henry M. Wriston, Arthur L. Shipman. 

The Connecticut Stair Council of Defense 
met in general session on November 25 at 
11.45. The meeting opened with Chairman 
Richard M. Bissell reading the resignation 
of Samuel Ferguson, a director of non-war 
construction — the resignation being due to 
the fact that all restrictions on building 
are now lifted. Mr. Bissell spoke in ap- 
preciation of the efficient work of this de- 
partment, and expressed the gratitude of 
the council to Mr. Ferguson. The council 
voted to accept the resignation and to ex- 
press its cordial appreciation and tender its 
thanks for Sir. Ferguson's patriotic service. 
The council then voted that the executive 
department be empowered to make arrange- 
ments with the Connecticut Society of Civil 
Engineers to collect certain data. This is 
the data desired by the Council of National 
Defense in behalf of the War Labor Policies 
Board, and also data concerning county and 
municipal projects delayed by the war, or 
now in prospect. 

A telegram from the Fifth Avenue Asso- 
ciation to His Excellency, the Governor, 
Marcus H. Holcomb, was referred by him 
to the council. It requested participation 
in the decoration of Fifth Avenue, New 
York, as an " Avenue of States." The 
council votes that the executive department 
be authorized to secure the co-operation of 
a committee of Connect icttt citizens in New 
York to arrange the matter. 

Those present at the meeting were: Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell. Joseph W. Alsop, 
Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Charles G. Bill. 
Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley. Frank D. Cheney, 
Ira M. Ornburn, Lucius F. Robinson, Caro- 
line Ruutz-Rees, of the Council; Margaret 
T. Corwin, Mrs. Perrin ('. Galpin, Treas- 
urer John T. Roberts. Anna B. Sands, 
Henry M. Wriston; also the following 
chairmen and members of committees — H. 
J. Baker, George B. Chandler, William C. 
I heney, Samuel Ferguson, Harrison B. 
Freeman. George S. Godard, Leo A. Korper, 
George M. Landers, G. Ellsworth Meech, 
Elijah Rogers, Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr.. 
Thomas W. Russell, Robert Scoville, Arthur 
L. Shipman, Guy C. Smith. 



MEETING OF NOVEMBER 18 



At the general' meeting of the Council 
on November 18, Margaret F. Corwin, secre- 
tary for woman's work reported for the wo- 
man's division on the subject of a "Back to 
School " drive. As a result of consulta- 
tion with the State Board of Education and 
a survey of the situation, it was recom- 
mended that such a drive be made in order to 
increase attendance at the high schools 
and trade schools. Mrs. T. Belknap Beach 
discussed the matter briefly and it was 
voted that the woman's division be au- 
thorized to carry on a " Back to School " 
campaign in co-operation with the State 
Board of Education. 

J. T. Jackson, of the Connecticut Society 
of Civil Engineers appeared for that body 
and presented an offer of co-operation in 
the work of reconstruction. L. F. Pack of 
the same Society spoke briefly, Mr. Bissell 
expressed the appreciation of the Council, 
and it was voted that the offer of co-opera- 
tion on the part of the Connecticut Society 
of ( i\il Engineers be gratefully accepted, 
and that the Executive Department be in- 
structed to take up with this society at the 
earliest opportunity the discussion of its 
participation in reconstruction work in 
Connecticut. 

In regard to the subject of encouragement 
of sheep raising. Commissioner J. M. Whit- 
tlesey spoke briefly and requested the ap- 
pointment of a committee of the Council to 
consider the matter. 

It was thereupon voted that the chair- 
man appoint a committee to consist of 
three members of the Council and such 
others as may be desirable, which shall 
investigate the whole subject of sheep rais- 
ing in Connecticut with a view to submit- 
ting a bill to the legislature, if after study 
they deem that action advisable. 

Robert. Scoville reported on the matter 
of returning soldiers to the land. The 
Council then voted that the chairman ap- 
point a Committee of three or more to 
study the matter of returning soldiers to 
tin' land and report a comprehensive plan 
of procedure. 

Mr. Bissell reported on the situation in 
Washington to the effect that realization 
there is keen of the critical nature of the 
approaching period, but that the program 
of action is not yet matured enough to make 
the future clear. The indications are that 
there is still a great deal of work to be 
done through the agency of State Councils. 
Those present at the meeting were Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell. Joseph W. Alsop, 
Charles O. Bill. Mrs. T. Belknap Beach. 
William BroSmith, Mrs. Morgan G. Bulke- 
ley. Frank D. Cheney. Adjutant General 
George M. Cole. Alton T. Miner. James T. 
Moran, Ira M. Ornburn. Lucius F. Robin- 
son, Caroline Ruutz-Rees and Justice 
George W. Wheeler of the Council; Mar- 
garet T. Corwin, Mrs. Perrin C. Galpin, 
Treasurer John T. Roberts, Anna B. Sands, 
Henry M. Wriston; also the following chair- 
men and members of committees and sub- 
committees; Mrs. J. W. Alsop, H. J. Baker, 
Dr. W. IT. Brown, H. R. Buck, George B. 
Chandler, Anna. W. Coale, Charles ('. Cook, 
I. G. Davis, R. E. Dodge, Harrison B. 
Freeman. George S. Godard, J. T. Jackson, 
George M. Landers, L. F. Pack, Dr. Valeria 
H. Parker. Elijah Rogers, Samuel Russell, 
Jr.. Robert Scoville. Professor Guv Smith 
and J. M. Whittlesey. 

At. the executive session of the Council, 



Mr. Bissell reported on a meeting in Wash- 
ington of chairmen of State Councils at 
which the following resolutions were adopted. 
" RESOLVED as the sense of this meet- 
ing that federal policies and plans having 
to do with matters of readjustment and re- 
organization can best be administered with- 
in the stit.>s by representative local agen- 
cies such a- the State Councils of Defense 
rather than by federal agencies, with this 
purpose in view we respectfully urge that 
only by means of a closer 'contact be- 
tween the several federal activities and 
the State Councils of Defense can such a 
plan be carried out. 

"RESOLVED M RTHER that a copy of 
this resolution be sent to the Council of 
National Defense and to every State Council 
of Defense. " 

Mr. Bissell then read a memorandum with 
reference to future activities of the Coun- 
cil. A general discussion followed, and it 
was voted. 

That the chairman be requested to pre- 
pare a letter to be sent at once to all war 
bureaus and to the press expressive of the 
desire of this Council that they maintain 
their organizations intact. 

The Council voted that copies of the re- 
ports of committee chairmen on the future 
activities of their committees be sent to 
each member of the Council; and that, the 
budget committee be authorized to add to 
their number, for purposes of study, and to 
report to the Council at the next meeting 
upon the future activities of committees. 

It also voted that the budget, committee 
be authorized to dispose of property of the 
Council which is no longer necessary to its 
work, and of which it has the right to dis- 
pose. 

Mr. Stanley H. Holmes presented pro- 
posals of the Americanization department 
for a registration of non-English speaking 
persons in certain communities, a con- 
ference on the subject of evening schools, 
and certain printing designed to stimulate 
attendance in evening schools. 

The Council voted that the plans as 
presented be approved, and that the Publi- 
city department be instructed to take cogni- 
zance of the latest propaganda enacting 
from Germany, designed to arouse divisive 
tendencies, with a view to combating it. 
Those present at this meeting were Chair- 
man Richard M. Bissell. Joseph W. Alsop. 
Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Charles G. Bill, 
William BroSmith. Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley, 
Frank D. Cheney. Adjutant General George 
M. Cole, Alton T. Miner, James T. Moran, 
Ira M. Ornburn, Lucius F. Robinson, 
Caroline Ruutz-Rees. Justice George W. 
Wheeler of the Council : Margaret T. Corwin, 
Mrs. Perrin C. Calpin. Treasurer John T. 
Roberts. Anna B. Sands, and Henry M. 
Wriston. 



TO RECRUIT CIVILIANS 



For the further carrying out of the policy 
expressed by President Wilson in his 
proclamation of June 17, 1918, that a 
centralized agency must have sole direction 
of all recruiting of civilian workers, the 
United States Employment Service, from 
and after November 15, will take under its 
exclusive control and direction the recruit- 
ment of women workers. This statement 
was made by Leo A. Korper. Federal 
Director for Connecticut of the United 
States Employment Service, following 
advices from Washington. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



The Prudential Committee 
Renders Report Relative 
to Continuance of Council 

(Continued from page 1) 



women now constituting its central author- 
ity, but of thousands of volunteer commit- 
tee workers with an efficient organization 
in every city and town in the state. 

This 'country and state were utterly lack 
ing in machinery adequate to undertake the 
work made necessary by war conditions. 
The fact that a very large percentage, prac- 
tically all of the work was organized and 
planned by volunteers and executed with 
uniform success by thousands of volunteer 
workers all over Connecticut is to be ever- 
lasting credit of the state. Mistakes have 
been made, of course, which could not have 
been wholly avoided even had the workers 
been trained for the emergency so immense 
was the task. But the fact that under the 
h ise, able and patient leadership of ( k>v- 
efhdr EoIc6inl5] EEIi Council, and the multi- 
tude of loyal men and women constituting 
its organization throughout the state, have 
been so largely the means employed whereby 
Connecticut has, with a minimum of ex- 
pense, been placed and kept in the very 
front rank of the states of the nation in its 
war work, speaks well for the efficiency of 
the organization. 

We all resent the fact that Germany in 
forcing us into war made it necessary for 
this state to spend to November 1st a total 
of $195,000 to carry on our war work, but 
this sum seems small in comparison with 
the expenditures of other states for similar 
work; for example, Massachusetts has spent 
over $694,000, Maryland, $550,000, and 
Michigan, $3,500,000." 

We must consider that there is public 
sentiment that the Council has done its 
work, that the war is over, and the object 
for which the Council was created has been 
accomplished, and that, therefore, its activ- 
ities should cease. We must take into con- 
sideration the American trait of a feeling 
of resentment against what is considered 
interference with personal or business 
activities. This feeling has been largely 
laid aside during the war, but is very prop- 
erly returning perhaps stronger than ever 
after having been held in restraint. We 
must also consider the perfectly natural 
and normal desire of the men and women of 
this Council and its organization to return 
to their long neglected business affairs, 
which they have unselfishly laid aside, often 
at considerable real sacrifice to undertake 
1 1 1 i — work. 

It would be truly deplorable, however, 
for the American people to fall back into 
old ways of selfishness and waste, to lose 
any of' the benefits to the nation and the 
individual taught by sacrifice and labor 
for others and by war conservation methods 
and habits of thrift. 

Not less than the problems of the war 
period, are the problems of the reconstruc- 
tion period for our best thought and efforts. 
I he lessons taught us by the war should 
nut be lost sight of, but rather should we 
profit by them to the future benefit of the 
state and nation. 

The Council came into existence for the 
purpose of service. The signing of the 
armistice has removed the need of some of 
its activities, and further effort and ex- 
pense along such lines should cease. But 
there are other activities made necessary 



by the war, which it is of the utmost im- 
portance to continue under the uncertainties 
of readjustment, until such time as the 
need has been removed, or until they can be 
taken over by duly authorized agencies. 
Meanwhile the Connecticut State Council of 
Defense organization' constitutes the only 
means to carry on the work, and the 
National Council of Defense has asked the 
State Councils to keep their organization 
in full working efficiency to carry out the 
federal plans. 

The successful carrying on of the work 
needed will require the assistance of local 
organizations throughout the state. This 
need has been filled by the war bureaus, 
and the members of these bureaus should 
unselfishly stand by until their work is 
finished, or until it can be taken over under 
properly worked out plans looking to the 
continuance of non-partisan local organiza- 
tions valuable for the future welfare of 
our state. 

It will, with your approval, be the policy 
of this committee in supervising the ex- 
penditures of the various committees rec- 
ommend.'il in continue to see that 'they 
eliminate any details or expense justified 
under the pressure of war conditions, but 
the discontinuance of which now would not 
imperil the successful carrying on of what 
necessarily remains of their work. 

Taking into careful consideration the fore- 
going, it has been the effort of your com- 
mittee to consider and recommend the con- 
tinuance of such work as would in our 
opinion be justified under present condi- 
tions. 

In dealing with the individual commit- 
tees we have divided them into four groups: 
Committees whose activities it is the 
opinion of our committee should under 
existing conditions, be discontinued: co- 
ordination of societies, education, finance, 
registration and training, sanitation and 
medicine, war exhibits. 

Committees recommended to continue, but 
without further expense: legal committee, 
commercial relations, department of state 
protection, transportation, liberty chorus, 
military and naval. Committees of war 
activities whose work it is necessary to tem- 
porarily continue. Under this heading, as 
your committee advises the continuance of 
the activities, we give briefly in connection 
with each committee our reasons for so 
doing: — 

Executive department: This department 
is, of course, the direct means by which the 
federal agency gets in touch with the state 
organization. 

Woman's division: As an aid to the execu- 
tive department of the Council in its various 
activities, and as an aid in carrying out 
the work of other activities necessary to 
continue, such as, Americanization, Child 
Welfare, and Health and Recreation. 

Federal Fuel Administration: It is a 
federal activity' but requires some funds 
from the Council for the successful carrying 
on of its work in this state and must be 
continued until such time as discontinued 
by the Federal Government. 

Fuel Conservation: Owing to the con- 
tinued serious shortage of anthracite, Wash- 
ington plans the continuance of conserva- 
tion education, particularly in connection 
with home economy. Practically all of the 
expense is borne by Washington, but there 
are likely to be small items which the Coun- 
cil will be called upon to pay. 

Health and Recreation: There is prob- 
ably even more need for the work of this 
committee at the present time than here- 
tofore, and your committee is wholly in 



sympathy with the continuance of this work 
in the present. We feel, however, that a 
portion of the work this committee is now 
doing can gradually he turned over to volun- 
teer organizations, and another portion with 
Legislative approval, to the State Police 
Department. 

Four Minute Men : It is necessary to 
continue for the present the work of this 
committee in connection with the federal 
plans concerning these speakers. There is 
but little expense entailed. 

Food Supply Committee and all of Allied 
Committees under this heading: The short- 
age in the world's supply of food will even- 
tually adjust itself, hut there is still a neces- 
sity for temporary work in this state until 
such time as it can be turned over to other 
agencies. 

Publicity: Your committee is of the 
"pinion that there is great need of the 
continuance of energetic publicity work, 
not on the extensive scale that has been 
necessary in the past, but with ample pro- 
visions to take care of the needs of the 
future. The insidious German propaganda 
recently being put out, is a case in point, 
and requires energetic and forceful hand- 
ling. Your committee suggests that such 
work as remains for this committee should 
be merged in that of the executive depart- 
ment. 

United States Employment Service which 
includes the Boys' Working Reserve: This 
is largely a federal activity, though very 
properly closely allied and merged with 
state control and requiring state funds. 
Until federal policy is decided, it will be 
impossible to know what will be the future 
of this department. Meanwhile, we recom- 
mend continuance of state aid. 

Committees whose activities should be 
continued giving special attention to the 
perfecting of a program which will justify 
the Legislature in making them permanent 
activities. Under this heading comes the 
work of committees whose activities while 
not strictly war work are much too valuable 
to lose, and we recommend the continuance 
of these activities until such time as, in a 
proper and orderly manner, they can be 
brought to the attention of the legislature. 
Ainericani/ation : The future safety of 
our institutions rests largely upon the edu- 
cation of our people, to the end that the 
people of all races and nationalities within 
the state shall he united harmoniously. 

Child Welfare: Starting in the face of 
much prejudice, this work has gained the 
respect and confidence of all classes. 

Committee on Historical Records: The 
work of this committee very properly should 
be included in the State Library plans, but 
until appropriation is made it is necessary 
for this Council to provide the funds so 
that the work of committee and its work 
will be of great importance to the state in 
the future. 

In advising the continuance of the last 
group of committees enumerated, we sug- 
gest that each committee prepare a record 
of their work accomplished and their plans 
for the future, with definite and explicit 
reasons for a continuance, that such reports 
may be available for the proper committees 
of "the Legislature having in charge the 
future of all this work. 




Vol. II 



Qlomtgrttott Ittllrtiit 

Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, DECEMBER 13, 1918 




No. 10 



GOVERNOR VOICES A 
WARNING AGAINST 

GERMAN PROPAGANDA 



Alienate American People from 
Entente — Posters and Leaflets Pre- 
pared by Council to Expose this 
Manoeuvre 



WOMAN'S DIVISION HOLDS 
CONFERENCE ON STATE'S 
INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM 



Declares Solf's Notes are Intended to Labor Exchanges in England — Future 



OPINIONS OF EMINENT MEN 

ON OUR PROPER ATTITUDE 



" Dr. Solf realizes that the only quarter 
mi earth from which Germany may expect 
sympathy is a certain sentimental and mis- 
guided elemenl in the United Stairs." de- 
clared Governor Marcus H. Holeomb when 
his attention was called to the cam 
paign instituted by the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense to combat the propa- 
ganda instituted by the German Foreign 
Minister after the signing of the armistice. 

" The real object of Dr. Solf's whining 
notes is to alienate the American people 
from the Entente." the Governor said. 
" Solf hopes to secure peace terms which 
will leave Oermany strung enough to start 
a future war for world conquest. At the 
peace table we should not think of revenge; 
i one of the Allies will do that, but, when 
framing the peace terns, the United States 
should remember Germany's crimes. We 
may rest assured that France, England 
and [taly need no reminder to do this, for 
they are the ones who have really sufl'ered. 

"Germany's recent Hood of world-wide 
propaganda proves thai her power for devil- 
try is not yel crushed. Let us not be 
duped by Self's appealing phrases. Lei 
us. rather, resolve that a united America 
shall endorse (lie Ulied demand that the 
peace term-, make Germany incapable of 
future mischief." 

To combat the Solf propaganda the Cpn- 
neticut state Council of Defense lias issued 
a large poster headed " Stand Fast America, 
Beware the Soft Pedal " and a leaflet bear- 
ing the message "Justice but no Flowers." 
The clergy and woman's clubs of the slate 
have been asked to point out the dangers 
attending the Solf propaganda, and all 
supervisors of schools have been asked to 
request the teachers under their jurisdiction 
lo explain to the children the significance 
of Solf's notes. These agencies have been 
provided for their convenience, with a leaf- 
lei containing a digest of .all the German 
I'm eign Minister's not( s. 

"Dr. Solf net long ago was unit I 

spoken as to what Germany must have in 
I he w i\ of peace eondil ions in order to 
insure her proper development," said 
Richard M. Bissell, Chairman of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense. 

"Tlie armistice makes a realization of 
any of those conditions entirely out of 
the question, and to a man of Solf's express 
beliefs the conditions of the armistice must 
be very distasteful indeed. With true 
(Concduded on page 6) 



of Female Workers in that Country 
— Reports from Household Depart = 
ment and Women's Land Army — 
Problems of Placement Secretaries 



ORGANIZATION AND PLANS 

OF WOMANS' DIVISION 



The problem presented by the demobili- 
zation of the industrial army of this state, 
particularly as it regards women, was the 
subject of a conference under the auspices 
of the woman's division of the United States 
Employment Service held in the Hall of 
tic House in the State Capitol on Thurs- 
day. December 5th. 

Miss Mary Van Kleeck, Chief of the 
Women in Industry Section of the United 
States Department of Labor, called atten- 
tion to the fact that the industrial problem 
in Connecticut for women is not merely a 
war problem. However, the need of a 
national employment service has been dem- 
on-trated during the acute industrial situ- 
ation. In England the Ministry of Muni- 
tions was the first governmental department 
to evolve definite industrial standards for 
munition workers. In the United States, 
the Ordnance Bureau lias made recom- 
mendation- to industrial plants furnishing 
munitions. The need of creating instru- 
mentalities for adjusting differences be- 
tween the employer and the employee with 
the public maintaining the balance has been 
made clear during the war period. 

Miss Helen Fraser next described briefly 
the organization of the labor exchanges in 
England which were supported by the Gov- 
ernment haig before the war. The country 
was divided into districts with a branch 
exchange in each district for both men 
and women. Private agencies continued 
in cue for the placement of servants. 
Certain other employment bureaus had ex- 
cellent records of the professional women 
workers in the country, whose special re- 
sponsibility was the giving of vocational 
guidance to young persons. Care Com- 
mittees made up of public spirited vol- 
unteers interested in the work of the em- 
ployment exchange were the connecting link 
betwe n the school- and the employment 
exchange. An Advisory Board (which to 
i certain extent corresponds to our Com- 
munity Labor Boards) was appointed for 
eai li district . 

After the war broke out. the labor ex- 
changes if Cieat Britain were removed 
from the Heard of Trade and placed under 
the jurisdiction of the Mini-try of Labor. 
In demobilizing, the same agencies will be 
used a- during the war. 

The stabilizing etl'eet of the employment 
exchange in England was illustrated by the 
fact that to avoid the competition of wages,! 
i ( loncluded on page 6) | 



COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DE- 
FENSE ASKS CONNECTICUT 
COUNCIL TO CONTINUE 



Suggest Co-operation of War Bureaus 
With Employment Service — To 
Publish Agricultural Bulletin — Dup= 
licate Records of Personal Service 
to be Transmitted to State Library 



MORRIS E. ALLINQ AND 

HOWELL CHENEY RESIGN 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
met in genera] session on the morning of 
December 9. The 'meeting opened with 
Joseph W. ANop reporting, on behalf of 
Mr. Mm an, the progress of the special 
Health and Recreation Committee. Justice 
George \Y. Wheeler spoke for the special 
committee on child welfare. 

Chairman Richard M. Bissell read a letter 
from 1). It. McLennan, the Chief of the 
Non-War Construction section of the War 
Industries Board, announcing the comple- 
tion of his task, and thanking the Council 
and it- officers for the work done in Con- 
necticut. 

Mr. Alsop reported for the executive de- 
partment mi the proposed co-operation of 
War Bureaus and the United States Em- 
ployment Service. He suggested use of War 
Bureaus to spread information, particu- 
larly where the Employment Service has 
no offices, also use of War Bureaus in 
smaller tow ns to survey the needs of smaller 
industrial concerns in such towns. 

Justice Wheeler explained the plans on 
foot in Bridgeport, and made inquiry into 
the proposals to take care of wounded and 
injured soldiers capable of limited service. 

Mr. Bissell read portions of a letter from 
the Extension Service of the Connecticut 
Agricultural College, suggesting publication 
of a bulletin concerning agriculture in Con- 
necticut and its possibilities, the purpose 
being to bring Connecticut to the attention 
of soldiers who might be attracted to agri- 
culture. The Council voted in favor of such 
a publication. 

A letter from Howell Cheney, announcing 
his resignation from the position of Direc- 
tor of War Savings in Connecticut, was 
read. The Council voted to accept the 
resignation with expression of the grati- 
tude of the Council for faithful and effec- 
tive work. The resignation of Morris E. 
Ailing as director of the Four Minute Men 
was similarly accepted. 

George S. Godard reported on the meeting 
of the Historical Records Department held 

on Saturday. 1 ember 7. detailing the 

activities of the department. He requested 
that the War Bureaus be requested to trans- 
mit the duplicate sets of Connecticut per- 
sonal military service record cards to the 
State Library. The Council passed a vote 
in favor. 

Mr. Bissell then read a telegram from 
the Council of National Defense requesting 
(Concluded on page 6) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 



Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
mittees and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to he a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



Vol. II HARTFORD, CONN., DEC. 13.1918 No. 10 



AMERICANIZATION CON- 
FERENCE DISCUSSES PLANS 



Open State Campaign by Bringing 

Various Committees and Members 

Together 



On Wednesday and Thursday, December 
11th and 12th, the Department of Ameri- 
canization conducted an Americanization 
conference in the Hall of the House of 
Representatives at the State Capitol, Hart- 
ford. The meeting opened on Wednesday 
with a "(Jet Acquainted" gathering, when 
ii embers of the State Department met with 
delegates and guests and discussed their 
local needs and conditions. 

The afternoon session began at 2 o'clock 
and discussed the general topic "National 
and State Plan for Americanization." This 
session heard addresses on the " Function 
of the Council in Americanization Work," 
" The State Problem of Americanization," 
"The National Plan," "The State's Plan 
to Meet the State's Problem." 

In the evening a general session open to 
the public considered various national and 
state aspects of Americanization. 

On the morning of December 12 a Round 
Table was conducted, having for its general 
topic "Plans for Local Americanization 
Committees." After hearing a general dis- 
eussion on the subject "Organizing a Com- 
munity for Americanization Work" the 
delegates present discussed various questions 
relating to the tentative local plan pre- 
sented to the conference by the State Di- 
rector of Americanization. 

At 1:30 P.M. an Americanization 
luncheon was held, and ten minute talks 
were given by representative business men 
and others. 

The afternoon session was a Round Table 
discussion of " Industrial Americanization." 
At this time the industrial plan was pre- 
sented and various questions relating to 
it effective operation were discussed. 

The purpose of the conference was to 
open up the state campaign of Amerirani 
zation by bringing together all members 
of the sixty-six local Americanization com 
unites organized under the department, 
together with the presidents of the chambers 
of commerce, manufacturers' associations 
and other industrial men, the superinten- 
dents of schools in communities having 
night .schools, and Americanization workers 
• specially with the question. Final 
n! was reached upon important 
aspe ts of the state and local plan, so that 
now the department is in a position to go 
ahead witli the support of its entire or- 
ganization. 



CONNECTICUT MOTOR CORPS 
STILL URGENTLY NEEDED 



Organization Has Proved Itself Qener» 

ous in Response and bfficient 

in Execution 



GOVERNOR INVITES OTHERS TO JOIN 

\liout S00 men and women are now 
actively identified with the Conwecticui 
Motor Corps, according to a statement by 
Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr.. of Middletown, 
Colonel of the Corps, and Mrs. F. S. Strong 
of New Haven, Lieutenant Colonel. This 
number does not include automobile owners 
who, in response to Governor Marcus H. 
Ilolcomb's automobile census of 1017, vol- 
unteered their cars in case of need. 

Governor Holcomb spoke with enthu- 
siasm concerning the record of the Corps. 
and said he hoped for a generous response 
to invitations to join its ranks. 

" No phase of Connecticut's 100 per cent 
loyal and efficient support of the Federal 
Government during the greatest crisis in 
our national history has been more en- 
thusiastic than the work of the Connecticut 
Motor Corps," said the Governor. " And 
few of the state's agencies of defense have 
I n more valuable and efficient. 

"Incorporated as a division of the De- 
partment of Transportation Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, with the express 
purpose of co-ordinating individual efforts 
into one effective movement, the corps has 
independently, given for a long period 
services as varied as they were valuable. 
Automobile owners extended the use of 
their cars for Liberty Loan meetings and 
for war rallies. During the recent in- 
fluenza epidemic there were cars in abund- 
ance for the transportation of doctors and 
nurses. Again, the transportation of the 
French Army Band, when it toured Con- 
necticut for seven days in September, 1918. 
was furnished by the same patriotic men 
ami women. 

The Motor Corps has stood ready to 
serve United War Work campaigners. 
Liberty Loan, Red Cross and War Savings 
workers. It will also extend assistance to 
war bureaus. When the American troops 
come home it will have a still broader field 
of usefulness. I personally hope, therefore, 
that responses to invitations to join its 
rank will continue to be prompt and 
generous." 

During the months following the entry 
of the United States into the war. accord- 
ing to Mrs. Russell's statement, patriotic 
Connecticut women offered to drive their 
cars wdierever voluntary transportation 
would be of assistance to defense agencies 
and similar organizations engaged in war 
activities. In fourteen Connecticut cities 
the women formed local units designated 
in general as Motor Messenger Corps. 
Through the organization of the local units 
the members continued to contribute the 
use of their motor cars for transportation 
required and requested by war workers 
campaigning for such activities as the 
liberty Loan, War Savings, United War 
Work anil Red Cross drives. 

So great was the demand for some form 
of patriotic , and volunteer transportation 
that the Motor Messenger Corps received 
an enthusiastic reception by all defense 
and charitable organizations, and the 
members responded to all requests. 

h. «f 9. 
u£C 23 1918 






To maintain a more flexible organization 
and to provide sufficient transportation 
facilities to meet the increased number of 
requests, some recognition was desirable 
from the State Council of Defense which 
would tend to combine the individual work 
■ f the units into one effective effort. 
With this object in view the Motor Service 
was incorporated into the Department of 
Transportation, State Gouncil of Defense, 
under the title of the Connecticut Motor 
Corps, with Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Strong 
respectively as Colonel and Lieutenant- 
( 'olonel. 

The Connecticut Motor Corps was or- 
ganized territorially into six divisions con- 
forming to the districts of the State Guard. 
Each division is commanded by a major. 
In the first division Mrs. H. G. Armstrong 
of Hartford is major; in the second divi- 
sion, Mrs. Roger White, 2nd, of New Haven; 
in the third division, Mrs. Eben Learned 
of Norwich; in the fourth division. Mrs. 
1 harles G. Sanford of Bridgeport; in the 
fifth division, Miss Katherine Smith of 
Waterbury; and in the sixth division, Miss 
Pauline Wilcox of Middletown. 

Following the association of the Motor 
Corps with the Connecticut Council of De- 
fense, the latter directed certain War 
Bureaus to co-operate with the divisional 
major in organizing local units of the 
Motor Corps. At present several addi- 
:ii ii il units are in the process of formation. 

The automobile owners who volunteered 
their cars following Governor Holcomb's 
automobile census renewed the offer of 
these cars to the department of transpor- 
tation of the State Council, and the cars 
were added to the auxiliary section of the 
Motor Corps especially prepared to handle 
transportation of speakers and other trans- 
port at ion work. 

An estimate showing the commercial value 
of the service furnished by the Connecticut 
Motor Messenger Corps will be found in 
the Transportation department's report to 
the i ouncil. The report will emphasize 
the faet that these estimates do not include 
all transportation of doctors, visiting 
nurses and attendants who were active in 
combating the influenza. Nor will the es- 
timate include the fifty requests for trans- 
portation of speakers to various meetings 
held in connection with the United War 
Work campaign. 



U. S. OFFICIAL BULLETIN 



The official United States Bulletin, pub- 
lished daily at Washington, during the war, 
and sent freely to all interested to dis- 
seminate information concerning the na- 
tion' war activities, will no longer be sent 
free, but asks for subscribers, at $3 for 
six' months' trial. It contains full and 
e\ot record of casualties, prisoners, cita- 
tions for bravery; all state papers; orders 
and directions of food, fuel, railroad ad- 
ministrations; actions of the War In- 
dustries Hoard. War Trade Board, and all 
other Government activities. — Address 
United States Official Bulletin, Washington, 
1). C. 



Redeem Your Service Stars" 



A well-known Connecticut manufacturer 
has recently indicated the attitude of his 
own corporation towards returning soldiers 
and sailors, by suggesting as a slogan for 
general use, " Employers, redeem your 
service stars! " 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



COAL SHORTAGE DANGER 
IS NOT YET PAST 



Tendency to Relax Economy Must be 

Combated : Householder has 

Obligations to Public 



Charles G. Bill, bend of the conservation 
department of the state Fuel Administra- 
tion, has issued its following statement: 
" Careful attention to the question by 
the manufacturers of this state," ho said, 
"' has already resulted in what will amount 
to an actual saving of more than 300,000 
tons nf bituminous coal per year in this 
state alone. This represents a saving of 
more than $2,000,000 to the manufacturers 
in Connecticut, and it is gratifying to 
observe that this lias been accomplished 
without the slightest curtailment of output 
or operation, but by elimination of waste. 
"In view of the shortage of anthracite 
coal a proportionate saving can as readily 
be made by similar precautions on the part 
of householders. We have repeatedly urged, 
and we cannot urge too strongly, the use 
of double win. lows, weather strips, and 
Other simple devices, which will add to the 
comfort of the home, and will unquestion- 
ably save a worth while percentage of the 
coal originally used. 

" Now that the war is over, the tendency 
is to relax in any measures associated di- 
rectly with the war program, and to return 
to the standards in vogue before the war. 
We must not forget that one of the lessons 
this war has taught us is that w£, as a 
people, have overestimated the quantities 
of coal, food, etc., necessary for our comfort 
and welfare. 

" To feel that since the armistice has 
been signed any expenditure the house- 
holder lias made along the above lines, 
might have been avoided is based upon 
wrong reasoning, because if nothing is con- 
sidered but the actual return on the invest- 
ment weather strip equipment, for example, 
will save it- cost in the coal hill perhaps 
in one season, certainly in two or three, 
and will then continue to pay dividends on 
the investment year after year. 

Furthermore, t lie householder has a 
certain obligation to the interests of the 
general public in this matter. He cannot 
consider himself alone. Tbe constantly in- 
creasing business of this country is bound 
to be a larger and larger burden upon our 
transportation systems, and to take care 
of this increase we shall need not only extra 
Locomotives and freight cars but extra 
sidings, extra tracks and extra labor. Even 
in peace times it would be almost criminal 
to add to the burden upon our transpor- 
tation facilities by the cartage of a single 
ton of coal that could be saved by the 
elimination of waste. 

" When you save a ton of coal you save 
Hie cost to yourself, but you also save the 
coal necessary to burn in the locomotive 
that transports your coal to your com- 
munity and you save the cost of surplus 
labor and rolling stock. 

" It is the duty of every consumer of 
fuel, particularly of hard coal, to take 
every possible measure, including repairs 
and to proper handling of his furnace 
and stoves during the winter which is now 
upon us. Beyond that, it is the duty of 
householders to give this matter very care- 
ful attention through all the years to 
come. We are pleading with them to do 
something for their own pecuniary welfare 



Department of Food Supply 



Every county in the state is holding a 
corn show under the auspices of the farm 
bureau. Windham County was first on the 
list with its shew at Putnam held late in 
November. The New London Countj corn 
-how was held in Norwich on December 
7tb and Tolland County at Roekville on 
December loth had the largest one ever 
licld in the state. The week before the 
opening there were forty-eight ear exhibits 
on which germination tests had been made. 
This was thirteen more than had been 
made in anj other show in the state. 
Middlesex County will hold a two days' 
com exhibit in Middletown, December 18th 
and 19th; Fairfield, one lasting three days, 
January 1 1. 15 and 10. Tbe Hartford 
County corn show will come during 
fennels' week in Hartford, January 20-24. 
I he dates for Litchfield and New Haven 
Counties are not yet fixed. 



H. J. Baker, Director of the Extension 
Service in the Agricultural College at 
Storrs has announced George M. Landers' 
appointment as collaborator in the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture at a salary )f 
:i dollar :i year. Mr. Landers has been 
directed to take the oath of office inline 
diately and report to the States Relations 
Service at Washington. His duties as 
designated in the appointment consist in 
stimulating agricultural production and 
facilitating the distribution of agricultural 
products, which is exactly what Mr. 
Landers has been doing for the past nine- 
teen months in his capacity as chairman 
of the Department of Food Supply. The 
appointment carries with it the franking 
privilege and authorizes traveling at the 
government's expense. This is official recog- 
nition from Washington of the work of 
one of the council's principal committees. 

Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb has accepted 
an invitation to preside at the first general 
session of fanner-' week to be held in 
Hart lord. January 20-24. 1910. Charles 
I.. Beach, President, of the Connecticut 
Agricultural College at Storrs will preside 
:it another session and a third will be under 
the immediate direction of the Connecticut 
Slate Council of Defense. The program 
committee has announced acceptances from 
the following speakers who will be in 
Hartford during farmers' week; Dr. Burt 
I.. Hart well, Director of the Rhode Island 
Experiment Station. Dean R. L. Watts of 
the Pennsylvania State College, Potter I:. 
Taylor, manager of the Providence Fanners' 
Exchange, Prof. C. A. Zavitz of the Ontario 
Agricultural College. Howard Selby of 
Springfield, manager of the Eastern States 
Farmers' Exchange, Prof. G. F. Warren of 
Cornell University and Dr. W. II. Haskins, 
Dean of tin- New York State Veterinary 
College, whose very interesting subject i-. 
" The Country's Need for Animal Engi- 
neers." 



SPECIAL FUND FOR NURSES 
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE 



Registered Nurses Now Enabled 
Take Four Months Post- 
Graduate Course 



to 



as well as for the general welfare of the 
country. As a people, it is our duty to 
preserve the good that the war has taught." 
Mr. Bill added that any consumer in 
doubt as to what measures should be taken 
to conserve fuel could obtain complete in- 
formation from his office direct, or through 
the local fuel administrator. 



All visiting nurse association-, nurses' 
registers and accredited hospitals in Con- 
necticut are soon to be notified by the 
women's division. Connecticut State 'Coun- 
cil of Defense, that a special fund of 
$1 903 is available for scholarships for 
registered nurses to enable them to lake 
a four months' post-graduate course in 
public health nursing. The selection of 
nurses to whom tbe scholarships will be 
awarded will be made by the child welfare 
department of the Connecticut Defense 
I ouncil, which has been authorized to spend 
the money. 

The fund to be thus expended was sub- 
scribe! in Connecticut for child welfare 
work. Miss .Margaret K. Stack, field di- 
rector if the child welfare department, 
said that in view of this fact it seemed 
best to award the scholarships on the con- 
dition that tbe first year of the nurses' 
professional work after her post-graduate 
course would be done in Connecticut in 
one of the many towns that, are waiting 
for trained public health nurses before 
starting their work. 

The need of more trained public health 
nurses has been especially felt in Connecti- 
cut since the child welfare campaign by 
the woman's division of the Defense Coun- 
cil, and since the recent influenza epidemic. 

"Forty-two of the 168 towns in the 
-tale now- have public nursing organiza- 
tions, and seven more are considering 
starting such organization," Miss Stacl 
said. She added that there were several 
reasons why every town should have public 
health nursing. Some of these reasons 
were to reduce the number of infant deaths 
by giving parental care and instruction 
to mothers, making available good nursing 
and medical care at time of confinement. 
establishing milk stations and child wel- 
fare conferences, and supplying skilled 
attention for young children during their 
first dangerous years. 

Other reasons demanding public health 
nursing were to assure nursing care to 75 
per cent of the sick who cannot have full 
tine private nurses, to use every human 
means For controlling epidemics and to 
supervise the tuberculosis problem in the 
community. 

" It is obvious that there will be a 
place for every nurse who takes the four 
months course," said Miss Stack. 



E. E. SC0VILL AS HEAD 



E. E. Scovill, Chairman of the Stamford 
War Bureau, has been appointed by the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense as 
chairman of the Connecticut Citizens' Com- 
mittee, which will take up with the Fifth 

Uei Association of New York City the 

matter of the participation by Connecticut 
in tbe celebration of the home-coming of 
the American soldiers. The personnel of 
Mr, Scovill'- committee is as follows: Allen 
K. Forbes of Greenwich, and Harold 
Roberts of Stamford. Governor Marcus 
H. Holcomb has accepted an invitation to 
represent Connecticut on this occasion. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



United States Employment Service 



MUST CONTINUE COMMUNITY 
LABOR BOARDS IN STATE 



Most Important Part of this Public 

Service Still Remains to be 

Done 



UNIQUE CONDITIONS IN CONN. 



At the meeting of the woman's division 
of the United Slates Employment Service 
on December 6, Federal Director, Leo A. 
Korper, who has recently returned from 
conferring with leading officials of the labor 
department ami of the war industries board 
ami tie war labor policies board at Wash- 
ington, gave a very valuable report. He 
said in part: 

" this stale not only produced 55 per 
<fiit of the munitions used in the war from 
Mi iv country, which means that Connecticut 
produced more munitions than all the other 
states combined, but also produced a very 
large share of other war supplies. 

From this state also there went forth to 
other states a large number of skilled me- 
chanics and this bad occurred to such an 
extent before the United States Employ- 
ment. Service was established here that it 
made our task much more difficult when 
we did get at it. A very important func- 
tion of the service was in keeping in the 
state skilled workers actually needed by 
> n war industries, when all sorts of in- 
ducements were being offered them from 
outside. 

"From April 1 In November 1 the United 
States employment service placed 31,134 
persons in employment through the state 
office and its thirteen local offices in as 
many industrial centers, over 5110 persons 
were assigned to civilian work in the ord- 
nance department, several hundreds were 
appointed to military positions; 123 placed 
in the tank corps; H.5S7 men and women, 
who lor various causes started to leave 
their job-,, were persuaded to return, thus 
making a big saving in efficiency and pro- 
duction; over 2,600 men were placed on 
Connecticut farms, about half of them 
brought from outside the state. 

" Let me say a few words about the 
future. The United States Employment 
Service and the community labor boards 
have yet their biggest work to do. For 
I he great work of reconstruction, the 
authorities at Washington feel that the 
communitj labor board is the most avail- 
able and efficient machinery, to assist in 
ing the great problems at band. In 
ni In i -i.i i well organized as Con- 

necticut the formation of community boards 
is now rapidly progressing. 

" Officials of the war industries board, the 
war labor policies board and of the director 
general's "lliie ail realize and frankly state 
That Connecticut's readjustment problems 
aie greater than those of any other state. 
It is of course inevitable that war contracts 
must be cancelled and war workers changed 
over, but in a state which produced 55 per 
,,.,,! ,,i American munitions it is obvious 
that so far as this feature is concerned, 



i onnecticut is called upon to face 55 per 
cent of the readjustment problem. 

In many states where large war orders 
were filled, thousands and thousands of war 
workers were imported from outside; but 
in Connecticut, our own people set them- 
selves to the great task and our own manu- 
factures ami workers gave themselves fully 
lo war work and dropped everything else 
ami I In- very fact intensities our reconstruc- 
tion problem, in other states where so 
mam workers were imported, by far the 
larger share of those workers will now re- 
turn whence they came and the United 
stales Employment Service in those states 
will have comparatively little to do. But 
in Connecticut we must readjust our own 
factories and workers and find [daces also 
lor many of the skilled workers who left 
the stale for war work and will now come 
home. 

Another very important difficulty consists 
in the fact that as the war need developed 
(in liciit manufacturers promptly es- 
tablished intensive training classes for 
special war tasks, a nd thousands of men 
and women thus became " war-made me- 
chanics " or special operators. In Connect- 
icut muie women were taken into industry 
during the war than in any other state, 
in i only in proportion but in actual 
numbers and this fact adds another serious 
feature to our home problems. It is my 
belief that many of these women entered 
employment solely for patriotic reasons and 
will now return to their homes from an 
equal sense of duty, and it probably is the 
duty of the United States Employment 
Service to persuade them to do so if neces- 
sary. Hundreds of others who have become 
wur wankers will now need positions in 

: work and it is our duty to place 

them. 

"Official Washington is beginning to 
realize the peculiar problems of Connecti- 
cut in these matters. In my judgment 
it will be dead wrong and unfair to hasten 
ill,, cancellation of contracts in Connecti- 
cut without the fullest consideration of 
these facts, and I believe that it is fair to 
saj thai the cancellation of contracts should 
proceed even up to 100 per cent in localities 
far less perplexed and burdened before any 
serious industrial difficulties should be 
precipitated upon Connecticut. 

•• Surely, in meeting post war problems, 
it is right that this nation shall realize 
that the service of its industrial army was 
a vital factor in winning the war. and the 
S ame public sentiment which rightly insists 
upon generous treatment of its returning 
soldiers will give just consideration to the 
serious readjustment problems of war in- 
dustries and their workers." 



Period of Labor Reconstruction 

The United States employment service 
is proving a steadying influence among 
workers in the industrial centers while 
they are awaiting the determination of 
plans for the readjustment of labor from 
war t" peace basis. 

There is reason to believe that the pro- 
duction of munitions will probably continue 
f,,r a time until the reserves which were 
heavily drawn upon during the last days 



of the tremendous conflict in Europe shall 
be restored; but there must inevitably be 
some embarrassment to many workers in 
the great transition which is to come. 

Everywhere there are signs already that 
there i-, to be plenty of work for everybody 
when the productive energy of peace indus- 
tries is fairly under way. America must 
help supply the world — and no nation has 
greater natural resources or is better 
equipped to provide the needed supplies: 
First of all, food; then also the appliances 
and, to a considerable degree also, the men 
and women, needed for rebuilding the 
shattered industries of Europe and also, 
of course, to restore the depleted com- 
modities of our own country. 

There are those who predict labor trouble, 
but a little thoughtful consideration should 
indicate to both workers and employers, 
and to the people generally, that there 
must be some reaction and readjustment 
from excessive war wages and war profits, 
ami that in the readjustment "all hands" 
must lie guided first of all by a spirit of 
fair play and mutual consideration, with 
full realization that for the present and 
probably for some time to come, patience 
and self-restraint are the virtues most 
needing to be exercised by each and every 
one of us. Nothing but disturbance and 
obstruction and irretrievable loss can result 
from impatience or hasty action. 

It is apparent that the responsible officials 
al Washington are intensely occupied with 
plans for beginning the era of reconstruction 
and orders already coming from the govern- 
ment indicate a policy of deliberate con- 
sideration of all the facts, and a purpose 
to make necessary readjustments as gradu- 
ally as possible.' It is easy to criticise; 
but wisdom and best results will come 
from co-operation, with friendly discussion 
a nl pract ical suggestions. 

Loyalty in time of war has been shown 
by all classes to a degree of unity and 
efficiency which have brought success. 
I.ovali v in time of peace is now to be tested, 
anil its chief characteristics must be patience, 
sound judgment, and the exercise of 
common sense; and these qualities are not 
l,, be interpreted as "glittering gener- 
alities," but as every day guides to per- 
...ii.il conduct. — From the Hartford Times. 



A Blind Munition Worker 

Considerable publicity has been given 
in State newspapers regarding one of the 
few blind munition workers in this country, 
John R. McCarthy of Willimantic. 

Mr. McCarthy has been employed since 
September 6th at the G. J. Kirby Mfg. Co., 
Mansfield, where primers are produced for 
the big Howitzers used by the United States 
Government. He was placed by Supt. H. 
,1. Martindale of the Willimantic Branch 
Office of the United States Employment 
Service. 

He works on a. crimping machine and 
cm turn out more pieces per day than a 
seeing person. He is a former pupil at 
the State Institute for the Blind and went 
into munition work because he was anxious 
to help out the country during the war. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



" BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE " 
BY WOMAN'S DIVISON 



We Should do as well as England and 

France in Keeping Children 

in School 



On Thursday December 5, the executive 
committee of the woman's division of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, the 
advisory committee, the town chairmen and 
members of the child welfare, health and 
recreation departments and representatives 
of the speakers bureau were present at a 
conference held under the auspices of the 
w< nun's division of the United States Em- 
ployment Service. At this conference the 
co-operation of the woman's division of the 
Council with the United States Employ- 
ment Service, particularly in keeping in 
touch with the immediate needs of each 
town for workers and for jobs was urged. 

The especial work of the woman's c 

mittee under discussion was the "Back to 
School Drive'' on which Miss Caroline 
Ruutz-Rees, the chairman for this drive 
in Connecticut spoke. Miss Euutz-Reese 
emphasized the foresightedness of France 
in carrying on the work of education in 
spite of the war. even to the extent of call 
inn back some of the teachers who were in 
the midst of the fighting. In England tin' 
Fisher Bill which is to go into effect in 
seven years provides for keeping the 
children in school up to the age of four- 
teen, and for compulsory part time educa- 
tion at. the expense of the employer up to 
the age of eighteen. In order not to be 
outdone by these other countries, we, during 
Ibis pre, (.'lit period of reconstruction, must 
see to it our children are kept in school, 
so that they may be better able to enter 
the industrial world later. Many of our 
children are slipping away from school, for 
although there is compulsory education in 
senile states, there is a lack of it in others, 
i onnecticut already has laws prohibiting 
the labor of children under the age of four- 
teen. College education produces a trained 
mind, and a trained mind is of great 
economic value. Its necessity is being more 
widely recognized daily for nurses train- 
ing, for instance, a high school education 
is now considered a prerequisite. We are 
looking forward to a nation entirely edu- 
eated with definite training following a 
general education. One way to provide 
fur this general education i- to create in- 
terest in its behalf. It is fur this purpose 
that the " Back to School Drive " has been 
started. 



EVERY RETURNING SOLDIER 
TO OBTAIN A POSITION 



FOR UNEMPLOYED TEACHERS 



The Federal Bureau of Education has 
been authorized by President Wilson to 
create a special division to recruit and 
register qualified and employed teachers, 

a irding to an announcement received by 

the woman's department. Connecticut State 
Council of Defense. It is requested that all 
such unemployed teachers send their names 
to the Bureau of Education, Washington, 
D. C. All information regarding salaries, 
location of possible positions, and other 
details can be had from the Bureau of 
Education. This appeal is intended only 
for those teachers who are unemployed. 
Its object is to create, at Washington, a 
registry of teachers from which states 
where there is a shortage can draw. 



Plan to Accomplish This Formulated 

by the Federal Labor 

Department 



LIST OF OFFICES AND ORGANIZERS 



Ailing in response to the slogan "Re- 
diem the -tars in your service flag,"' the 
task of finding jobs for discharged soldiers 
will be put upon a community basis. Leo 
A Korper, Federal Director for Connecticut 
of the United States Employment Service 
makes Ibis announcement, and furthermore 
explain- that Connecticut's fourteen Public 
Service Reserve organizer-, together with 
the thirteen offices of the United States 
Employment Service, will be used in pro- 
viding jobs for the soldiers. 

Tin- plan was formulated for all states 
by l lie Federal Labor Department, repre- 
sentatives if which are. by direction of 
Adjutant. General Harris of the I nited 
si ale- Army, being placed in every army 
camp in the country. Through these repre- 
sentatives, Mr. Korper said, bis office "ill 
determine the number of Connecticut men 
it the several camps, together with the 
localities in the state from which the} 
conic. Information as to positions open 
for them will then be secured by telephone 
from the Public Service Reserve organizers 
and the Employment Service offices. Each 
soldier will subsequently be informed as to 
just where he can secure a job. 

" We will provide a job for every single 
soldier." Mr. Korper declared. 

The names and addresses of Connecticut's 
fourteen Public Service Reserve organizers 
ire Arthur G. Wooley, state capitol, Hart- 
ford; Henry S. Tallard. 1-3 Alain Street. 
New Britain; Henry W. Farnham. 224 
Orange Street, New- Haven: David Bloom- 
field. 42 Harrison Avenue. Waterbury and 
52 Sherman Avenue. Meriden; Max A. 
Dunschmidt, loo Main Street, Derby. 
Wililam P. Kirk, .'ill:! Fairfield Avenue. 
Bridgeport; Frank B. Hurley. 444 Atlantic 
Street and Ourlev Building. Stamford: 
John H. Lancaster, South Street. Litchfield 
and 121 Main Street. Torrington; Balton 
F. Underhill, 86 State Street, New London; 
Allyn L. Brown, 20 Shetuckct St red, 
Norwich; James H. Bunco, J. H. Bunce 
Co., Middletown; Albert A. Burton. 703 
Main Street. Willimantic; Frank Coss, 
Chamber of Commerce, Putnam; and 
William Ileald, 54 Alain Street, Stafford 
Springs. 

The addresses of Connecticut's thirl ecu 
United States Employment Service offices, 
with the names of the superintendents, 
are: Bridgeport. A. W. Burritt, 3(1.1 Fair- 
field \\eiiue: Bristol, B. 0. Barnard, lot; 
North Main Street; Derby, William Bowen, 
88 Elizabeth Street: Hartford. Clifton E. 
Davenport, s Ford Street; Meriden. 11. X. 
Ice. s!l West Main Street; New Britain. 
Joseph C. Beebe. 1 Alain Street: New 
Haven. Charles F. Julin, 224 Orange Street ; 
New- London. Julius Stremlau. S(i State 
Street; Norwich, Gilbert S. Raymond, 28 
Sbetiicket Stnet; Stamford. E. S. Blodsett, 
4-14 Atlantic Street: Torrington. R. Dun-- 
comb Sanford, 121 Alain Street; Waterbury 
P. W. Budd, 42 Harrison Avenue: Willi- 
mantic, H. J. Alartindale, 763 Alain Street. 



MR. HOOD ANNOUNCES LIST 



United States Boys' Working Reserve 

Receives County, City and 

Assistant Directors 



W. h Hood. Federal Director for Con- 

ticut for the United States Boys' Work-' 

ing Reserve, has announced a list of eight 
county directors, seven city directors and 
two assistant county directors for the Re- 
serve. The county director- are: Fairfield 
County. Roland J. Mulford; Hartford 
County, X. H. Batchelder; Litchfield 
County, John Pettibone; Middlesex ( minty, 
Edward B. Sellew; New Haven County, 
John J. Stevens; New London County. 
Ilcnrv S. Tirrell; Tolland County, Philip 
\I. Howe; Windham County, II. W. Ellis. 

The city directors are: Bridgeport, Arthur 
Fee; New London, F. S. Hitchcock; New 
Haven, Charles L. Kirschner; Hartford, 
Clement C. Hyde; New Britain, Louis P. 
Slade; Waterbury, At. C. Donavan; Willi- 
mantic, Egbert A. Case. 

The assistant county directors are: 
Litchfield County, George Creelman; New 
Haven < ounty, C. L. Kirschner. 

Mr. Hoed has issued a statement that 
the end of hostilities overseas did not mean 
that the work of the United States Boys' 
Working Reserve would slacken in any 
way. 

" In some quarters there seems to be 
an impression that the Reserve will not 
be as active during the immediate future 
as formerly." Mr. Hood said. "This is 
i Lieut mi-take. Never was the help of 
the boy-, especially on farms, so urgently 
necessary a- now. This need will continue, 
noreover, for a long time to come. Food 
Administrator Hoover has repeatedly em- 
phasized this point, in view of the fact 
that the United States must continue to 
send so much food to Europe. A generous 
response by Connecticut's boys to the Re- 
serve's recruiting campaign in January ; s 
absolutely essential." 



OBSERVE BRITAIN DAY 



Help to Counteract the German Anti- 
British Propaganda in 
This Country 



Following a request by America's Tribute 
to Britain, an American organization of 
which lion. Alton B. Parker is chairman, 
the i onnecticut State Council of Defense 
threw it- influence behind the observance 
of Saturday, December 7. as Britain Day. 

It i- hoped that observance of Britain 
Day counteracted the German anti-British 
propaganda which has nut yet been stamped 
out in tlii- country. 

All newspapers in the state were asked 
by the Defense Council to publish an edi- 
torial apropos of Britain Day on December 
7. All clergymen in the state were re- 
quested to mention the significance of the 
day during their church services of Sunday, 
December s, and all supervisors of schools 
urged to see that teachers under their 
jurisdiction explained the significance of 
Mi it a in Day to the children on Friday, 
December d. Clergymen and school supcr- 
vi-ors were in this connection, sent, data 
regarding Britain's part in the war. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Council of National De- 
fense Asks Connecticut 
Council to Continue 



(Continued from page 1) 

that Connecticut State Council of Defense 
continue its work. Tho e present were: 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. 
Alsop, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Charles G. 
Bill, William Brosmith, Mrs. Morgan G. 
Bulkeley, Adjutant General George M. Cole, 
Lucius I- Robinson, Caroline Ruutz-Rees 
Julius Stremlau, Justice George W. Wheeler 
of the Council; Margaret T. Corwin, Mrs. 
Perrin C. Galpin, Anna I!. Sands, Henry 
M. Wriston; also the following: Mrs. Joseph 
W. Usop, Anna Worthington Coale, Rear 
Ldmiral W. S. Cowles, U. S. N. Ret., R. 
E. Dodge, George M. Landers, Robert Sco- 
ville, Arthur L. Shipman, Louis S. Smith. 
■i tin i Rejttive aesakuj 

in the afteri n were: Chairman Richard 

M. Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Mrs. T. Bel- 
knap Beach, Charles G. Bill, William Bro- 
Smith, Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Adjutant 
General George M. Cole. Lucius F. Robin- 
son, Caroline Ruutz-Rees, Julius C. Strem- 
lau and Justice George W. Wheeler of the 
Council; Margaret T. Corwin, Mrs. Perrin 
C. Galpin. Henry M. Wriston; Leo Korper. 



MEETING OF DECEMBER 2 



At the general session of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense on December 2, 
Chairman Richard M. Bis-ell presented 
the following resolution suggested by 
George S. Godard, Chairman of the His- 
torical Records Department. 
WHEREAS, it is desired tnat the records 
of Connecticut's participation in the war 
should be preserved, and 
WHEREAS, the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense lias been the central agency in 
the war work of this state, therefore be il 
RESOLVED, that all Chairmen of Depart- 
ments and Committees be directed to pre- 
serve for transmissal to the Council all 
files of letter-, collection of printed matter, 
minute bi oks, and records 
of whatevei character which have relation 
to the business of the Council or its 
cies. 

Those present were ( hairman Richard 
M. Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Mrs. T. 
Belknap Beach, Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley. 
Alton T. Miner, James f. Moran, Lucius 
F. Robinson, Julius C. Stremlau, and Jus- 
tice George W. Wheeler of the Council; 
Margaret T. Corwin, Mrs. Perrin C. Galpin, 
\niia B. Sand-. Henry M. Wriston; also 
the following chairmen and members of 
committees, Mrs. J. W. Alsop, John E. 
Bierck, Anna Worthington Coale, and Dr. 
Valeria H. Parker. 

At the executive session which met at 
two o'clock on December -. those present 
were: Chairman Richard M. Bissell. Joseph 
W. Alsop, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Mrs. 
in i. Bulkeley, Alton T. Miner, James 
T. Moran, Lucius F. Robinson, Julius C. 
Stremlau and Justice George W. Wheeler 
of the Council; Margaret T. Corwin, Mrs. 
Perrin C. Galpin, Anna P>. Sands and Henry 
M. Wriston. 



Woman's Division Holds 
Conference on State's 
Industrial Problems 



(Continued from page 1) 

the employees could not change from one 
munition factory to another without a 
card from the first employer. Dilution, 
that i- the substitution of a woman for a 
man doing the same work, was done by the 
Government. 

Mi-s Fraser foresee- that there will be 
a continuation of a large number of these 
women in industry due to the fact that 
about 80% of the 1,003,000 casualties re- 
ported for Great Britain were men from the 
island alone, and in addition to these, there 
are 270,000 disabled men. England's labor 
supply is materially reduced. On the other 
hand, 500,000 new hou es are needed and 
repair work both for houses, railroad-, etc., 
i 1 . in) me Li 'ti'K required I lo. sbqi] "' 
bringing four million more acres of land 
under cultivation has been done by '200,000 

w n and must be continued in the com- 

ing yeat as in the past. Also in England 
the fact that they lone unemployment in- 
surance and health insurance as well as 
a mat mil;, bonus for those women workers 
having young children i- going to assist 
greatlj in keeping these standards up. 

Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop, Acting Associate 

Din ct "i and ( hief of t he h an's division 

ut' the I'nited states Employment Service 
in Connecticut, called attention to the need 
of a calm, sane, and constructive point of 
view in facing the possibility of a critical 
industrial situation. It i- important that 
a certain amount of publicity should be 
immediately sent throughout Connecticut to 
give the women workers the information 
that the United States Employment Service 
i- ready to help them. Mrs. Alsop out- 
lined briefly the organization of the wo- 
man's division of the United States Employ- 
ment Service which wa- created as a sepa- 
rate division of the United States Employ- 
ment Service eight weeks ago. she then 
[outlined to the town chairman of the 
woman's committee oi the state Council 
i D ifense, I he women examiners and the 
Communitj Labor Board women members 
the important role which each could play 
in making t he work effect 

'■ ' iiipr i« i 

Model i mice and Training Department of 
the \cw York office, presented the problems 
of the placement secretaries in local offices 
if the United State- Employment Servica 
i- -.i lesr en of posit ions a rid of n oncers. 

Miss Clare Amberton, head of the house- 
hold depaitmeirl of the United States Em- 
ployment Service office in New Haven, said 
that the household department of the New 
office is placing both permanent 
lonestic workers and day workers. The 
[epartment has been particularly success 
ful in supplying day workers and the em- 
ploy ei - of i he c women b&\ e been very 
much pleased with the result. 

Miss Elspeth Merck, executive secretary 
of the Woman'- Land Army of Connecticut, 
nad the report of Mrs. E. G. H. Schenck, 
chairman of the Woman's Land Army of 
I onnecticut. Ten units had been placed 
throughout the State during the past gurn- 
et ind one permanent unit is at Cromwell. 
Their wank has been of such a type as to 
justifj the placing of additional units in 
the future. 



Governor Voices a 
Warning Against 

German Propaganda 

(Continued from page 1) 

German persistence, therefore, he tries to 
see if they cannot in some way be altered. 
Naturally his German psychology makes 
him believe that the Americans, who have 
suffered least of all people in the war, and 
who are notoriously sentimental and sym- 
pathetic can be prevailed upon to intercede 
on behalf of the Germans for softer terms. 
Of course this is in reality a very good 
reason why America should not move in 
this matter, it is not for us who came 
into the war during its last stages, and 
who have paid a small price in blood and 
suffering as compared with our allies, to 
come forward as the attorney for the chief 
malefactor. This will undoubtedly be the 
whelming belief of the American people, 
mischievous propaganda may speedily be 
discontinued because of its 'lack of effect 
and il is to be sincerely hoped that Solf's 
an ong us.'' 

Uton T. Miner of New London, President 
of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, 
and (hairman of the Commercial Economy 
Division of the Defense Council, said every- 
thing that came out of Germany should 
he weighed carefully so that justice 
tempered with mercy might be done. 

" It is the duty of the United States 

i aintain after the war the same high 

loftj ideals as those with which she entered 
the war." said Mr. Miner; "If that pur- 
pose i- maintained and lived up to. no 
insidious German propaganda can take 
'oid in our country, and the extension of 
llns policy would prevent German power 
from making further mischief in the world 
if Germany so chose." 

"Germany misinterpreted President 
Wilson's desire for negotiations as repre- 
senting a predominating sentiment in this 
country of charity toward her past out- 
rages." said former Lieutenant Governor 
Everett J. Like, who recently returned 
from several months at the front as a 
Y. M. C. A. worker. "There is not only 
danger of further propaganda, but there 
i- absolute certainty of it. not only to stir 
up Bolshevism, but strife of any kind. 
Tl'cr- has been no ' man 

mind or soul, and we will find her as 
treacherous in her peace negotiations as 
-he was in her methods of warfare. Her 
reform as a nation will depend upon 
whether her conquerors leave within her 
borders an armed force 11 ng enough to 
compel her to learn and pursue a new 
civilization." 

E. Kent Hubbard of Middletown, Presi- 
lent of the Manufacturers' Association of 
Connecticut, said : 

"I think the altitude of the representa- 
tives of the United States at the peace 
council should be the same as that of the 
Allies to impose just punishment upon 
Germany for her offenses, so that even 
Germany will understand that crime brings 
punishment. The United States should 
realize that Belgium, France. England and 
Italv. have a mueh more comprehensive 
knowledge of the conditions existing 
throughout the war than the United Slates 
could possibly have. I do not think the 
German power for mischief making is 
crushed." 




(Efltttwrttort !utom. 

Published Bi-Weekly Under the Direction of the Connecticut State Council of Defense 




Vol. II 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, DECEMBER 27, 1918 



No. 11 



JUDGE WHEELER DEMANDS 
PEACE JUST BUT FIRM; 
HUNS MUST SURELY PAY 



Council Member Stirs Britain Day 
Audience in Bridgeport Armory 
when He Explains the Terms by 
which Connecticut Desires the War 
to End — Deeds of England Lauded 



TEUTON ATROCITIES RECALLED; 

HEARST'S PRO-GERMANISM HIT 



Britain Day at the Bridgeport Armory 
was celebrated with fervor by a large audi- 
ence. Scout Cassels told a dramatic story. 
Rev. Archibald F. Campbell, pastor of 
Washington Park M. E. Church, presented 
the claims of Great Britain, and described 
Lloyd George as Premier of the World. 

The most important speech of the 
evening, from the Connecticut standpoint, 
was the speech of Justice George W. 
Wheler, member of the Connecticut State 
Council of Defense, who proclaimed the 
kind of peace that Connecticut desires. 
This peac eis to be just, but stern. Ger- 
many is to pay to her capacity. 

The audience was great and enthusiastic. 
Patriotic songs, British and American, 
were rendered with fervor. The Liberty 
Chorus aided. 

Judge Wheeler said: 

May I supplement the reading of the 
resolution by a brief word which this oc- 
casion invites? 

A few weeks ago, throughout Germany, 
rich and poor, high and low. old and young, 
raised their voices in one refrain: 

" God strafe England." 

Tonight, into that country goes sounding 
a mighty chorus of all the lovers of lib- 
erty around the world : 

"God bless England!" 

Yes, God bless her, for her superb cour- 
age, for her dauntless faith, for her stub 
born, unyielding will and for her impreg 
nable resolution. God bless that sleepless 
fleet, those Tommies, pressed back, but 
never conquered, and in the end triumphant. 

God bless the English people at home 
whose sacrifices and labors sustained the 
war. And God bless the heroic women of 
England ready to die in front line had not 
America taken the place thev had prepared 
to fill. 

What changes have come! 

Where is Bernstorff, summoned but yes- 
terday from Constantinople to advise his 
Imperial German government upon the 
motives and ideals of America. Sunk in 
the depth of his infamy, known of all men, 
fit companion of BoyEd and vonPapen. in- 
stigator of arson, and murder upon a neu- 
tral people, aider and abettor of the crime 
of the century, the sinking of the Lusitania. 

Where is Zimmerman, foreign secretary 
of state, plotting to give to Mexico, our 
own Arizona, New Mexico and lower Cali- 
fornia? 

(Continued on page 6) 



BULLETIN DISCONTINUED 

Pursuant to a vote by the Connect- 
icut State Council of Defense on 
December 23, the Connecticut Bulletin 
will not be published hereafter unless 
circumstances warrant a special issue. 



RESULTS ARE SIGNIFICANT 
FOLLOWING CONFERENCE 
ON AMERICANIZATION WORK 



Local Plan for Committees is Presented 
by the Defense Council's Department 
and Approved with Some Modifica= 
tions— Foreign Born to Have Direct 
Representation —To Stimulate Night 
School Attendance 



SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS 

COVER TWO DAY PERIOD 



Significant results were obtained by virtue 
of the state conference on Americanization 
held December 11 and 12 in the State Cap- 
itol. The local plan for committees on 
Americanization was presented by the De- 
partment of Americanization, Connecticut 
State Council of Defense, and approved with 
some modifications. The conference adopted 
the proposition that every Americaniza- 
tion committee to be created by local com- 
munities should have direct representation 
of the foreign-born on the committee. This 
means that all of the principal nationalities 
residing in a community will particpate 
directly with the American members of the 
committee in the formulation of plans, 
working out of methods, and development of 
policies of Americanization locally. 

The conference further agreed to make 
the first constructive work of the local com- 
munities that of stimulating night-school 
attendance and enlarging the opportunities 
for the education of the foreign-born. This 
part of the local plan will be undertaken 
by each local committee immediately after 
the holidays, when the second night-school 
term begins. 

In summarizing the results of the meet- 
ing, the Department feels that it has created 
through this means a closer working unity 
and consistency between the sixty-eight 
communities in the state having local com- 
mittees on Americanization. Having a 
plan as a general standard, the Department 
is now in a position to be of greatest as- 
sistance to each locality in developing 
those policies and methods of procedure 
(Continued on page 5) 



CHARLES E. JULIN TO BE 
U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
DIRECTOR FOR THIS STATE 

Oov. Holcomb and Connecticut State 
Council of Defense Recommend Him 
to Succeed Leo A. Korper, Recently 
Resigned — Canadian Government to 
be Consulted as to Re-Educating 
Soldiers 



MR. SAVILLE RENDERS REPORT 

AS TO WATER CONSERVATION 



The special committee of the Connecticut 
State Council of Defense appointed to se- 
cure a successor to Leo A. Korper, Federal 
Director for Connecticut of the United 
States Employment Service, reported at the 
executive session of the Council's meeting 
on December 23 that Charles E. Julin of 
New Haven had been secured. The Council 
voted that the action of the committee be 
approved, and that Governor Marcus II. 
Holcomb be requested to forward the nom- 
ination of Mr. Julin to the United States 
Department of Labor. The special commit- 
tee was empowered to make necessary ar- 
rangements with Mr. Julin looking toward 
his immediate installment. 

Mr. Julin has been head of the New 
Haven office of the Employment Service. 
He is also Secretary of the New Haven 
Chamber of Commerce. 

Those present at the general session were 
Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Joseph W. 
Alsop, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Caroline 
Ruutz-Rees, Charles G. Bill, Frank D. 
Cheney and Ira M. Ornburn of the Coun- 
cil; also Miss Margaret T. Corwin, Mrs. 
Perrin C. Galpin, Anna B. Sands, John E. 
Bierck. 

Charles M. Jarvis appeared before the 
Council to ask its aid concerning certain 
difficulties of the Connecticut Fair Associa- 
tion brought about by the fact of bad 
weather during their exhibit. The matter 
was tabled until the executive session. 

Communication was received from Charles 
G. Bill, Chairman of the Fuel Conservation 
Committee, tendering his resignation. The 
work of this committee being completed, 
Mr. Bill's resignation was accepted, and it 
was voted that the thanks of this Council 
be extended to Mr. Bill and to his commit- 
tee for the exceedingly valuable services 
performed by it. 

A communication was presented by tin- 
executive department concerning the exhibit 
material belonging to the Council and still 
remaining at Charter Oak Park. It was 
voted that the Chairman and Mr. Alsop be 
empowered to offer this material for sale 
to the Connecticut Agricultural College. 

Report was received from Mr. Robert 
Scoville, Chairman of a special committee 
of the Council, appointed to investigate and 
(Continued on page 5) 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



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CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 

Published every other week, on Friday, 

under the direction of the Connecticut 

State Council of Defense 

Copies of the CONNECTICUT BULLE- 
TIN will be mailed to members of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, its 
sub-committees, county auxiliary com- 
:s and the chairman of its town com- 
mittees. It is not intended to be a news- 
paper, but is designed merely to keep 
members of the council's statewide organi- 
zation informed concerning official matters. 



INDUSTRIES OF STATE 

ARE ASKED TO MAINTAIN 
WOMEN'S WORK STANDARDS 



Vol. II HARTFORD. CONN., DEC. 27, 1918 No. 11 



CITIZENS HAVE CHANCE 
FOR MILITARY TRAINING 
AT CAMP PERSHING 

Defense Council is Asked by War 

Department to Spread 

Information 

PROFESSIONAL MEN WANTED 



The Connecticut State Council of Defense 
has been informed by the War Department 
of an opportunity for citizens of the United 
States to attend the military training camp 
at the Zachary Taylor cantonment near 
Louisville, Kentucky, beginning January 6. 
The co-operation of the Defense Council has 
been asked in spreading information on this 
subject. The Defense Council will keep on 
file memoranda of information and a speci- 
men application blank for the convenience 
of persons interested. 

This camp will be called Camp Pershing 
and its membership will be strictly limited 
to 500. Applications will be given prefer- 
ence in order of their receipt. The camp 
will be under the command of Captain C. 
L. Beals of the Regular Army. The camp 
will continue from January 6 to January 18. 
Attendance is voluntary and no obligation 
for further service is required. The object 
of the camp is to provide regular army 
instruction of the most up-to-date charac- 
ter, so as to encourage and broaden the 
scope of military drill now being under- 
taken by civilians in the United States, 
and to disseminate sound military informa- 
tion to all those who attend. Attendance 
of editors, publishers, teachers, statesmen, 
lawyers, bankers and business men, who 
have the opportunity of influencing public 
opinion is particularly desired. 

Any citizen of the United States with 
high moral character receiving endorsement 
of two business men together with approval 
of a physician, may apply. There is no 
maximum age limit. 

The instruction will be of the same type 
of intensive training which was found to 
be of so much value in the citizen training 
camps held at Plattsburg and elsewhere 
during the past summer. The cost of at- 
tending this two weeks camp is only $30. 
This includes steam heated barracks, bunk, 
full course of instruction and meals. Fif- 
irni dollars is payable with application 
and $15 is to be deposited on arrival at 
camp. 

Military discipline will be maintained at 
all times, and any disregard of rules will 
call for immediate discharge. The regula- 
tions will be few and simple, but cheerful 
compliance is expected. All discipline will 
be in the hands of the camp commander, 
whose decisions will be final. 



Defense Council is Requested by De- 
partment of Labor to 
Co-operate 



RESTRICTIONS OUTLINED 



Through the Connecticut State Council 
of Defense, the Federal Department of 
Labor has called upon the industries of 
the state to co-operate with state and fed- 
eral agencies in maintaining standards re- 
lating to women's work and its conditions. 
Those standards have been adopted by the 
War Labor Policies Board and the Depart- 
ment of Labor has asked the co-operation 
if industries all over the country. The re- 
quest was made in recognition of the 
national importance of women's work and 
its conditions. 

It is pointed out by the Department of 
Labor that no woman should be employed 
or permitted to work more than eight hours 
in one day, or forty-eight hours in any one 
week. The time when the work of women 
employees should begin and end and the 
time allowed for meals should be posted 
in a conspicuous place in each work room, 
and a record should be kept of the over- 
time of each woman worker. 

Every woman worker, says the Labor De- 
partment, should have one day of rest in 
every seven, and at least three-quarters of 
an hour for meals. No woman should be 
employed between the hours of 10 P. M. 
and 6 A. M. Women doing the same work 
as men should receive the same wages with 
such proportionate increases as the men 
are receiving in the same industry. Wages 
should be established upon the basis of oc- 
cupation and not on the basis of sex, and 
should cover the cost of living of the de- 
pendents and not merely that of the indi- 
vidual. 

Women should not be employed in occu- 
pations involving the use of poison, which 
are proved to be more injurious to women 
than to men, such as certain processes in 
the lead industry. No work should be 
given out in rooms used for living or sleep- 
ing purposes, or in rooms directly con- 
nected with living or sleeping rooms in any 
dwelling or tenement. 

The Labor Department points out that 
the responsibility should not rest upon the 
management of an industry alone to de- 
termine wisely and effectively the condi- 
tion which should exist. The genuine co- 
operation essential to production can be 
secured only if definite channels of com- 
munication between employers and groups 
of their workers are established. The need 
of creating methods of joint negotiation 
between employers and groups of em- 
ployees is especially great in the light 
of the critical points of controversy which 
may arise in times like the present. The 
Department of Labor says that existing 
channels should be preserved and new ones 
opened if required, to provide easier access 
for discussion between employer and em- 
ployees. 

o. of D. 

JAN 9 1919 



PRINCIPALS RECEIVE 
COPIES OF LESSONS 
CONCERNING FARMING 

Prepared by U. S. Government in 
Connection with Boys' Work- 
ing Reserve 



TO HELP RECRUITING 



Principals of all Connecticut high schools 
have received from W. D. Hood, Federal 
Director for Connecticut of the United 
States Boys' Working Reserve, copies of 
the farm craft lessons which the Federal 
Government requests be used as a means 
of instruction in elementary farm practice, 
particularly with those boys who are mem- 
bers of the Reserve. High school princi- 
pals also received from Mr. Hood leaflets 
explaining the scope and purpose of the 
Rovs' Working Reserve. These, says Mr. 
Hood's letter, are intended as much for 
fathers as for boys, and principals are 
asked to distribute them to boys who 
might conceivably become members of the 
Reserve, with the request that they take 
a copy home and ask their fathers to read 
it. 

Mr. Hood says in his letter that it is 
hoped to get the farm craft lessons into 
use by January 1, so that they may be 
completed before June. Principals will in- 
form Mr. Hood how many copies of the les- 
sons they can use. Methods for imparting 
these lessons will be decided by the indi- 
vidual principals, but it is suggested that 
one assignment a week might be given from 
them, this to replace some other subject or 
to be an extra assignment to be recited 
outside of regular class time. 

There are three large factors entering 
into the Reserve, the parent of the boy, 
the boy himself and the farmer, says the 
leaflet sent out by Mr. Hood. Because the 
Reserve encourages boys to remain in school 
and to devote his vacations to essentia' 
work under the supervision of experienced 
workers with boys, parents have every rea- 
son for satisfaction. The fact that last 
year over 1000 Connecticut high school boys 
enrolled in the Reserve shows the popular- 
ity of the organization with them. 
Farmers who in 1917 were skeptical of boy 
labor demanded so many boys during the 
season just past that the supply was in- 
adequate, and already indications are that 
in 1019 at least 2,000'boys will be demanded 
by Connecticut farmers.. 

The leaflet explains that to make it easy 
for boys to enlist, every high school iii 
Connecticut has a director of the Reserve 
in the person of the principal, or some male 
teacher designated by him as enrolling 
officer, and any boy who wants to enroll 
should apply to his local high school or may 
address Mr. Hood at the State Capitol, 
Hartford. 






MR. BISSELL IS CHAIRMAN 

Richard M. Bissell, Chairman of the Con- 
necticut State Council of Defense, has 
been appointed by the Council as Chair- 
man of its Committee on Americanization. 
Mr. Bissell succeeds Stanley H. Holmes of 
New Britain, who recently resigned. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



United States Employment Service 



The Woman's Division of the United 

Mates Employment Service in Connecticut 
is making a survey of the opportunities 
offered in the state for the professional and 
vocational training of women, and is also 
trying to ascertain as definitely as possible 
what the current demands for trained 
women are. The survey has not yet been 
completed, but it aims to cover everything 
in the way of training courses, from tin- 
colleges to the vestibule schools in the fac- 
tories. In case there are no courses offered 
to women in Connecticut, the names of in- 
stitutions outside the state where such 
training may be obtained will be given. 
The report will be printed and distributed 
through the state's schools and women's 
clubs, and it is hoped that it will prove 
of value to girls and women who are plan 
ning their future by showing what occupa- 
tions women are already in or entering, 
what the opportunities are for women in 
those fields, and where proper training can 
be found. 

The Woman's Division of the ( ouncil of 
Defense has been asked to help by finding 
out through its local chairman the coi 
offered in the various towns in commercial 
subjects and volunteer work. Question- 
naires have been sent to colleges, institu- 
tions, and banks. The returns have been 
most instructive. The most interesting fact 
revealed concerns the limited vocational 
training that Connecticut offers for women. 
Vocational training here is confined to 
sewing, cooking and commercial courses, 
with the exception of an occasional course 
in drafting and salesmanship offered 1>\ 
evening schools. No one will deny the 
value to the future housewife of a good 
knowledge of cooking and sewing, but the 
proportion of girls who take up this work 
as a vocation is not large; and unlet a 
girl takes up clerical work — in which the 
field is already overcrowded — she enters 
upon her career entirely untrained. In 
these days of specialization this means thai. 
though at the start the girl may be earning 
more than the boy, her late fellow student 
in school, is earning in the trade schools or 
as an apprentice, he is only at the beginning 
of his career, while she is, unfortunately, 
already near the limit of her earning 
capacity. 

Some manufacturers, feeling the need 
for trained women, have instituted vestibule 
schools in their factories. There girls may 
become proficient in single process work, 
hut this does not take the place of a 
thorough training for a particular trade, 
such a- a hoy gets by apprenticeship or in 
the trade schools. 

The Woman's Division of the United 
States Employment Service has received 
from Washington a general order recom- 
mending thai a professional section of the 
Employment Service be established in Con- 
necticut. No aetiin has yet been taken. 
Such sections have already been established 
in New York and Chicago. 



old, and one of its most important func- 
tion-, would be to advise such boys and 
girls to continue their education. 



In Connecticut, the clearance department 
of the Employment Service is becoming 
more important every day. When labor 
was in great demand there was little work 
for it, but now that, the number of 
laborers is greater than the number of jobs, 
it is necessary to know where the jobs are. 
A clearance system is being developed by 
which every local office of the Employment 
Service will know of all vacant jobs in the 
state. It' fifteen New Haven stenographers 
wanted jobs there and failed to find them, 
they would, under this system, be informed, 
tor instance, that jobs were open in 
Hi idgeport. 

The Woman's Division of the Employment 
Service is suggesting to women members 
of the Community Labor Hoards that they 
get in touch with local examiners and help 
in the job canvasses in their locality. 
Chairmen of the State Defense Council's 
Woman's Committees ha\e been advised to 
offer their services in this connection if so 
requested by the women of the Community 
Labor Boards. 



INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS 

REASSURING IN CONN. 



Employment Service Officials 
However, That a Problem 
Exists 



Say, 



Establishment in Connecticut of a junior 
section of the United States Employment 
Service has also been suggested." This 
would serve boys and girls under 21 years 



the stability of industrial conditions in 
Connecticut during the transition from a 
(vat i" peace basis is reassuring, according 
to officials of the United States Employment 
Sen ee here. Acting in accordance with 
the slogan, "Redeem the stars in your 
sen ee flag," the problem of returning 
soldiers and sailors to jobs has been placed 
a] a community basis. 

Officials of the Employment Service say 
that Connecticut's employers are ready to 
"redeem their service stars" wherever 'pos- 
sible. It is also pointed out, however, that 
many changes have occurred during the 
war, thai the return of discharged men 
to their old jobs is in many cases not 
practicable, that certain of these men do not 
wish s.i lo return, and that consideration 
iiin-i lie given to the thousands of persons 
who replaced in industry the men who en- 
tered the service, those persons including 
man} women. These factors combine to 
make tin- readjustment problem serious, it 
is said. 

l.eo A. K. u p.-r. Federal Director for Con 
necticut of the Employment Service, said 
that this service was doing everything in 
its power to meet the situation in "this 
state. 

" It is inevitable," he declared, "that the 
situation should become more or less acute 
in some of the industrial centers of the 
state as the necessary cancellation of war 



contracts proceeds. Thousands of workers 
must be released, and thousands will be 
idle for a time, but everybody, workers 
and employers alike, must realize that the 
transition from war to peace is necessary. 
Joy that the war has ended must now ex- 
press itself in sound judgment and sensi 
Ide patience, with practical measures for 
the transition. It is up to each commun- 
ity to meet its own problem in the crisis. 

"The Government at Washington has 
worked out an elaborate plan which pro- 
vider a local bureau in every community 
throughout the United States. But here 
in Connecticut there has already been es- 
tablished an agency fully equipped to meet 
the situation as rapidly as humanly pos- 
sible. That agency is the United States 
Employment Service, with the cooperation 
of its corollary agencies, the Community 
Labor Boards. This service operates in 
fourteen of Connecticut's industrial centers, 
Hartford. New Haven, Bridgeport, Water- 
bury, New Britain, Meriden, Stamford, 
Bristol, Derby, New London, Norwich, Mid- 
dletown, Willimantie, and Torrington. At 
these places are also Community Labor 
Boards. The latter are likewise at Win- 
sted, Putnam and Stafford Springs, so that 
the state's industrial centers are well organ- 
ized for placing returned workers. 

" The plans of the Government for plac 
ing returned soldiers and sailors in indus- 
try were carefully worked out at a recent 
conference in Washington between repre- 
sentatives of the Army, the Navy, the De- 
partments of Agriculture and Labor, tin 
W 7 ar Industries Board, the War Labor 
Policies Board, the Council of National De- 
fense, the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the 
National Catholic War Council, the Jewi-h 
Welfare Board, the Salvation Army and 
the War Camp Community Service, and 
other social and welfare organizations. 

"All local agencies of these institutions, 
together with all of Connecticut's 168 war 
bureaus, are now co-operating with the 
Employment Service to acquaint the latter 
as to available positions ana labor needs in 
each community. They also refer to the 
Employment Service all persons seeking 
jobs." 

David Elder, Mr. Korpers Field Repre- 
sentative, is giving particular attention to 
plans for the effective co-operation of all 
local agencies with the Employment Service, 
and the work of adjusting the situation i- 
proeeeding rapidly. 



APPLICANTS WANTED 



The Child Welfare Department of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense is 
anxious that applications for the recently 
announced public health nursing scholar- 
ships be sent in as rapidly as possible. 
The sum of $1,900 is available for these 
scholarships, and Miss Margaret K. Stack, 
R. N., Field Director of the Child Welfare 
Department, says the plan is to send the 
nurses to whom scholarships are awarded 
to Boston. There they will take a four 

1 ths' course given under the joint man 

agement of Simmons College and the In- 
structive District Nurses' Association. 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



w. s. s. 



The Connecticut War Savings Committee 
has issued an appeal to all war savers in 
Connecticut, urging them to fill up their 
thrift cards before the first of the new year. 
The appeal as issued by State Director 
Cheney is as follows: 

" We most earnestly urge that all holders 
of Thrift Cards make every effort to fill 
them and convert bhem into 1918 War Say- 
ings Stamps before December 31 of this 
year. There are several reasons for the ex- 
pediency of this move, both for the holder 
of the thrift Stamps and for the War Sav- 
ings work which is being carried on by us 
fur the Government. Thrift Stamps held 
over until next year must be exchanged for 
War Stamps, which will not be redeemable 
until January 1, 1924. This is a year later 
than the maturity date of the stamps for 
which you can now exchange your Thrift 
Stamps, January 1, 1923. 

"Money tied up in Thrift Stamps should 
be converted into War Savings Stamps ;i> 
soon as possible, since Thrift Stamps do 
not bear interest, while the ' baby bonds ' as 
they have been called, bear interest at the 
rate of 4 per cent., compounded quarterly, 
or nearly 5 per cent. Therefore your 
money is earning money all the time. 

" Then in converting these smaller 
stamps into interest-bearing securities, you 
arc aiding the Government by lending it 
the money it needs for bringing our boys 
home and caring for them until they can 
lie brought home. You are helping Connect 
icut make its War Savings quota, so that 
we will not face the shame of an unfilled 
obligation to the Government. 

" There probably are 200,000 unfilled 
Thrift Cards in this region. If these were 
all converted into War Savings Stamps it 
would mean $1,000,000 maturity value for 
the Government. The cards may seem a 
small matter to the holder but these figures 
show what could be accomplished if every- 
one got behind the movement. The chil- 
dren who it is believed hold 50,000 of these 
cards, are asked to make a special effort 
during the remainder of the year, to use any 
Christmas money given them for the pur- 
chase of Thrift Stamps and to gladly accept 
Thrift Stamps as gifts from friends or 
parents. This is a small matter which will 
have large results. If you haven't thought 
about it, do so now and see how much it 
will take to fill your card. It may mean 
only a dollar or two, and its advantages are 
manifold as has been shown." 



MR. BISSELL THANKS 

RETIRING OFFICIALS 



CHILDREN WEIGHED 



Welfare Department Issues Summary 
of Reports from all Con- 
necticut Towns 



Services of Howell Cheney and Rev. 

Morris E. Ailing are Recognized 

by Chairman 



The child welfare department of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense has 
issued a summary of the final reports 
from all towns in Connecticut regarding the 
weighing and measuring campaign insti- 
tuted last May among children under five 
years old. One hundred and seventeen of 



Howell Cheney of Manchester, who re- 
cently resigned as Chairman of the Connect- 
icut War Savings Committee, and Rev. 
Morris E. Ailing of Rocky Hill, wdio re- 
signed as Chairman of the Four Minute 
Men for Connecticut, have each received 
from Richard M. Bissell, Chairman of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, a 
letter expressing the appreciation of the 
Council and of the state for their services. 

■• The Council and the writer both de- 
sired that your resignation should not be 
acted upon without an expression from us 
of our great appreciation of the tireless 
energy, ingenuity and devotion which you 
have shown in carrying out the great war 
thrift campaign " said Mr. Bissell in his 
letter to Mr. Cheney. 

" I judge from other information that 
the quota laid upon Connecticut has been 
a little too much for us, but it has not 
been because of any lack on your part. 
We feel that on behalf of the citizens of 
the state and of the Council we should like 
tn tender to you thanks for the patriotic 
service rendered." 

In his letter to Mr. Ailing, Mr. Bissell 
said that had the Defense Council felt that 
the Four Minute Men could be further used, 
Mr. Ailing would have been asked to con- 
tinue in the service. 

" On behalf of the Council, as well as 
myself, may I not express to you our deep 
appreciation of the very valuable service you 
have rendered this community, as well as 
the national cause, in the time wdien you 
have been Chairman of the Four Minute 
Men." Mr. Bissell said in his letter to Mr. 
Ailing. 

" The history of the Four Minute Men 
forms a very inspiring chapter of the story 
of war publicity, and I have reasons to be- 
lieve that the record which Connecticut has 
made in this respect will not suffer by 
comparison with any other state, and for 
this line accomplishment we feel that you 
are largely responsible." 



WOMEN WILL ADVOCATE 
CONTINUED SCHOOLING 



the state's 168 towns reported. In these 
I lie number of children weighed and meas- 
ured was 55.194, and the number found to 
need attention was 8,457. 

According to the Federal census average 
age proportion, the approximate number of 
children under five years of age in Connect- 
icut is 141,062. Many towns reported 
that an serious defects were found, but did 
in >t state the number of children needing 
attention. In towns making accurate ac 
counts of the weighing and measuring it 
was found that from 10 per cent, to 20 per 
cent, of the children needed attention. 
Many towns that did the weighing and 
measuring have not had time to tabulate 
their cards, because of the influenza epi 
demic. 



To Conduct State-Wide Investigation 
of the Circumstances Attend- 
ing Withdrawals 



Pursuant to a request by the Council of 
National Defense and the Children's Bureau 
of the Federal Department of Labor, repre- 
sentatives >>f the Woman's Committee, Con- 
necticut Council of Defense, are investi- 
gating throughout the state the circum 
stances connected with the withdrawal from 
school of children 14 years old or over. The 
investigation is being conducted in co-opera- 
linn with the State Board of Education. 

According to statistics compiled by the 
Woman's Committee of the Connecticut De- 
fense Council, 973 more permanent work 
certificates were issued to Connecticut chil- 
dren during the period from August 1, 
1017 to August 1, 1918, than were issued 
from August 1, 1916 to the same date in 
1017. The number of permanent work cer- 
tificates issued for the year ending August 
1, BUS, was 13,699. War conditions 
which accounted for high wages, induced 
many children to leave school for work and 
accounted for the increase, it was said by 
officials of the Woman's Committee. 

The investigation of these cases is held 
in connection with the " back to school " 
drive to be launched in January. To facili- 
tate the investigation, Charles D. Hine, Sec- 
retary of the State Board of Education, and 
Henry C. Morrison, Assistant Secretary, 
have sent the following letter to all school 
superintendents and supervisors in the 
state: 

" The National Council of Defense and 
the Children's Bureau of the Department 
of Labor have asked that the State Council 
of Defense, through its Woman's Commit- 
tee, investigate the matter of the with- 
drawal from school of children who are 14 
years of age or older. The representatives 
of the Woman's Committee are accordingly 
commended to your good offices." 



GOVERNMENT TO REMEDY 
INDUSTRIAL SITUATION 

War Department Assures Gov. Hol- 

comb of its Attention to Matter 

of Contract Cancellations 



Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has re- 
ceived from Benedict M. Crowell, As- 
sistant Secretary of War, the following 
telegram in reply to a message sent to Sec- 
retary of War Newton D. Baker with regard 
to the industrial situation in Connecticut 
caused by the cancellation of Government 
contracts: 

" The situation in Connecticut produced 
by the present program of cancellation of 
Government contracts is receiving immedi- 
ate and careful consideration with a view 
to determining w-hether a revision of that 
program is necessary and practicable. Your 
statements as to the serious situation 
which has arisen carry great weight with 
the Department, and every effort will be 
made to deal with what you will appreciate 
is an extremelv difficult situation." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Charles E. Julin to be 
U. S. Employment Service 
Director for This State 



(Continued from page 1) 

report concerning the placing of returned 
soldiers on the land. After discussion it 
was voted that the executive department be 
instructed to draw up a memorandum to be 
presented by the Chairman to Secretary 
Lane, setting forth the ways in which it 
was thought that Connecticut could partici- 
pate in his plans along this line. 

Report was rendered by the executive de- 
partment concerning plans supposed to be 
in effect by the Canadian Government in 
regard to the re-education of soldiers, ami 
it was voted that the executive department 
be instructed to ascertain from the authori- 
ties in Canada what steps are being taken 
to aid returned soldiers in matters of re- 
education. 

The Chairman read a communication 
from Judge Perry of the State Police Com- 
mission, and it was voted that the consid- 
eration of the matter of the continuance or 
non-continuance of the health and recrea- 
tion department of the Council be tabled 
until the next meeting, when it should be 
taken up and finally disposed of. 

The executive department reported con- 
cerning proposed State Council night dur- 
ing agricultural week, and it was voted 
that the arrangement of this program be 
referred to the executive department with 
power. 

It was voted that letters of appreciation be 
sent to the various business firms which 
have allowed their employees to give of 
their time to the work of the Council, and 
that it be suggested to Governor Holcomb 
that he sign these letters. 

Those present at the executive session 
were Chairman Richard M. Bissell, Joseph 
W. Alsop, Mrs. T. Belknap Beach, Caroline 
Ruutz-Rees, William BroSmith, L. F. Rob- 
inson ; also John E. Bierck. 

The matter brought before the general 
meeting of the Council by Charles M. Jarvis 
of the Connecticut Fair Association was 
considered, and it was the sense of the 
Council that the Council could not appro- 
priate money to make up any part of the 
Berlin Fair deficit, but that if the Connect- 
icut Fair Association should determine at 
some future time to appeal to the General 
Assembly or other state authority for such 
an appropriation, that the executive de- 
partment of the Council be authorized to 
render such assistance as might seem 
proper. 

Chairman Bissell read a communication 
from the Council of National Defense in 
reply to a letter sent to it by the executive 
department in accordance with the vote of 
the Council at its meeting last week, and 
concerning the matter of dealing with de- 
serters from the Army. After discussion 
it was voted that the Council provide news- 
paper publicity of an educational character 
to show the seriousness of the offense of 
men leaving camps without leave at this 
time, with emphasis upon the effect this 
would have upon their future records. 

It was also voted that the executive de- 
partment be authorized to communicate 
with war bureaus, except those in the cities, 
upon receiving notice of desertions of resi- 
dents of their towns asking each war 
bureau to assist in the proper handling 01 
such cases, and to report back to the execu- 
tive department. 

The matters of policy in connection with 



the cancellation of war contracts were dis- 
cussed. 

It was voted that after the publication of 
the next issue of the Connecticut Bulletin, 
said bulletin be discontinued. 



Results Are Significant 
Following Conference on 
Americanization Work 



DECEMBER 16 

Those present at the general session on 
December 10 were Chairman Richard M. 
Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Mrs. T. Belknap 
Beach, Charles G. Bill, Mrs. Morgan G. 
Bulkeley, Adjutant General George M. Cole, 
James T. Moran, Ira M. Ornburn, Lucius F. 
Robinson, and Justice George W. Wheeler of 
the Council; John E. Bierck, Margaret T. 
Corwin, Mrs. Perrin C. Galpin, Anna B. 
Sands, Henry M. Wriston; and the follow- 
ing Chairmen and members of committees: 
Dr. John T. Black, Anna Worthington 
Coale, Dr. Valeria H. Parker and Caleb M. 
Saville. 

Dr. Black spoke on possible aid by the 
State Council in educational work to pre- 
vent recurrence of the influenza epidemic. 
He outlined the efforts put on foot by the 
State Board of Health, suggested that pub 
licity, and notices to war bureaus might be 
helpful. It was voted that the chairman 
ana Mr. Alsop be appointed a committee of 
the Council to appear, if necessary, before 
the Board of Control to request funds to 
be used by the Board of Health in supply- 
ing doctors and nurses in emergencies. 

Mr. Saville of the committee on fuel con- 
servation reported at length upon conserva- 
tion of water especially with reference to 
consequent waste of fuel in pumping sta- 
tions. It was voted that the council extend 
its cordial thanks to Mr. Saville for his 
valuable report. 

A request was received from the commit- 
tee on Armenian and Syrian relief asking 
the appointment of a chairman for a state- 
wide financial campaign. 

Those present at the executive session on 
December 16 were Chairman Richard M. 
Bissell, Joseph W. Alsop, Mrs. T. Belknap 
Beach, Charles G. Bill, William BroSmith. 
Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley Adjutant General 
George M. Cole James *T. Moran. Ira M. 
Ornburn. Lucius F. Robinson and Justice 
George W. Wheeler of the Council; Mar- 
garet T. Corwin, Mrs. Perrin C. Galpin. 
Anna B. Sands. Henry M. Wriston. 

Mr. Alsop reported on the future of the 
food committee, recommending that it be 
continued virtually without expense, save 
rent and possibly a stenographer. No 
action was necessary to continue the com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Moran reported for the special com- 
mittee which has in charge the question of 
the future of the work of the policewomen. 
Voted, that the executive denartment write 
Judge Perry, Chairman of State Board of 
Police Commissioners, a letter expressing 
the Council's general approval of the 
transfer of the policewomen to that board, 
and the continuance of their work under 
that board. 

A letter from General Burpee with ref- 
erence to the apprehension of deserters was 
read. It was the sense of the Council that 
the Council do not engasre in the effort. 

A letter from the" New Haven Retail 
Druggists Association requesting the return 
from the army of qualified pharmacists was 
referred to the Council of National Defense. 
Mr. Alsop reported efforts being made to 
select a successor for Mr. Korper. 

It was voted that the Chairman appoint 
a committee of three of which he shall be a 
member to make a report to the Governor 
on the subject dealt with in Mr. Saville's 
report. 



(Continued from page 1) 

which will be found most effective. Public 
interest in Americanization has been cre- 
ated and the people of the state are now 
aware that a reasonable program of 
Americanization is under headway. 

Governor Marcus H. Holcomb made the 
address of welcome at the initial session of 
the conference on December 11, Stanley H. 
Holmes, then Chairman of the Committee 
on Americanization, Connecticut State 
Council of Defense, presiding. Governor 
Holcomb said that Americanization work in 
Connecticut was vitally necessary. Mr. 
Holmes reviewed the history of American 
ization efforts in this state. 

Richard M. Bissell, Chairman of the 
Connecticut State Council of Defense, spoke 
on " The Function of the State Council in 
Americanization During the Period of Re- 
construction." Mr. Bissell said he consid- 
ered the work in Americanization to be 
the most important of the Defense Coun- 
cil's present functions. 

Hon. Elliott Dunlap Smith, Chief of 
the Organization and Information Section, 
Field Division, Council of National Defense, 
described " The National Plan." 

There was a general session, open to the 
public, at 8 o'clock on the evening of De- 
cember 11. Mr. Bissell presided and made 
an address on "Americanization — A 
National Necessity." Harrison H. Wheaton, 
Director of the Department of Americaniza- 
tion, Connecticut State Council of De- 
fnese, explained " The State's Plan to Meet 
the State's Problem of Americanization." 

Discussion of questions of policy in their 
relation to the state program followed. 

The morning session on December 12 was 
a " round table." The topic was "Ameri- 
canization Plan for Local Communities." 
Mr. Wheaton presided, and Dr. William C. 
Smith. Director of Americanization for the 
New York State Council of Defense and 
Supervisor of Immigrant Education for the 
New York State Department of Education, 
spoke on " Organizing a Community for 
Americanization Work?' 

An Americanization luncheon was served 
af the Capitol at 1.30. At the afternoon 
session, Hon. James K. Moran. president of 
the Southern New England Telephone Com- 
pany, presided, and there were ten minute 
talks by R. Earle Anderson, Comptroller of 
the Winchester Repeating Arms Company 
of New Haven, Alton T. Miner, of New 
London, President of the State Chamber of 
Commerce, and the Rev. John G. Murray, 
Chancellor of the Hartford Diocese. 

A " round table " followed, at which Mr. 
Wheaton presided. The topic was " Indus- 
t rial Americanization.'' and there was pre- 
sented an industrial plan for discussion 
by committee members and industrial dele- 
gates. 

E. E. Bach, Chief of the Bureau of 
Americanization, Pennsylvania Council of 
National Defense, explained "How the Ells- 
worth Collieries Company is Americanizing 
an Industrial Community." Henry C. Mor- 
rison, Assistant Secretary, Connecticut 
Stale Board of Education, told "How In- 
dustrial Corporations Can Co-operate With 
Public School Authorities." 



CONNECTICUT BULLETIN 



Judge Wheeler Demands 
Peace Just but Firm; 
Huns Must Surely Pay 



( Continued from page 1 ) 

Where is Luxburg, the discoverer of that 
latest German practice, sinking without 
leaving a trace? 

Where is Dernberg, who solemnly warned 
us ere he left us, that Germany had given 
of her blood and treasure for Belgium, and 
she would never, never give her up? 

And where is his imperial majesty, the 
Kaiser? 

The hours are different in Deutschland. 
He has retired. His sleep is broken. He 
seems to hear someone chanting Captain 
Coughlin's verses: 

" 1 pulls mitt Gott, und Gott mit me, 
Meinself und Gott." 

He wakes, and like Edgar in King Lear, 
the poor man finds it's all a dream. He 
has mixed bis divinities — that's all. I re- 
fer to these worthies, lest you forget, lest 
you forget. 

I do not want you to treasure animosity. 
Revenge hurts him who gives more than 
him who takes. 

But it is well to keep our perspective. 
The militarists of Germany were behind the 
Kaiser; the Junkers were behind him; the 
clergy and the professors were behind him, 
and behind them throughout the war were 
the German people, otherwise it could not 
have been fought on. 

Hunger and privation and suffering and 
the arms of the Allies, pointing the way to 
yet further defeat, finally forced these peo 
pie to yield. But no word of sorrow for 
their sins, no breath of penitence, no trace 
of shame, no sympathy for the millions 
dead through their cruelty, no suggestion 
of making reparation, has come out of Ger- 
many. That is the awful truth. They are 
not penitent, and they are not changed. 

As Hearst deleted the President's 
Thanksgiving Proclamation so Dr. Solf and 
the socialist government deleted the armis- 
tice. They left out of the copy which the 
German people saw, the clause which 
promises the co-operation of the Allies in 
providing food for Germany during the 
armistice. Perhaps there's an explanation 
for this deletion. Hearst had one. The 
night editor didn't have space to permit all 
of the short Thanksgiving Proclamation. 
arid so by accident — such an unhappy ac- 
cident- — he cut out the one part which 
ought not to have been cut. Solf may con 
suit Hearst. Other German statesmen 
have, f guess he'd better. It's a place for 
high art in the way of explanation. Why 
'1" they do this? 

It's a habit of mind. Fraud and artifice, 
untruth and unfairness and camouflage can- 
not be eradicated over night. Character is 
a plant of slow growth. 

And why do they do this? 

Is it not to prevent their people seeing 
the noble generosity of the Allies? At the 
same time Solf addresses the President, and 
tlie women of Germany address Jane 
Addams and Mrs. Wilson, begging for 
bread, that provision of the armistice 
which they deleted said, "The Allies and 
the United States contemplate such pro- 
visioning of Germany during the armistice 
hall be found necessary." 

Why these appeals to America? 

Is it not to work upon our vanity and to 
appeal to our humanity, in the hope not of 
increasing succor, but of driving the wedge 



of discord between the Allies and America? 

Every instinct of propriety dictated that 
such a request, if necessary and fitting, 
should be made to the master of the armis- 
tice, the defender of the liberty of the 
world, the great Marshal Foch. 

Last winter, while gloom hovered ah. nil, 
I protested in this place against any 
thought or talk of peace. Later on I pro- 
tested against a peace by mediation, no 
matter what the source. Many whose 
judgment I respect thought this uncalled 
for. Still later I protested against a peace 
by conciliation, bargaining or negotiation. 
And again when the doctrine did not have 
the friends it later found, I stood for a 
peace upon the same terms Grant imposed 
at. Fort Donelson, "unconditional surren- 
der." _ And that is practically what the 
armistice is. 'For with our armies on Ger- 
man soil across the Rhine, in easy striking 
distance for our airplanes, her soldiers 
stripped, the greater part of her navy in 
an English port, never again to fly the Ger- 
man flag, she is powerless to strike, no 
matter how strong her will. 

Tonight I protest against a peace of sen- 
timentality. 

No one of us is thinking of a peace of 
vengeance. But we think, "and we believe, 
in a just and stern peace. We must con- 
solidate and secure the fruits of our vie 
tory. We fought to free enslaved peoples, 
to give them liberty, and to preserve it for 
ourselves. We fought that our ideals might 
conquer the ideals of Germany. Having 
done this, let us see that they shall outlive 
those of Germany. 

And no man can say that justice to 
France where 100,000 men working twenty 
years cannot restore her destroyed build- 
ings: to Belgium, who suffered in kind, to 
Serbia crucified, to Armenia exterminated, 
that justice can be done these until restitu- 
tion and reparation are made and guaran- 
tees adequate and complete given. Justice 
means the punishment of a people which 
could commit or permit the commission of 
such crimes. There is no such thing as 
law or justice where the criminal goes un- 
whipped of justice. 

I say with Lloyd George, let the people 
of Germany pay to the extent of their 
capacity. It is the way of nature; it will 
prove that the way of the transgressor is 
hard, and future generations will fight shy 
of world dominion as an engaging and 
profitable business. 

We cannot fortret England.'^ way of treat 
ing our soldiers and sailors, indeed of al! 
things American. Praise for their valor 
and brave deeds, highest commendation for 
all that we have done to help on the war. 
sympathy for our every effort, and kind- 
ness and abounding hospitality for all our 
boys on English soiL/ And such wide, 
openhearted appreciation of our army and 
navy. 

Here is what Sir Douglas Haig wrote of 
our Second Corps: 

"On the 29th of September you partici- 
pated with distinction in a great and criti- 
cal attack, which shattered the enemy's re- 
sistance on the Hindenburg line, and which 
opened the road to final victory. 

" The deeds of the Twenty-seventh and 
Thirtieth Divisions, which took Beleeourt 
and Nauroy and gallantly sustained the 
desperate straggle for Bony, will rank with 
the highest achievements of the war. 

"The names of Braneourt. Premont, 
Busigny, aux-Andigny, St. Souplet. and 
Wassigny will testify to the dash and 
energy of your attacks. I am proud to 
have had you in my command." 



England and America have been com- 
rades in a great cause. They shall con- 
tinue comrades in the greatest cause earth 
or heaven has for man the cause of an en- 
during peace. United by the ties of faith 
and blood, cemented by the associations of 
this never-to-be-forgotten year, and steadied 
by the great responsibility which Almightj 
God lias hud upon us, we shall go on to- 
gether, down the ages, charged with the 
solemn duty of preserving here among the 

! pies of the world, "peace on earth, good 

will to men." 



TO PROTECT SOLDIERS 

Government Advocates Increased Rigid 

Vigilance by Public During 

Demobilization 



The Connect imi so ate Council of Deiense 
has received from the Council of National 
Defense a statement calling the attention 
of the public to the dangers which sur- 
round discharged soldiers, in view of their 
being well supplied witli money at the 
same time they are released from military 
discipline. Stress is laid upon the neces- 
sity for increased rigid vigilance on the 
part of the public to protect the returning 
men. This has special application to large 
cities near camps and to communities 
along the well-traveled railroad routes. 

According to the present scheme of de- 
mobilization, each man, after a thorough 
physical examination, is paid in full with 
one month's advance pay, is given cash at 
.03% per mile with which to buy his rail- 
road ticket to the point at which he en- 
tered the service (although the substitu- 
tion of a railroad ticket is being consid- 
ered), and is allowed to wear one full out- 
fit of clothing on the journey home. 

For convenience in transportation, men 
will be released, whenever possible, in 
groups bound for the same general locality, 
and the attention of the public is called 
to the facts that men need not return to 
their home town, either at once or at all, 
that they are simultaneously released from 
military routine and restrictions and will 
be given a supply of cash, and that they 
will lie traveling some distance singly or in 
little groups, in uniform usually, but under 
no military restrictrota whatever. 

The dangers which surround men thus 
discharged, it is said, must be met by two 
genera] l^ies of attack. 

< in tin/one hand, certain minimum stand- 
ards of- local control must be returned or 
put into force in every community; on the 
other hand, each returning man must have 
his natural craving for some sort of cele- 
bration promptly satisfied and any possible 
menial slump staved off by a well planned 
scheme for the reception of returned 
soldiers and sailors. 



NURSE QUOTA FILLED 

The Woman's Division of the Connect- 
icut State Council of Defense has been in- 
formed by Miss Hannah J. Patterson of 
ilu' Field Division, Council of National De- 
fense, that assigning of student nur-es by 
the National Council terminated December 
15. About 450 applications were accepted 
in (his state and forwarded to Washington. 
This number filled Connecticut's quota. 



